Romanian royal family

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Romanian branch) House of Hohenzollern-Romania House of Romania
Parent house	Hohenzollern
Country	Romania
Founded	10 May 1866
Founder	Carol I
Current head	Margareta of Romania
Final ruler	Michael I
Titles	Prince (Domnitor, or Principe) (1866–1881), King (Rege) (1881–1947)
Deposition	30 December 1947

Romanian royal family
HM The Custodian of the Crown HRH Prince Radu* HRH Princess Elena HRH Princess Irina HRH Princess Sophie HRH Princess Maria HRH Prince Paul‡ HRH Princess Lia‡ HRH Prince Carol Ferdinand‡ HRH Prince Alexander‡
*Titled according to private family rules ‡Status disputed
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The Romanian royal family (Romanian: Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, until 1947, when the last king, Michael I of Romania, was forced to abdicate and the Parliament proclaimed Romania a republic. Soon after, upon the establishment of the constitution of 13 April 1948, Romania became a people's republic, a state that lasted until 1989.

Current members of the former royal family include the daughters of the late, former King Michael of Romania. Some descendants have adopted the surname "of Romania". There are also descendants of Michael's older half-brother Carol Lambrino (also known as "Carol Hohenzollern" and "Carol Mircea Grigore of Romania" or, in Romanian, al României, on his amended, Romanian birth certificate^[1]), whose legitimacy was disputed and who were not recognised as royal during the reigns of Ferdinand, Carol II and Michael.

King Michael publicly renounced for himself, the former queen, and their five daughters any claim to the titles of "Prince/Princess of Hohenzollern", styles which were in any case not recognised under German laws since 1919 but had been attributed, along with the Romanian royal titles, to members of the Romanian dynasty in such subsequently published sources as the Almanach de Gotha and Burke's Guide to the Royal Family.^[2]