Back العائلة المالكة الرومانية Arabic Rumunská královská rodina Czech Rumänische Königsfamilie German Βασιλική Οικογένεια της Ρουμανίας Greek Famiglia reale rumena Italian 로므니아가 Korean Familia Regală a României Romanian Romanian royal family SIMPLE
| House of Hohenzollern (Romanian branch) House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Romanian branch) House of Hohenzollern-Romania House of Romania | |
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| Parent house | Hohenzollern (Swabian branch) |
| Country | Romania |
| Founded | 10 May 1866 |
| Founder | Carol I |
| Current head | Margareta of Romania |
| Final ruler | Michael I |
| Titles | Prince (Domnitor, or Principe) (1866–1881), King (Rege) (1881–1947), Custodian of the Crown of Romania("Custode al Coroanei Române") (2017- ) |
| Deposition | 30 December 1947 |
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| ‡Status disputed |
The Romanian royal family (Romanian: Familia regală a României) constitutes the Romanian subbranch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern (also known as the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), and was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, until 1947, when the last king, Michael I of Romania, was forced to abdicate and the Parliament proclaimed Romania a republic. Soon after, upon the establishment of the constitution of 13 April 1948, Romania became a people's republic, a state that lasted until 1989.
Current members of the former royal family include the daughters of the late, former King Michael of Romania. Some descendants have adopted the surname "of Romania". There are also descendants of Michael's older half-brother Carol Lambrino (also known as "Carol Hohenzollern" and "Carol Mircea Grigore of Romania" or, in Romanian, al României, on his amended, Romanian birth certificate[1]), whose legitimacy was disputed and who were not recognised as royal during the reigns of Ferdinand, Carol II and Michael.
King Michael publicly renounced for himself, the former queen, and their five daughters any claim to the titles of "Prince/Princess of Hohenzollern", styles which were in any case not recognised under German laws since 1919 but had been attributed, along with the Romanian royal titles, to members of the Romanian dynasty in such subsequently published sources as the Almanach de Gotha and Burke's Guide to the Royal Family.[2]
- ^ "General"[permanent dead link] Evenimentul Zilei
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 295-296. ISBN 0-220-66222-3