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Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed Întregitorul ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Portugal and Maria II of Portugal.
Jul 20, 1998 · Ferdinand I (born Aug. 24, 1865, Sigmaringen, Prussia [now in Germany]—died July 20, 1927, Bucharest, Rom.) was the king of Romania from 1914 to 1927, who, though a Hohenzollern and a believer in German strength, joined the Allies in World War I. The son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ferdinand was adopted as crown prince of ...
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On 10 October 1914, Carol I, died and Ferdinand succeeded him as King of Romania, reigning until his own death on 20 July 1927. Ferdinand presided over the country’s entry into World War I on the side of the Triple Entente powers against the Central Powers on 27 August 1916.
King Ferdinand I of Romania (1865-1927), having begun the war as a careful neutral, finally declared for the Allies in August 1916. Sponsored Links Suffering prompt invasion by the Germans and exile to the north-east of the country, Ferdinand nevertheless emerged from the war victorious having succeeded in extracting notable territorial gains ...
Romania's independence from the Ottoman Empire was recognized in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin. In an expression of full sovereignty, the principality was elevated to a kingdom in 1881, with Carol I becoming King of Romania. Carol I died in 1914, and was succeeded by his nephew, Ferdinand I.
Apr 26, 2022 · Ferdinand I, nicknamed Întregitorul ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, the Roman Catholic Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The name was later shortened simply to Hohenzollern after the extinction of the Hohenzollern ...
Mar 31, 2018 · King Ferdinand I of Romania. (b. August 24, 1865, Sigmaringen, Germany – d. 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.
