THE KINGDOM OF ROMANIA

Regatul României

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

 

 

The Kingdom of Romania was the old Romanian state based on a form
of parliamentary monarchy between 13 March 1881 and 30 December
1947, specified by the first three Constitutions of Romania (1866,
1923, 1938). Thus, the Kingdom of Romania began with the reign of
King Carol I of Romania who gained Romanian's independence in the
Romanian War of Independence, and ended with the abdication of King
Michael I of Romania in 30 December 1947, imposed by the Soviet
Union with the tacit and secret, implicit consent of its allies
(as a result of the Yalta Conference and secret agreements). As
such, it is quite distinct from the Romanian Old Kingdom, which
refers strictly to the reign of King Carol I of Romania, between
13 March 1881 and 10 October 1914.

 

 

From 1859 to 1877, Romania evolved from a personal union of two
vassal principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) under a single
prince to a full-fledged independent kingdom with a Hohenzollern
monarchy. In 1918, at the end of World War I, Transylvania,
Eastern Moldavia (Bessarabia), and Bukovina united with the
Kingdom of Romania, resulting in a "Greater Romania". In 1940,
at the beginning of World War II, Northern Transylvania,
Basarabia and Cadrilater were ceded to Hungary, the Soviet
Union and Bulgaria respectively, only Northern Transylvania
being recovered after World War II ended. In 1947 the last
king was compelled to abdicate and a republic ruled by the
Romanian Communist Party replaced the monarchy.

The Family Titles and Styles

   

     

 

The Genealogy of The Royal House 

 

 

Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig Pr von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

(Sigmaringen 20 Apr 1839-Pelesch Castle, Sinaia 10 Oct 1914; see Hohenzollern)

was elected Prince of Romania 20 Apr 1866, and proclaimed King CAROL I of

Romania 26 Mar 1881; he m.at Neuwied 15 Nov 1869 Elisabeth Pss zu Wied

(Neuwied 29 Dec 1843-Curtea de Arges 3 Mar 1916)

 

 

1a) Marie (Bucharest 8 Sep

1870-Pelesch Castle 9 Apr 1874)

 

 

Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad Pr von Hohenzollern

(Sigmaringen 24 Aug 1865-Sinaia 20 Jul 1927; see Hohenzollern)

succeeded his uncle, King Carol I on his death without issue 10

Oct 1914, as King FERDINAND of Romania; he m. at Sigmaringen

10 Jan 1893 Marie Pss of Great Britain and Ireland, Pss of Saxe-

Coburg-Gotha, etc (Eastwell Park 29 Oct 1875-Pelesch Castle 10 Jul 1938)

 

 

1a) CAROL II, King of Romania, renounced his rights 28 Dec 1925 but

reneged on the renunciation and was proclaimed King 8 Jun 1930, then

abdicated again 6 Sep 1940 (Castle Pelesch 16 [or 15] Oct 1893-Estoril

4 Apr 1953); m.1st Odessa 31 Aug 1918 (annulled 1919) Joanna Marie

Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino (Roman, Romania 3 Oct 1898-Paris 11 Mar

1953); m.2d Athens 10 Mar 1921 (div 1928) Helen Pss of Greece and

Denmark (Athens 3 May 1896-Lausanne 28 Nov 1982); m.3d Rio de

Janeiro 3 Jun 1947 Elena Lupescu (Hertza, Moldavia 15

Sep 1899-Estoril 29 Jun 1977)

 

 

 

1b) HRH Prince Mircea Gregor Carol of Romania ,

(Bucharest 9 Jan 1920-London 27 Jan 2006); m.1st Paris 22 Mar 1948

(div 1958) Helene Navagatzine (b.Paris 26 May 1925);m. 2d Paris 20

Dec 1960 (div 1977) Thelma Williams (Nashville, Tennessee 15 Nov

1930-Rutland, Vermont 5 Jun 1988); m.3d Fulham Town Hall 27 Jun 1984

Antonia Colville (b.Bracken, Church Crookham, Hants, 29 May 1939) 

 

 

1c) H.R.H. Prince Paul Philip of Romania ,

or von Hohenzollern (b.Paris 13 Aug 1948);

m.Bucharest 15 Sep 1996 Lia Georgia

Triff (b.Great Lakes, Illinois 23 Feb 1949)

 

1d)  H.R.H. Prince Carol Ferdinand of Romania

(b. Bucharest, Romania  11 January 2010)

 
2c) H.R.H. Prince Ion George Nicholas Alexander of

Romania, or von Hohenzollern (b.Poole, Dorset 1 Sep 1961)  

 

 

2b) MICHAEL I , King of Romania 20 Jul 1927-8 Jun 1930

and again 6 Sep 1940- , abdicated 30 Dec 1947

(b.Castle Pelesch 25 Oct 1921); m.Athens 10 Jun 1948

Anne Pss of Bourbon-Parma (b.Paris 18 Sep 1923)

 

 

1c) Margarita (b.Lausanne 26 Mar 1949); m.Lausanne

21 Sep 1996 Radu Duda, cr 1 Jan 1999 Prinz von

Hohenzollern-Veringen (b.Iasi, Romania 7 Jun 1960)

2c) Elena (b.Lausanne 15 Nov 1950); m.1st Lausanne 24 Sep 1983

(div 1991) Robin Medforth-Mills (Sproatley, Yorks 8 Dec 1942-

Geneva 2 Feb 2002); m.2d Peterlee, co. Durham 14 Aug 1998 Alexander

Phillips Nixon McAteer (b.Easington, co. Durham 22 Oct 1964)

 

 

 

C1) Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
(b. Geneva, 1 April 1985)

2c) Elisabetta / Elizabeth Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
(b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4 January 1989)

 3c) Irina (b.Lausanne 28 Feb 1953); m.Lausanne 10 Dec

1983 John Kreuger (b.Solna, Sweden 3 Aug 1945)

4c) Sophia (b.Tatoi, Greece 28 Oct 1957); m.Neuilly 29 Aug 1998

Alain Michel Léonce Biarneix de Laufenborg (b.Nancy 10 Jul 1957)

5c) Maria (b.Hellerup, Denmark 13 Jul 1964); m.New York 16 Sep

1995 Casimir Mystkowski (b.Las-Poczylowo, Poland 13 Sep 1958)

 

 

2a) Elisabeth (Castle Pelesch 12 Oct 1894-Cannes 15

Nov 1956); m.Bucharest 27 Feb 1921 (div 1935)

King George II of the Hellenes

(Tatoi 19 Jul 1890-Athens 1 Apr 1947)

 

 

3a) Marie (Gotha 9 Jan 1900-London 22 Jun 1961); m.

Belgrade 8 Jun 1922 King Alexander of Yugoslavia

(Cetinje 4 Dec 1888-assassinated at Marseilles 9 Oct 1934)

 

 

4a) Nicholas, assumed title Pr von Hohenzollern (Castle Pelesch

18 Aug 1903-Madrid 9 Jul 1978); m.1st Tohani, Romania, 7 Nov

1931 Joanna Dumitrescu-Doletti (Bucharest 24 Sep 1909 [other

dates of birth have been named in various sources]-Lausanne 19

Feb 1963); m.2d Lausanne 13 Jul 1967 Thereza Lisboa

Figueria de Mello (Rome 10 Jun 1913-Madrid 30 Mar 1997)

 

 

5a) Ileana (Bucharest 5 Jan 1909-Youngstown, Ohio 21 Jan 1991);

m.1st Sinaia 26 Jul 1931 (div 1954) Anton, Archduke of Austria

(Vienna 20 Mar 1901-Salzburg 22 Oct 1987); m.2d Newton,

Massachusetts 20 Jun 1954 (div 1965) Stefan Issarescu

(Turnu-Severin 5 Oct 1906-Providence 21 Dec 2002)

 

 

6a) Mircea (Bucharest 3

Jan 1913-Buftea 2 Nov 1916)

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