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Leopold Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(1835-1905)
Antonia of Portugal Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(1845-)
Alfred Ernest Albert Wettin
(1844-1900)
Marie Alexandrovna Romanov
(1853-1920)
Ferdinand I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(1865-1927)
Marie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Wettin
(1875-1938)

Carol II Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(1893-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Helen of Greece Oldenburg

Carol II Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1 2

  • Born: 15 Oct 1893, Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
  • Marriage: Helen of Greece Oldenburg on 10 Mar 1921 in Athens, Greece
  • Died: 4 Apr 1953, Villa Mar y Sol, Estoril, Portugal aged 59

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Romania, 8 Jun 1930.

• Abdicated: King of Romania, 6 Sep 1940.


Carol married Helen of Greece Oldenburg, daughter of Constantine I of Greece Oldenburg and Sophie Dorothea Ulrica Hohenzollern, on 10 Mar 1921 in Athens, Greece. The marriage ended in divorce in 1928. (Helen of Greece Oldenburg was born on 3 May 1896 in Athens, Greece and died on 28 Nov 1982 in Lausanne, Switzerland.)


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/).

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