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Ruler · 1893 – 1953

Carol II of Romania

Lived 1893 – 1953; monarch. King of Romania of Kingdom of Romania, 1930 – 1940.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived
1893 – 1953
60 years
In office
10 years
one reign
Lines
1
Kingdom of Romania
Left it
abdicated
Wikidata's end cause on the term

King of Romania

Kingdom of Romania · the 4th of 5 dated reigns · 1881 – 1947

Carol II of Romania · 1930 – 1940 · this entry190019201940
deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1930 – 1940 · 10 years · came to it aged 37

Came to it
seized powerthe parent of the ruler before, on record
Left it
abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term: abdication
His name was restored in the royal house of Romania, and he deposed his son and claimed the throne as Carol II.
Forced under Soviet and subsequently Hungarian, Bulgarian, and German pressure to surrender parts of his kingdom to foreign rule, he was finally outmaneuvered by the pro-German administration of Marshal Ion Antonescu, and abdicated in favour of Michael in September 1940.

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Wikidata Q212897 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.