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The Romanian royal family (Romanian: Familia regală a României) constitutes the Romanian subbranch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern (also known as the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), and was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe.
Margareta spent her childhood at family homes in Lausanne and at Ayot House, St Lawrence, in Hertfordshire, England. [17] [self-published source] During holidays she and her sisters spent time with their grandparents; paternally with Helen, Queen Mother, [5] [6] at Villa Sparta in Italy and maternally, with Princess Margaret [5] [6] and her husband Prince René of Bourbon-Parma in Copenhagen. [18]
Paul-Philippe claims that he, and not Margareta of Romania, is the rightful head of the royal house of Romania. In 2020 he was convicted, along with several other businessmen, including Remus Truică, for influence peddling, money laundering and complicated bribery cases between the years of 2006 and 2013. He became an internationally wanted ...
Lists of Romanian monarchs include: List of rulers of Wallachia (1290–1862) List of rulers of Moldavia (1347–1862) Domnitori (1862–1881) King of Romania (1881 ...
On 10 May 2011, King Michael I severed the dynastic ties between the Romanian Royal Family and the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. [14] After that the branch of the Hohenzollerns was dynastically represented only by the last king Michael, and his daughters.
The idea of the restoration of the monarchy in Romania is a popular idea that has been supported by a faction of the population ever since the Romanian Revolution.In 1997, only 7% of Romanians supported this idea, this number increased to 10% in 2002, to 14% in 2007, to 16% in 2008, to 27.2% in 2013 and to 30.2% in 2014. [9]
Following the death of the former king in 2017, and the largely positive reaction of the crowds to the royal family at his funeral, Romanian politicians have discussed whether to hold a referendum to restore the monarchy, [9] with around half the population (in early 2018) believing monarchy to be a better organisational form than a republic. [10]
Princess Maria of Romania (born 13 July 1964 [1]) is the fifth daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. Since 2015 [2] Maria has lived in Romania and carried out a public role on behalf of the Romanian royal family.