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

Carol al II-lea, Regele României. Însemnări zilnice, 1937-1951 Volumul II, 13 martie-15 decembrie 1939 (Caietele 8-10), ediție îngrijită, note, glosar și indice de Nicolae Rauș, studiu introductiv de Ioan Scurtu.

Mar 31, 2025 · Carol II 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).

Apr 3, 2025 · King Carol II was the first King of Romania to be born in Romania, and the first member of the Romanian royal family to be brought up in the Orthodox faith. His predecessors were both born in Germany and had been permitted …

Carol II was the king of Romania from 1930 till he abdicated in 1940. His reign was very controversial and it established a personal and monarchial dictatorship as well. He was the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, and he became the crown prince after his grand uncle, King Carol I, …

Apr 26, 2022 · Carol II reigned as King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his enforced abdication on 6 September 1940. Carol was the eldest son of Ferdinand I and became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914.

Prince Carol Caraiman of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born at Peles Castle near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania in 1893. His father was Crown Prince Ferdinand, his mother was Crown Princess Marie (originally of Edinburgh), and his great uncle was King Carol I …

Carol II of Romania (15 October/16 October 1893 – 4 April 1953) was the king of Romania from 8 June 1930 until 6 September 1940. Carol died in Estoril, on the Portuguese Riviera in 1953. [1]

Aug 24, 2016 · 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.

Carol II von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the third King of Romania, reigning since the death of his father Ferdinand I in July 1927. Known as a Romanian nationalist with autocratic tendencies, many observe the unfolding bloody power struggle between King Carol and his similarly dictatorial Prime Minister Corneliu Zelea Codreanu with great ...