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Carol I of Romania

1839 - 1914

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Carol I or Charles I of Romania (born Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 20 April 1839 – 10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1914), was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He was elected Prince of the Romanian United Principalities on 20 April 1866 after the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza by a palace coup d'état. In May 1877, Romania was proclaimed an independent and sovereign nation. The defeat of the Ottoman Empire (1878) in the Russo-Turkish War secured Romanian independence, and he was proclaimed King on 26 March [O.S. 14 March] 1881. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carol I of Romania is the 1,334th most popular politician (up from 1,590th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Germany (up from 431st in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Politician.

Carol I of Romania was most famous for being the first king of Romania. He was a member of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty and ruled from 1866 to 1914.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carol I of Romania ranks 1,334 out of 19,576. Before him are Haakon V of Norway, Mohamed Naguib, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Henry of Flanders, Kim Jong-suk, and Fiorello H. La Guardia. After him are Nuon Chea, Henry the Lion, Feodor III of Russia, Khamtai Siphandon, Ion Iliescu, and Ptolemy VIII Physcon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Carol I of Romania ranks 9. Before him are Sully Prudhomme, Modest Mussorgsky, Jamsetji Tata, Alfred Sisley, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Josiah Willard Gibbs. After him are George Armstrong Custer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Josephine Cochrane, Emil Škoda, and Frances Willard. Among people deceased in 1914, Carol I of Romania ranks 8. Before him are Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, and Charles Sanders Peirce. After him are Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, George Westinghouse, Georg Trakl, Jean Jaurès, and August Weismann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carol I of Romania ranks 336 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), and James Franck (1882). After him are Henry the Lion (1129), Klaus Schwab (1938), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Carol I of Romania ranks 96. Before him are Helmut Schmidt (1918), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Anton Drexler (1884), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Wilhelm Frick (1877), and Gustav Stresemann (1878). After him are Henry the Lion (1129), Georgy Lvov (1861), Theodor Heuss (1884), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Otto of Bavaria (1848), and Julius Streicher (1885).

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