ROMANIA








 

The members of this family bear the title Prince[ss] of Romania (Royal Highness).
 
 

A.

Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig Pr von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Sigmaringen 20 Apr 1839-Pelesch Castle, Sinaia 10 Oct 1914; see Hohenzollern) was elected Prince of Romania 20 Apr 1866, and proclaimed King CAROL I of Romania 26 Mar 1881; he m.at Neuwied 15 Nov 1869 Elisabeth Pss zu Wied (Neuwied 29 Dec 1843-Curtea de Arges 3 Mar 1916)

1a) Marie (Bucharest 8 Sep 1870-Pelesch Castle 9 Apr 1874)
 

B.

Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad Pr von Hohenzollern (Sigmaringen 24 Aug 1865-Sinaia 20 Jul 1927; see Hohenzollern) succeeded his uncle, King Carol I on his death without issue 10 Oct 1914, as King FERDINAND of Romania; he m. at Sigmaringen 10 Jan 1893 Marie Pss of Great Britain and Ireland, Pss of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, etc (Eastwell Park 29 Oct 1875-Pelesch Castle 10 Jul 1938)
 

1a) CAROL II, King of Romania, renounced his rights 28 Dec 1925 but reneged on the renunciation and was proclaimed King 8 Jun 1930, then abdicated again 6 Sep 1940 (Castle Pelesch 16 [or 15] Oct 1893-Estoril 4 Apr 1953); m.1st Odessa 31 Aug 1918 (annulled 1919) Joanna Marie Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino (Roman, Romania 3 Oct 1898-Paris 11 Mar 1953); m.2d Athens 10 Mar 1921 (div 1928) Helen Pss of Greece and Denmark (Athens 3 May 1896-Lausanne 28 Nov 1982); m.3d Rio de Janeiro 3 Jun 1947 Elena Lupescu (Hertza, Moldavia 15 Sep 1899-Estoril 29 Jun 1977)
 

1b) Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino (Bucharest 9 Jan 1920-London 27 Jan 2006); m.1st Paris 22 Mar 1948 (div 1958) Helene Navagatzine (b.Paris 26 May 1925);m.2d Paris 20 Dec 1960 (div 1977) Thelma Williams (Nashville, Tennessee 15 Nov 1930-Rutland, Vermont 5 Jun 1988); m.3d Fulham Town Hall 27 Jun 1984 Antonia Colville (Bracken, Church Crookham, Hants, 29 May 1939-13 Jun 2007)

 

1c) Paul Philip Lambrino, or von Hohenzollern (b.Paris 13 Aug 1948); m.Bucharest 15 Sep 1996 Lia Georgia Triff (b.Great Lakes, Illinois 23 Feb 1949)

2c) Ion George Nicholas Alexander Lambrino, or von Hohenzollern (b.Poole, Dorset 1 Sep 1961)



2b) MICHAEL, King of Romania 20 Jul 1927-8 Jun 1930 and again 6 Sep 1940-  , abdicated 30 Dec 1947 (b.Castle Pelesch 25 Oct 1921); m.Athens 10 Jun 1948 Anne Pss of Bourbon-Parma (b.Paris 18 Sep 1923)

 

1c) Margarita (b.Lausanne 26 Mar 1949); m.Lausanne 21 Sep 1996 Radu Duda, cr 1 Jan 1999 Prinz von Hohenzollern-Veringen (b.Iasi, Romania 7 Jun 1960)

2c) Elena (b.Lausanne 15 Nov 1950); m.1st Lausanne 24 Sep 1983 (div 1991) Robin Medforth-Mills (Sproatley, Yorks 8 Dec 1942-Geneva 2 Feb 2002); m.2d Peterlee, co. Durham 14 Aug 1998 Alexander Phillips Nixon McAteer (b.Easington, co. Durham 22 Oct 1964)

3c) Irina (b.Lausanne 28 Feb 1953); m.1st Lausanne 10 Dec 1983 John Kreuger (b.Solna, Sweden 3 Aug 1945); m.1st Lausanne 10 Dec 1983 (div 2003) John Kreuger (b.Solna, Sweden 3 Aug 1945); m.2nd Reno 2 Nov 2007 John Wesley Walker (b.Douglas, Missouri 30 Dec 1945)

4c) Sophia (b.Tatoi, Greece 28 Oct 1957); m.Neuilly 29 Aug 1998 Alain Michel Léonce Biarneix de Laufenborg (b.Nancy 10 Jul 1957)

 

5c) Maria (b.Hellerup, Denmark 13 Jul 1964); m.New York 16 Sep 1995 Casimir Mystkowski (b.Las-Poczylowo, Poland 13 Sep 1958)

 

 

2a) Elisabeth (Castle Pelesch 12 Oct 1894-Cannes 15 Nov 1956); m.Bucharest 27 Feb 1921 (div 1935) King George II of the Hellenes (Tatoi 19 Jul 1890-Athens 1 Apr 1947)

3a) Marie (Gotha 9 Jan 1900-London 22 Jun 1961); m.Belgrade 8 Jun 1922 King Alexander of Yugoslavia (Cetinje 4 Dec 1888-assassinated at Marseilles 9 Oct 1934)

4a) Nicholas, assumed title Pr von Hohenzollern (Castle Pelesch 18 Aug 1903-Madrid 9 Jul 1978); m.1st Tohani, Romania, 7 Nov 1931 Joanna Dumitrescu-Doletti (Bucharest 24 Sep 1909 [other dates of birth have been named in various sources]-Lausanne 19 Feb 1963); m.2d Lausanne 13 Jul 1967 Thereza Lisboa Figueria de Mello (Rome 10 Jun 1913-Madrid 30 Mar 1997)

5a) Ileana (Bucharest 5 Jan 1909-Youngstown, Ohio 21 Jan 1991); m.1st Sinaia 26 Jul 1931 (div 1954) Anton, Archduke of Austria (Vienna 20 Mar 1901-Salzburg 22 Oct 1987); m.2d Newton, Massachusetts 20 Jun 1954 (div 1965) Stefan Issarescu (Turnu-Severin 5 Oct 1906-Providence 21 Dec 2002)

6a) Mircea (Bucharest 3 Jan 1913-Buftea 2 Nov 1916)