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The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (Romanian: Principatele Unite ale Moldovei și Țării Românești), [2] commonly called United Principalities or Wallachia and Moldavia, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia. The union was formed 5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1859 when ...
The unification of Moldavia and Wallachia (Romanian: Unirea Moldovei și Țării Românești), [1] also known as the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romanian: Unirea Principatelor Române) [2] or as the Little Union (Romanian: Mica Unire), [3] happened in 1859 following the election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both the ...
The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romanian: Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române) or, unofficially, the Little Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Micii Uniri), [1] is a public holiday of Romania celebrated every 24 January to commemorate the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), also known as the "Little Union", on 24 January 1859 under prince ...
Alexandru Ioan Cuza (pronounced [alekˈsandru iˈo̯aŋ ˈkuza] ⓘ, or Alexandru Ioan I, also Anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first domnitor (prince) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as Prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and Prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted in the unification of the two states.
Alexandru Ioan's reign marked the first political union between the two Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), which was to form the Kingdom of Romania in 1881. In the 1860s, his father made a conscious attempt at establishing a Cuza dynasty —this, together with his dissolute lifestyle, helped coalesce the " monstrous coalition ...
The union declaration with Romania also condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. [13] [14] [15] Later, on 29 March, the local council of the Romanian commune of Aleșd signed a union declaration with Moldova but also with Băcioi, as both localities were twinned, in presence of the mayor and deputy mayor of Băcioi. [16] Ordășei (Telenești ...
The election to the Romanian throne in 1866 followed the deposition of Prince Alexandre Ioan Cuza, with the aim of giving the united principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia a new ruler. Cuza's deposition, despite his major reforms which had initiated the modernization of the Romanian principalities, had been engineered by an alliance of ...
Alexandru Ioan Cuza: 1859–1862: also ruled Wallachia in personal union as the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. Formal union of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1862 as the Romanian United Principalities. A new constitution came into effect in 1866 giving the country the official name Romania. For later rulers, see Domnitor and King ...