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Ferdinand I of Romania
Ferdinand I, nicknamed the Unifier, was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. His family was part of the Swabian Catholic branch of the Prussian royal House of Hohenzollern.
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politics · King of Romania from 1914 to 1927 · monarch · military personnel · also Ferdinand I of Romania, Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ferdinand I, Romania
Born 24 August 1865 · Died 20 July 1927 · Q57165
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2026· 4 entries
The Guardian: Romania shuts its last nuclear reactor as drought-hit Danube river drops to record low
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The Guardian: South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – as it happened
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The Guardian: Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
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1927· 2 entries
Died 1927-07-20.
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And was succeeded by his grandson Michael under a regency formed by three people: Prince Nicholas of Romania, the younger brother of Prince Carol; patriarch Miron Cristea; and president of the Supreme Court of Justice Gh
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1925· 1 entry
His eldest son, Prince Carol, gave up the rights of succession to the royal crown of Romania leading to a dynastic crisis, as the next prince in line of succession was Carol's 4-year-old son, Prince Michael
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1920· 1 entry
And Ferdinand was crowned king of "Greater Romania" in a grand ceremony in 1922
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1918· 1 entry
Romania was surrounded by the Central Powers and forced to conclude a peace treaty of its own; however, Ferdinand refused to sign and ratify the Treaty of Bucharest
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1917· 1 entry
And stopped the German advance into Moldavia
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1914· 1 entry
Career landmark: King of Romania (1914–1927).
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1908· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Elephant (1908).
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1893· 1 entry
Princess Marie of Edinburgh, granddaughter of both Queen Victoria and Emperor Alexander II
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1889· 1 entry
The Romanian parliament recognized Ferdinand as a prince of Romania
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1887· 1 entry
And was to become the greatest opponent of the kingdom of his Romanian cousins
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1886· 1 entry
Ferdinand became heir presumptive to the Romanian throne, following the renunciation of his father (in 1880) and older brother
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1880· 1 entry
And then of his elder brother Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1886, young Ferdinand became the heir-presumptive to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania, who reigned until his death in
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1865· 1 entry
Born 1865-08-24.
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