Ferdinand I of Romania
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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.
Ferdinand I as Marshal, c. 1920
Ferdinand as a teenager, 1878
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Wedding Medal of Ferdinand I of Romania 1893 by Anton Scharff [de]. Obverse
Wilhelm and Ferdinand (British World War I poster)
Michael I of Romania
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Michael I was the last king of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947.
Ferdinand I of Romania
…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. This led Ferdinand to remove Prince Carol's name from the royal house of Romania. Ferdinand died from cancer in 1927 and was succeeded by his grandson…
Michael I in 1947
Prince Michael, aged 5
King Michael and General Ion Antonescu on the banks of the Prut River, 1941
Romanian stamp from 1942, commemorating the first anniversary of the recapture of Bessarabia from Soviet occupation, featuring Michael and dictator Antonescu below the text Un an de la desrobire ("A year since liberation"), a portrait of Stephen the Great and the fortress of Bender in the background