Ingrid, because of her royal blood and her beauty, was considered quite a catch and some even speculated that she might be a match for the future King Edward VIII of England (prior to his abdication) but she ultimately married Frederick XI of Denmark, becoming Queen of Denmark in 1947 when her husband ascended the throne. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. There are reports[48][49][50][51][52] that Romanian Communist authorities allowed King Michael to depart with 42 valuable Crown-owned paintings in November 1947, so that he would leave Romania faster. Michael was designated as Crown Prince with the title "Grand Voivode of Alba Iulia". In November 1947, Anne met King Michael I of Romania who was visiting London for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. Constantine II is also the younger brother of Queen Sofia of Spain and a cousin Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Michael married Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz in Vienna, Austria, in June 1978. [83] On 8 April 2008, King Michael and Patriarch Daniel were elected as honorary members of the Romanian Academy.[84][85]. While Princess Margaret’s oldest son, Prince Gustaf Adolf, was part of the line to the Swedish throne before his untimely death, it was her only daughter, Ingrid, who would become a queen, albeit in another country. Arthur's daughter, Princess Margaret, married the then-prince of Sweden, Gustaf VI Adolf, and with him had five children, including Prince Gustaf Adolf and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. According to Time magazine,[47] he would have done so sooner, but for much of early 1948, he had been negotiating with the Communists over properties he had left in Romania. Basically, at present, this is the following: Changes to the Succession Line can be made by the decision of the Head of the Royal House of Romania. Their deaths came following a revolution in 1917, forcing Nicholas to abdicate in favor of his brother Michael. [99][100] His body was transferred from Bucharest to Curtea de Argeș with the help of a funeral train, using the Royal Train and a repainted domestic-traffic carriage, being led by a diesel locomotive. Shortly thereafter, on the morning of 30 December 1947, Groza met with Michael and compelled him to abdicate. Like some of his relatives, the last king of Romania, Michael I, claimed relation to Queen Victoria on both sides of his family tree. *Titled according to private family rules. The Kingdom of Romania (Romanian: Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe, ruled by a royal family that was a branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. [9] By the same act, Michael designated his grandson Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills as a future member of the deposed royal family and future "Prince of Romania" with the style of "Royal Highness," effective either on his 25th birthday, 1 April 2010, or upon Michael's death, whichever might occur sooner. The eldest of Victoria, Princess Royal's children, Wilhelm was considered brash and impulsive, traits that alienated many and played a significant role in the start of the war. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, until 1947, when the last king, Michael I of Romania, abdicated and the Parliament proclaimed Romania a republic. According to Michael's own account, Groza had threatened him at gun point[36][37][38][39] and warned that the government would shoot 1,000 arrested students if the King did not abdicate. [31], However, according to the autobiography of the former head of the Soviet intelligence agency NKVD, Major General Pavel Sudoplatov, the Deputy Soviet Foreign Commissar Andrey Vyshinsky personally conducted negotiations with King Michael for his abdication, guaranteeing part of a pension to be paid to Michael in Mexico. [71] During exile, Michael worked as farmer, pilot, entrepreneur and stockbroker. Do I have to quarantine? [86] The name of Michael I is listed on the memorial in the Grand Kremlin Palace as one of only 20 recipients of the Order of Victory. An opinion poll in January 2012 placed him as the most trusted public figure in Romania, far ahead of the political leaders. The Romanian Royal House also has blood ties with the Greek Royal Family, as Queen Elena, the mother of King Michael I, was born Princess Elena of Greece and Denmark on May 3, 1896. He did not pardon Mareșal Antonescu, the former Prime Minister, who was sentenced to death "for betrayal of the Romanian people for the benefit of Nazi Germany, for the economic and political subjugation of Romania to Germany, for cooperation with the Iron Guard, for murdering his political opponents, for the mass murder of civilians and crimes against peace". Like Carl, Margarethe traces her family line back to Queen Victoria via Victoria's son Prince Arthur by way of his daughter, Princess Margaret. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. ("I do not want my son to wither waiting like Prince Charles," the King reportedly said of his choice to step down.). Being born and raised in a mountain town, Irina loves spending time in nature, but she also likes to read, write, listen to music, travel, teach her dog new tricks and listen to other people’s stories (so don’t hesitate to contact her for an interview if you have an interesting story that you want to share with the Romania-insider.com readers). King Michael, Romania’s last monarch, will be buried at Curtea de Arges in Romania, on December 16, next to his beloved wife, Queen Anne.
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