Ferdinand I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1 2
- Born: 24 Aug 1865, Sigmaringen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Marriage: Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Wettin on 10 Jan 1893 in Sigmaringen Castle, Germany
- Died: 20 Jul 1927, Sinaia, Romania aged 61
- Buried: Monastery of Curtea de Arges, Sinaia, Romania
Another name for Ferdinand was Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
General Notes:
Nephew of Carol I. The second son of the Prussian prince, Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, he was designated successor to the heirless Carol I in 1880. In 1893 he married Marie, daughter of Alfred, duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (and granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Czar Alexander II.) Although related to the German imperial family, Ferdinand took Romania (1916) into World War I on the Allied side, and in 1922 he was crowned king of the enlarged Romania established by the peace treaties. Ferdinand annexed (1918) Bessarabia from Russia and in 1919 ordered the Romanian military intervention in Hungary that broke up the Communist government of Béla Kun. During his reign, universal male suffrage and agrarian reforms were introduced. Ferdinand’s son, Carol, renounced his succession in 1925, and Carol’s son Michael succeeded in 1927. 4
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: King of Romania, 1914.
Ferdinand married Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Wettin, daughter of Alfred Ernest Albert Wettin and Marie Alexandrovna Romanov, on 10 Jan 1893 in Sigmaringen Castle, Germany. (Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Wettin was born on 29 Oct 1875 in Eastwell Park, Kent, England, died on 18 Jul 1938 in Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania and was buried in Monastery of Curtea de Arges, Sinaia, Romania.)
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