Carol II of Romania
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Carol II was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 following a coup that deposed his son, until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he was crown prince from 19
Carol II, c. 1935
King Carol I of Romania with his nephew the future King Ferdinand and grand-nephew Prince Carol c. 1905.
Crown Prince Carol of Romania in 1918
Crown Prince Carol training during World War I with a Chauchat machine gun
Helen of Greece and Denmark
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Helen of Greece and Denmark was the queen mother of Romania during the reign of her son King Michael I. Her humanitarian efforts to save Romanian Jews during World War II led to her being awarded by t
Carol II of Romania
…during World War I. Another was his marriage to Zizi Lambrino, who was not of royal lineage. After the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Constantine I of Greece, in March 1921, and later that year they had a son, Michael. Due to his notorious extramarital affair with…
Photograph by Bassano, 1934
Greek Royal Family in 1914. King Constantine I and Queen Sophia surrounded by their five older children (from left to right): Paul, Alexander, George, Helen and Irene.
Artillery Major Nikolaos Zorbas, figurehead leader of the Goudi coup. Portrait by Spyridon Prosalentis.
Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos