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The Kingdom of Romania (Romanian: Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed from 25 March [O.S. 13 March] 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic.
The House of Ghica [or Ghika] (Romanian: Ghica; Albanian: Gjika}; Greek: Γκίκας, Gikas) was an Albanian noble family whose members held significant positions in Wallachia, Moldavia and later in the Kingdom of Romania, between the early 17th century and late 19th century.
The King of Romania (Romanian: Regele României) [1] or King of the Romanians (Romanian: Regele Românilor) was the title of the monarch of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947, when the Romanian Workers' Party proclaimed the Romanian People's Republic following Michael I's forced abdication.
Bucharest is the capital and the largest city in Romania, with a population of over 1.7 million in 2021. [371] Its larger urban zone has a population of almost 2.2 million, [372] which are planned to be included into a metropolitan area up to 20 times the area of the city proper. [373] [374] [375]
Extrajudicial killings by the Kingdom of Romania (10 P) H. Hungarian–Romanian War (1 C, 7 P) I. Inmates of Doftana prison (25 P) J. Junimea (2 C, 2 P) P.
Map of the Kingdom of Romania between 1918 and 1940 (Greater Romania) and its historical regions. In Romanian historiography, the Great Union (Romanian: Marea Unire) or Great Union of 1918 (Marea Unire din 1918) was the series of political unifications the Kingdom of Romania had with several of the Romanian historical regions, starting with Bessarabia on 27 March 1918, continuing with Bukovina ...
The region itself is defined by the result of that political act, followed by the Romanian War of Independence, the inclusion of Northern Dobruja and the transfer of the southern part of Bessarabia to the Russian Empire in 1878, the proclamation of the Kingdom of Romania in 1881, and the annexation of Southern Dobruja in 1913.
On 21 May [O.S. 9 May] 1877, Romania proclaimed itself fully independent; the proclamation was sanctioned by the Domnitor the following day. Four years later, the 1866 constitution was modified and Romania became a kingdom, on 22 May [O.S. 10 May] 1881, Domnitor Carol I was crowned as the first King of Romania.