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Carol II of Romania

1893 - 1953

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Carol II (15 October 1893 [O.S. 3 October 1893] – 4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930, until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I, in 1914. He was the first Romanian king to be born in Romania, as both of his predecessors had been born in Germany and came to Romania only as adults. As such, he was the first member of the Hohenzollern family who spoke Romanian as his first language and was also the first to be raised in the Romanian Orthodox faith. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carol II of Romania is the 1,341st most popular politician (down from 989th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Romania (down from 17th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Romanian Politician.

Carol II of Romania is most famous for his dictatorial rule of Romania from 1930-1940.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carol II of Romania ranks 1,341 out of 19,576. Before him are Nuon Chea, Henry the Lion, Feodor III of Russia, Khamtai Siphandon, Ion Iliescu, and Ptolemy VIII Physcon. After him are Alfonso V of Aragon, Theophilos, Valdemar II of Denmark, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Klement Gottwald, and Dzhokhar Dudayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Carol II of Romania ranks 13. Before him are Walter Ulbricht, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Leslie Howard, Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and Alexander of Greece. After him are Soong Ching-ling, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Draža Mihailović, Albert Szent-Györgyi, and Lazar Kaganovich. Among people deceased in 1953, Carol II of Romania ranks 10. Before him are Sergei Prokofiev, Ibn Saud, Edwin Hubble, Gerd von Rundstedt, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Guccio Gucci. After him are Klement Gottwald, Emmerich Kálmán, Eugene O'Neill, Django Reinhardt, Ivan Bunin, and Vladimir Tatlin.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Carol II of Romania ranks 24 out of 844. Before him are Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Paul Celan (1920), Theodoric I (393), Béla Kun (1886), and Ion Iliescu (1930). After him are György Ligeti (1923), János Bolyai (1802), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Mircea Lucescu (1945), and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Carol II of Romania ranks 15. Before him are Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Theodoric I (393), Béla Kun (1886), and Ion Iliescu (1930). After him are Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Álmos (820), Michael the Brave (1558), and Basarab I of Wallachia (1275).

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