King Ferdinand I Of Romania
July 20 1927 sinaia romania ferdinand viktor albert meinrad of hohenzollern sigmaringen came from a family of dynastic tradition as the son of the prince leopold of hohenzollern sigmaringen and of the infanta of portugal princess antonia of saxe coburg gotha.
King ferdinand i of romania. He was the 1 174th knight of the order of the golden fleece in austria in 1909 and the 868th knight of the order of the garter in 1924. Ferdinand i 24 august 1865 20 july 1927 was king of the romanians from 10 october 1914 until his death in 1927. His father was the brother of king carol i the sovereign of romania. In 1927 ferdinand i died and the country was left in the care of a regency headed by prince nicholas of romania during the reign of ferdinand s young grandson michael i who was only six years old at the time his father having renounced his rights to the throne in 1925.
Carol ii unlike carol i in the beginning had no desire to rule romania and was frequently out of the country exploring the rest of europe with his mistress. Ferdinand i born aug. He was born on august 24 1865 in sigmaringen kingdom of prussia now in southern germany in the state of baden württemberg the second of three sons of prince leopold of hohenzollern sigmaringen and infanta antonia of portugal. 24 1865 sigmaringen prussia now in germany died july 20 1927 bucharest rom king of romania from 1914 to 1927 who though a hohenzollern and a believer in german strength joined the allies in world war i.
King ferdinand i of romania. King ferdinand of romania was born prince ferdinand viktor albert meinrad of hohenzollern sigmaringen a roman catholic branch of the house of hohenzollern. Ferdinand ferdinand viktor albert meinrad. King ferdinand i of romania 1865 1927 having begun the war as a careful neutral finally declared for the allies in august 1916.