Carol I of Romania

Carol I
Carol I of Romania
King of the Romanians
Reign	15 Mar 1881 – 10 Oct 1914
Coronation	10 May 1881
Predecessor	Himself as Prince
Successor	Ferdinand I
Prince of Romania
Reign	20 April 1866 – 15 Mar 1881
Predecessor	Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Successor	Himself as King
Born	(1839-04-20)20 April 1839 Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Germany
Died	10 October 1914(1914-10-10) (aged 75) Sinaia, Romania
Burial	Curtea de Argeş, Romania
Spouse	Elisabeth of Wied
Issue	Maria of Romania
Full name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig
House	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Karl Anton
Mother	Josephine of Baden
Religion	Roman Catholic

Carol I of Romania,^[1] original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern (20 April 1839 - 10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1914), German prince, was elected Domnitor (Prince) of Romania on 20 April 1866, following the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza.^[2] He reigned in 1881 in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 . He died in October 1914 during World War 1 just after Austria-Hungary and Germany declared war on Serbia , Russia and France in August 1914

1. ↑ Larousse, Éditions. "Larousse.fr : encyclopédie et dictionnaires gratuits en ligne". www.larousse.fr.
2. ↑ Stoica, Vasile (1919). The Roumanian Question: The Roumanians and their Lands. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Printing Company. p. 70.