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  2. Carol II (15 October 1893 [ O.S. 3 October 1893] – 4 April 1953) was King of Romania from June 8, 1930, until his forced abdication on September 6, 1940. As the eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I, in 1914.

  3. Mar 31, 2024 · Carol II (born Oct. 15, 1893, Sinaia, Rom.—died April 4, 1953, Estoril, Port.) was the king of Romania (1930–40), whose controversial reign ultimately gave rise to a personal, monarchical dictatorship. The eldest son of King Ferdinand I, Carol became crown prince upon the death of his great uncle, King Carol I (October 1914).

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  4. Carol II ( 15 October 1893 [ O.S. 3 October 1893] – 4 April 1953) was King of Romania from June 8, 1930, until his forced abdication on September 6, 1940. As the eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I, in 1914.

  5. Carol II of Romania was born on 15 October 1893, at Sinaia, in the Peles castle, as the first son of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern – Sigmaringen and of Marie of Edinburgh. For the Romanian people, whose destiny was placed in the monarchy hands, his birth represented a long – awaited moment.

  6. Oct 12, 2018 · The boy’s dissipated father, who had previously renounced his rights to the throne, returned to reclaim the crown in 1930 as King Carol II, but was forced out of the country again in 1940.

  7. Apr 4, 2003 · Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 53 Issue 4 April 2003. Carol II of Romania King Carol spent his last years in exile in Mexico and Brazil before buying a villa at Estoril in Portugal. His sudden death there of a heart attack, aged fifty-nine, removed from the scene a Ruritanian figure, who was appropriately the subject of a ...

  8. May 11, 2018 · Carol II (1893–1953) King of Romania (1930–40), grandnephew of Carol I. In 1925 he renounced the throne. He returned in 1930 and supplanted his son Michael as king, despite liberal opposition and economic crisis. Carol II supported fascism. He aimed to become dictator, but German pressure forced him to abdicate in favour of his son Michael ...

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