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
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.
Carol II of Romania
…1953) 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 1914 at the death of his granduncle King Carol I, until 1925 when he was forced by a marital scandal to renounce his right…
Ferdinand I as Marshal, c. 1920
Ferdinand as a teenager, 1878
Wedding Medal of Ferdinand I of Romania 1893 by Anton Scharff [de]. Obverse
Wilhelm and Ferdinand (British World War I poster)