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  Carol I of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carol was born in Sigmaringen as Prince Karl von Hohenzollern Sigmaringen.
Romania was, at the time, under the influence of French culture and Napoleon's recommendation of Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen weighed heavy in the eyes of Romanian politicians of the time, as did 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/Charles_I_of_Romania   (1414 words)

  
 Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Romania borders Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.
Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) (1558-9 August 1601) was the Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601), of Transylvania (1599-1600), and of Moldavia (1600).
The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 under the Moldavian domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Romania   (5142 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alexandria, Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Teleorman is a county (judeţ) in the South of Romania, in South of Wallachia region, with its capital city at Alexandria (population: 59,308).
Administrative map of Romania with Teleorman county highlighted Teleorman is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Alexandria (population: 59,308).
Zimnicea (population: 15 500) is a city in Teleorman county, Romania The city is a port on the Danube in front of the Bulgarian city of Svishtov.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alexandria%2C-Romania   (668 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Carol II of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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...
Prince Nicholas (1903-1978) was the second son of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania.
Ileana of Romania and Archduke Anton of Austria Ileana of Romania Princess Ileana of Romania (1909-1991) was officially the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Carol-II-of-Romania   (2541 words)

  
 Prince Mircea of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Mircea of Romania was born in 1913 and died in 1916.
Officially, Mircea was the third son and youngest child of Queen Marie and King Ferdinand of Romania.
Prince Mircea died of typhoid in the autumn of 1916, during World War I. Mircea's brother the subsequent King Carol II and his first wife Zizi Lambrino named their son (who was born in 1920) Mircea, in memory of Prince Mircea who had died four years previously.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Mircea_of_Romania   (168 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | HRH Prince Carol of Romania
He was the son of Crown Prince Carol of Romania (later King Carol II) and Jeanne Marie (Zizi) Lambrino, an aristocratic Romanian girl whom the future King had married in contravention of the rules of the Royal House.
The Crown Prince resumed his position as heir to the throne, while the child and his mother were dispatched to Paris, Zizi being asked to return family jewels in exchange for an allowance, and ordered never to return to Romania.
The Prince and Hélène separated in the early 1950s, and she went on to sing leading roles in Mozart and Puccini operas in Paris under the name of Lena Pastor.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/09/db0901.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/09/ixportal.html   (1349 words)

  
 King of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The state had been called the Principality of Romania since 1862, after the Ottoman vasal states of Wallachia and Moldavia had been united in 1859 under Alexander John Cuza as Prince of Romania, or Domnitor.
He was deposed in 1866 by the Romanian parliament which then invited a German prince of the Hohenzollern family, Carol (Charles) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, to become the new Prince of Romania.
Despite being polically aligned with the Allied forces after withdrawing Romania from its alliance with the Nazis due to the Ion Antonescu's politics, the Soviet occupation soon began.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_of_Romania   (388 words)

  
 Window to Romania - Romanian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Romania is situated in Central Europe, in the northern part of the Balkan peninsula and its territory is marked by the Carpathian Mountains, the Danube and the Black Sea.
On March 14/26, 1881, Romania proclaimed itself a kingdom and Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was crowned King of Romania.
After gaining its independence, the Romania state was the place to which the hopeful eyes of all Romanians who lived on the lands still under foreign occupation turned.
www.windowtoromania.org /history.asp   (1595 words)

  
 Romania History
Romania's history began when ancient Dacia was conquered and become a part of the early Roman Empire.
Romania holds a wealth of folk tales, legends, poetry, music and dance passed on through the centuries.
During this time, Romania was ruled by many independent rulers who were in charge of a number of small states.Vlad Tepes was a ruler for a state called Wallachia which is located just south of Transylvania.
www.volunteerinromania.org /roinfo.htm   (1492 words)

  
 Romania Under Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
The tsar later denied Romania the fortress of Silistra, the strategic key to Dobruja on the south bank of the Danube, thereby deepening Romania's distrust of Russia.
In 1881 the parliament proclaimed Romania a kingdom, and Charles was crowned in Bucharest's cathedral with a crown fashioned from an Ottoman cannon seized at Plevna.
Romania's alliance with Austria-Hungary did little to ease the strain in relations between the two countries that Hungary was creating with its efforts to Magyarize Transylvania's Romanian majority.
countrystudies.us /romania/17.htm   (1018 words)

  
 National revival in Romania, 1848-1866
However, when revolution came to Romania in 1848, it was not directed primarily at Turkish landlords (as was the case in Serbia and Greece) nor did the revolutionaries have a goal like the revival of a Greek Empire in the East.
The princely hospodars were elected from the boyar class, but in 1711 the Moldavian prince collaborated with an invading Russian army.
Princes would be elected by the boyars for set terms of seven years, increasing their autonomy.
www.lib.msu.edu /sowards/balkan/lect08.htm   (4308 words)

  
 Search Europe : Country Guide : Romania
Romania's post WWII history as a communist-block nation is more widely known, primarily due to the excesses of the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Romania enters WWI on the side of the Triple Entente aiming to regain its lost territories (part of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina).
Germany and Italy force Romania to cede Northern Transylvania to Hungary and Southern Dobrogea to Bulgaria.
www.searcheurope.com /countries/romania/history.shtml   (960 words)

  
 Romania WebDirectory, Visit Romania, Romania - Romania.org
A Romanian army, under the personal command of Prince Carol I, crossed the Danube and participated in the siege of Pleven; the result was the surrender of the Ottoman army led by Osman Pasha (December 10, 1877).
The independence of Romania, similarly to that Serbia and Montenegro, as well as the union of Dobrudja with Romania were recognised in the Russian-Turkish peace treaty of San Stefano (March 3, 1878).
Romania was compelled to follow in the steps of her Russian ally, because on the Moldavian front the Romanian troops were interspersed with the Russian ones and it was impossible for combat to continue on one area of the front and for peace to settle on another front area, and so on.
www.romania.org /romania/history3.html   (2463 words)

  
 ROMANIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Romania is situated in south-eastern Europe between latitudes 43 37' 07" north and longitudes 20 15' 44" east, extending approximately 480 km north to south and 640 km east to west.
Romania is the perfect land of contrasts and paradoxes: the country of Constantin Brancusi, Eugene Ionesco, Emil Cioran, Mircea Eliade, and Nadia Comaneci, but also of Dracula and Nicolae Ceausescu.
Romania has continued to strive towards hastening the process of economic and political reform, towards strengthening democracy and its institutions.
www.icbt.ro /Romania.html   (4643 words)

  
 Find A Grave - Romania
Prince of Romania from 1866 to 1881 and king of Romania from 1881 to 1914.He was the first independent modern king of Romania.
While at first declaring neutrality in World War I, Romania finally joined the Allies in 1916 despite the family relationship to the Germans (Ferdinand's father were Leopold Hohenzollern from the Prussian ruling house and the ruling family of the new German Empire).
She was the longtime mistress of King Carol II of Romania (1925-1947), before they were married in 1947.
www.findagrave.com /php/famous.php?page=country&FScountryid=6   (917 words)

  
 boys clothing: European royalty--Romania
Romania at the turn of the century was in a period of transition from the predominant feudal relationships to capitalism.
Following heavy international discussions and a local plebiscite, Carol prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (relative of he royal family of Prussia and supported by Napoleon III and Bismark) on May 10, 1866 was proclaimed ruling prince of Romania, with the name of Carol I, (Charles I).
Romania declared his Independence from the Ottoman Empire and joined forces with the Russians in attacking (Crossing the Danube at Corabia) the Turkish armies.
histclo.com /royal/rom/rr-c1.htm   (1118 words)

  
 boys clothing: European royalty--Romania
Romania was a part of the Roman being known as the province of Dacia.
Romania was also affected by the international economic crisis which began in 1929.
Romania declared neutrality in 1939 when the World War II began, the same policy as at the beginning of the World War I. Romania was partionioned, however, by the secret German-Soviet Ribbentrop-Molotov pact in 1939.
histclo.com /royal/rom/royal-rom.htm   (4050 words)

  
 Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In terms of religion, the pervasion of Christianity in Romania is founded in the VI and VII century when Christian teachers began to arrive on its soil.
In 1866, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, of foreign royalty, was ushered as prince of Romania.
Romania was the only country of the eastern block that had Russian troops in the country for only a short time.
home.earthlink.net /~cablu/romania.htm   (2291 words)

  
 Rumania_Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The following have been the five monarchs of Romania since the country was created in the mid-1800s.
elected Prince of Romania in 1862 and acceded to throne February 5, 1862;
elected Prince of Romania in 1861; proclaimed King of Romania in 1871
www.tboyle.net /Royalty/Rumania_Genealogy.html   (202 words)

  
 The Monarchy in Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
On May 10, 1866, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen swore his oath in front of the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest and became the prince of Romania.
Her literary name was Carmen Sylva, and she acted as a patron of arts and culture in Romania.
He proved to be an intelligent but unstable character since in decisive moments of the Romanians' history like the summer of 1940, when Romania lost north-western Transylvania, Bessarabia and south Dobrudja, he would not adopt a firm stand.
www.rotravel.com /romania/history/app2.php   (456 words)

  
 Prince of Wales inspects IHBC work in Transylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
We have also had discussions with the Prince's Trust, and are hoping to involve it at Banffy Castle in 2003.
Banffy Castle in Bontida, Romania, played host to the Prince of Wales in May. He has strongly supported the work of the IHBC and the Transylvania Trust through the Built Heritage Conservation Training Project at Bontida.
'Me Prince's continued support for the project is invaluable, and his own commitment to the development of traditional building craft skills was clear in the discussions we had at Bontida.
www.ihbc.org.uk /context_archive/75/Charles/Charles.html   (423 words)

  
 HRH Prince Paul of Romania
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.
Also, by setting up in 1990 the "Prince Paul Foundation for Romania", he has a role in creating a better image of Romania abroad.
romania-on-line.net /whoswho/PauldeRomania.htm   (551 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC DIRECTORY - ROMANIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The union of the two principalities was made on 23 December 1861 and Cuza was recognised by the Sultan as a prince of Romania.
On 1 May 1962, uniform postal tariff for the whole of Romania was introduced.
Turkish Post Offices in Romania were all concentrated in the Dobrudja area from 1841 until 1877 and they are Galatz, Hirsova, Kustendje, Machin, Mejidiye, and Tulcha.
www.ceebd.co.uk /phil/romania.htm   (237 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Paul Philippe Lambrino, Prince of Romania and others
He is the son of Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino, Prince of Romania and Hélène Henriette Naravitzine.
She married Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino, Prince of Romania, son of Carol II von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania and Joana Maria Valentina Lambrino, on 20 December 1960 in Maurs, Ile de France, France.
She married Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino, Prince of Romania, son of Carol II von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania and Joana Maria Valentina Lambrino, on 27 June 1984.
www.thepeerage.com /p10428.htm   (551 words)

  
 ROMANIA - Official Travel and Tourism Information. History
Recommended reading: Romania, An Illustrated History by Nicolae Klepper, - an insightful synthesis addressed to all those who want to learn about Romania's history, politics, culture, and society.
Hungarian (Magyar) forces invade northeastern and central Romania (Transylvania).
1866 —; Carol I (German born) succeeds Alexandru Ioan Cuza, as prince of Romania.
www.romaniatourism.com /history.html   (1110 words)

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