Prince Nicholas of Romania

Prince Nicholas
Prince Regent of Romania
Tenure20 July 1927 – 8 June 1930
MonarchMichael I
Born(1903-08-05)5 August 1903
Peleş Castle, Sinaia, Kingdom of Romania
Died9 July 1978(1978-07-09) (aged 74)
Madrid, Spain
Burial
The New Archbishopric and Royal Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș[1]
Spouses
Ioana Dumitrescu-Doletti
(m. 1931; died 1963)
Thereza Lisboa Figueira de Mello
(m. 1967)
HouseHohenzollern-Sigmaringen
FatherFerdinand I of Romania
MotherMarie of Edinburgh

Prince Nicholas of Romania (Romanian: Principele Nicolae al României; 5 August 1903 – 9 June 1978), later known as Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the fourth child and second son of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his wife Queen Marie.

In 1927 after the death of his father, Nicholas was appointed as one of the three regents for his minor nephew King Michael I. His position as regent ended in 1930 with the return of his older brother Prince Carol to Romania to take over as King of Romania.

In later 1930, he was stripped of his titles and privileges and exiled from the Royal Court, due to King Carol II's disapproval of his marriage. On 10 July 1942, after the removal of King Carol II from the throne, during King Michael's second reign, Nicholas was given by the king the title of Nicholas of Hohenzollern — of the house to which he belonged.[2]

He died in exile on 9 July 1978 in Madrid, Spain.

  1. ^ Repatrierea Principelui Regent Nicolae
  2. ^ Royal Decision nr. 1 from 7 July 1942, published in "Monitorul Oficial al României", part I, nr. 156 from 8 July 1942,p. 5594

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