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	Carol II of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carol II of Romania, (15 October 1893 – 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8, 1930 until September 6, 1940.
		Eldest son of Ferdinand I, King of Romania, and his wife, Queen Marie, a daughter of HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Queen Victoria.
		Carol left Romania in a train laden with royal treasure: paintings by Old Masters such as Titian, Rubens, and Rembrandt, hundreds of canvasses, jewels, the armor that had decorated the walls of the royal palaces of Pelişor and Peleş.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania (523 words)

	Carol I of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carol was born Prince Karl von Hohenzollern Sigmaringen on the 20th of April 1839.
		Romania was, at the time, unde the influence of the French culture and Napoleon's recommendation of Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen weighed heavy in the eyes of Romanian politicians of the time, also his blood relation to the ruling Prussian family.
		When he was elected prince of Romania, Carol was not married and, according to the Romanian Constitution he himself had approved, he was not allowed to marry a woman of Romanian origin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carol_I_of_Romania (1405 words)

	MSN Encarta - Romania
		Romania joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) in 1972 and in 1976 signed the first formal pact (on textiles) between the European Economic Community (EEC, a predecessor of the European Union) and an Eastern European nation.
		Romania signed a friendship treaty with the USSR in 1970, received Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev in 1976, and sent Ceauşescu to the Soviet Union and East Germany.
		Romania also signed a treaty of friendship with Hungary in 1972 and agreements on hydroelectricity with Yugoslavia in 1976 and Bulgaria in 1977.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559516_10/Romania.html (1428 words)

	King Carol I of Romania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Carol was born in Sigmaringen (south of today's Germany) on April 7/20, 1839, son of Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife Josephine.
		King Carol did not oppose this but it was a hard personal burden for him.
		King Carol I rests in the Church at Curtea de Arges Monastery, where only two years later was buried his wife too, Queen Elisabeth.
	www.cs.kent.edu /~amarcus/Mihai/english/carol1en.html (578 words)

	HM King Mihai I of Romania
		The founder of the Romanian Royal Family, Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a descendant of the Swabian line and was born in Sigmaringen (in the south of today's Germany) in April 1839.
		King Ferdinand and Queen Marie had six children and the elder one, Prince Carol was to inherit the Romanian Crown.
		Carol was the first of the Hohenzollern Family to be born on Romanian soil.
	home.att.net /~cdsabau/Mihai/english/mihai1en.html (2033 words)

	Encyclopedia: Carol I of Romania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand or Ferdinand I (August 24, 1865-July 20, 1927) was the king of Romania from October 10, 1914 until his death Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania...
		King Carol and Queen Elizabeth of Romania Elizabeth of Wied (December 29, 1843 - November 2, 1916) was the Queen Consort of King Carol I of Romania, widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva.
		The Romanian Constitution is the fundamental law that establishes the structure of the government of Romania, the rights and obligations of the countrys citizens, and its mode of passing laws.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Carol-I-of-Romania (2452 words)

	King Carol II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I n Carol's early years, King Carol I took care of his education, preparing him for his duties as heir of the throne.
		Carol was sent to the Horaita-Neamt Monastery and later the Court of Ilfov declared the marriage null.
		Carol was sent away in a long trip to end the relationship with Ioana Lambrino.
	www.cs.kent.edu /~amarcus/Mihai/english/carol2en.html (1163 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - King Carol I
		King Carol I (1839-1914) was Romania's strongly pro-German King when war broke out in August 1914; despite his sympathies to the German Kaiser he was unable to constitutionally bring Romania into the war.
		Born on 20 April 1839 in Sigmaringen, King Carol I - actual name Karl Eitel Friedrich - was educated at Dresden and Bonn (as the German Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) and served in the Prussian war of 1864 against Denmark.
		Carol was finally crowned king of Romania in the wake of Romania's independence from Ottoman rule in May 1881.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/carol.htm (359 words)

	King of Romania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The King of Romania was the title of the ruler of the (additional info and facts about Kingdom of Romania) Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947 when (A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe) Romania was proclaimed a (A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch) republic.
		Carol had no desire to rule Romania, and was frequently out of the country exploring the rest of Europe with his mistress.
		After ten years of rule, (additional info and facts about King Carol II) King Carol II gave up his royal title and all accoutrements attached to move from Romania and marry (additional info and facts about Magda Lupescu) Magda Lupescu.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/king_of_romania.htm (482 words)

	Romania
		King Carol II was crowned in 1930 and transformed the throne into a royal dictatorship.
		Ferdinand, king of Romania - Ferdinand, 1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27), nephew of Carol I. The second son of...
		Romania's nitrogen and methanol industries: with one of the largest fertilizer and methanol industries in eastern Europe, Romania has had to adapt to the changing circumstances produced by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107905.html (1082 words)

	Carol II of Romania - Biocrawler definition:Carol II of Romania - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Carol II of Romania (15 October 1893 - 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8, 1930 until September 6, 1940.
		Eldest son of Ferdinand von Hohenzollern, King of Romania, and his wife, Queen Marie, a daughter of HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Queen Victoria.
		Forced under first Soviet and subsequently Hungarian, Bulgarian and German pressure to surrender parts of his kingdom to foreign rule, he was outmanoevred at last by the pro-German administration of Marshal Ion Antonescu, and abdicated in favour of Michael, settling ultimately in Portugal.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Carol_II_of_Romania (578 words)

	23RD GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		King Carol II of ROMANIA King of Roumania and Mme.
		He was married to Princess Helen of GREECE (daughter of King Constantine I GREECE and Sophia of PRUSSIA Queen of Greece) in 1921.
		Mme Magda (Wolfe) LUPESCU was born in 1904 in Iasi, Rumania.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d5986.htm (168 words)

	KING CAROL II - CARD SIGNED
		In 1921, Prince Carol (1893-1953), eldest son of King Ferdinand I, married Princess Helen of Greece.
		King Carol II's reign was marked by continued attempts to please both Germany and Russia.
		Carol II died in 1953, Lupescu in 1977.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/6_2001/leaders/KING_CAROL_II.htm (281 words)

	Rotary in Romania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Meanwhile Ferdinand's son, King Carol II married to Helena, a Greek princess saw his country through to the outbreak of World War 2.
		Romania in fact became a state loyal to Germany, being neatly manipulated by Hitler and Stalins henchmen, who between them had already decided the spheres of influence in Eastern Europe.
		In 1944 King Michael was instrumental in the overthrow of the Antonescu Government and Romania entered the war against Germany.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~henkypnk/rotromania.html (531 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Carol II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Son of Ferdinand I, Carol was born in Sinaia and became Crown prince in 1914, when his father...
		The popular carol merged with the folk song and with the broadside songs sold on city streets....
		In 1940, during World War II, Germany forced King Carol II of Romania to abdicate.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Carol_II.html (95 words)

	H-Net Review: Gudrun Staedel-Schneider on The Playboy King: Carol II of Romania
		The author introduces the reader to Carol as a child and adolescent (Chapter 2), to Carol as womanizer (Chapter 3), and to Carol under the influence of Elena Lupescu (Chapters 4-6).
		Considering the impact Carol had on the fate of the country he led between 1930 and 1940, one is not really interested in knowing that Carol wore a tuxedo and that Zizi Lambrino was dressed in a handmade gown of crepe de chine when they were married in Odessa in 1918 (p.
		It is easy, and maybe true, to say that Carol was lacking a balanced personality, that he was wax in the hands of lower and middle class women, but according to the known literature, Carol was steadfast, once he had chosen his partner; this fact is not mentioned.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=29036859216634 (1430 words)

	Romania's Partial Progress in Minority Issues
		Carol's fatal mistake was to murder Codreanu in November 1938.
		In 1940, King Carol II was overthrown, and the Iron Guard was declared the sole legal party of the National Legionary State, with Sima as Vice President.
		At present, Romania's economy is collapsing, and the government is failing: the necessary prerequisites of stability are not there.
	www.ce-review.org /99/3/lovatt3.html (1403 words)

	Aromanian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Due to the common language foundation, historians believe that the language link with Romania was interrupted between the 7th and 9th century, after the most important features of the language were formed.
		The Aromanians, mostly herdsmen living in high mountains (especially in the Pindus area) in Northern Greece never had complete education in their language; although Romania subsidized schools until 1948, the communist regime ended all links, and there is currently almost no education for the Aromanian children in their mother tongue.
		In 1925, 47 years after Dobruja was unified with Romania, King Carol II of Romania gave the Aromanians land to settle in this region.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/aromanian.html (576 words)

	Paul of Romania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This claimant is the son of Mircea (Carol) Lambrino, the son of the late King Carol II of Romania by Iona Lambrino.
		The legality of the annulment of the marriage was not only unchallenged at the time, but significantly, after eventually becoming King, Carol II did not attempt to undo this act nor declare his son Mircea legitimate.
		Mircea Carol Hohenzollern ex-Lambrino, who has one son by each of his first two wives and none by his third, was closely involved with a self-styled "Order of Saint John" and the world of fantasy Orders and tiles.
	www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/fantasy/paulof.htm (351 words)

	"AXIS & LEGION MILITARIA" - Axis & Legion Militaria
		The golden monograms of King Carol were placed between the arms of the cross.
		The golden monogram of "King Carol" was placed in the center with the motto "Prin noi insine" (By ourselves alone) and date of institution inscribed in the outer ring.
		The center shows the golden monogram of King Carol surrounded by a green wreath, while between the arms of the cross show golden "Roman" style eagles with two swords crossing behind the eagles.
	axis101.bizland.com /RomanianAwards01.htm (1171 words)

	The Red Queen: Elisabeth of the Belgians (1876-1965) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Her mother was the Infanta Maria-Josepha of Portugal, daughter of exiled King Miguel I of Portugal.
		Albert was the second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, a sister of King Carol I of Romania.
		King Leopold III, Albert and Elisabeth's eldest son, was faced during hectic moments with the onslaught of the Nazi armies.
	www.eurohistory.com /elisabeth.html (1010 words)

	Lord Halifax-->FDR 3/23/39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		King Carol assured his Majesty's Minister at Bucharest on March 20th that there had at no moment been any question of a German ultimatum although there was much that was unpalatable in German proposals.
		King Carol stated that Romania would resist German pressure but could not do so indefinitely without support.
		King Carol hesitated however to give His Majesty's Minister detailed information of the German proposals.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /psf/box32/t304n01.html (206 words)

	Romanian Coins - 5 lei 1906 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Obverse: denomination * 5 LEI , the inscription "CAROL* I DOMNUL ROMANIEI" meaning "PRINCE OF ROMANIA" and prince Carol I (with side whiskers) facing left.
		Reverse: years * 1866 - 1906 , the inscription "CAROL* I REGE AL ROMANIEI" meaning "KING OF ROMANIA" and king Carol I facing left.
		Part of the silver coins of 1906 were struck with silver from older used coins that were melted down (face value of coins melted down: 1.700.000 lei - information from Mr.
	www.geocities.com /romaniancoins/5lei1906.html (233 words)

	Romanian Coins - 1 leu 1906 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Obverse: denomination * 1 LEU , the inscription "CAROL* I DOMNUL ROMANIEI" meaning "PRINCE OF ROMANIA" and prince CAROL I (with side whiskers) facing left.
		The silver and gold coins struck in 1906 were issued to celebrate the fortieth year of reign for king Carol I of Romania.
		The forty years of reign of Carol I were also celebrated through a ten value philatelic issue.
	www.geocities.com /romaniancoins/1leu1906.html (234 words)

	Royal Genealogies Part 12
		Crown Prince Carol of Romania (the future King Carol II) renounced the throne in 1925 for the sake of his divorced mistress Madame Lupescu.
		Carol's career had been packed with scandal, causing his father, King Ferdinand, to say of him on his deathbed, "Carol is like a Swiss cheese, excellent for what it is, but so full of holes".
		Carol's five-year old son Michael was proclaimed king in 1927 after Ferdinand's death.
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /~saw/royal/r12.html (379 words)

	The Former Ruling House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 1939-1945
		Adopted as heir in 1889 by his uncle, King Carol I of Romania, and succeeded as King in 1914 on his uncle's death.
		Proclaimed himself King of Romania in place of his son in 1930 by an Act of Parliament.
		Deprived of all titles, military rank, and rights of succession by his brother, King Carol II of Romania, in 1937 as a result of his unequal marriage in 1931.
	gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/sigmaringen.htm (274 words)

	AllRefer.com - Michael, king of Romania (Romanian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		His father, Prince Carol (later Carol II), renounced his right of succession in 1925, and young Michael ascended the throne under a regency on the death of Ferdinand.
		However, in 1930 his father returned to be recognized as king.
		Since the collapse (1989) of Communist rule in Romania, he has visited the country; his citizenship was restored in 1997.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Michael-Rom.html (242 words)

	HRH Prince Paul of Romania
		His father is the first born son of King Carol II of Romania from his first marriage to Princess Ioana Valentina Lambrino
		He is now devoting himself with his wife Princess Lia to promoting the image of Romania abroad, to lobby for Romania’s entry into NATO and the European Union.
		Being the first member of the royal family who came in Romania after the revolution in 1989, Prince Paul centered his attention on economic and social rehabilitation and development of Romania.
	romania-on-line.net /whoswho/PauldeRomania.htm (551 words)

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