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Ferdinand I, king of Romania from 1914 to 1927, who, though a Hohenzollern and a believer in German strength, joined the Allies in World War I. The son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ferdinand was adopted as crown prince of Romania in 1889 by his uncle, King Carol I, whose only.

Ferdinand I, nicknamed Întregitorul ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, the Roman Catholic Prince Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The name was later shortened simply to Hohenzollern after the extinction of the Hohenzollern ...

Ferdinand I , nicknamed Întregitorul , was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal, daughter of Ferdinand II of Portugal and Maria II of Portugal. His family was part of the Catholic branch of the Prussian royal family Hohenzollern.

On 10 October 1914, Carol I, died and Ferdinand succeeded him as King of Romania, reigning until his own death on 20 July 1927. Ferdinand presided over the country’s entry into World War I on the side of the Triple Entente powers against the Central Powers on 27 August 1916.

Romania's independence from the Ottoman Empire was recognized in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin. In an expression of full sovereignty, the principality was elevated to a kingdom in 1881, with Carol I becoming King of Romania. Carol I died in 1914, and was succeeded by his nephew, Ferdinand I.

While the Romanian policy Carol I, King of Romania (1839-1914) was pro-German until 1914, his successor Ferdinand I, King of Romania (1865-1927) adopted a Francophile course in order to promote the principle of unification of all Romanians. This aim was given priority over the insufficiently advanced modernisation within the kingdom ...

Ferdinand, 1865–1927, king of Romania (1914–27), 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. Source for information on Ferdinand (king of Romania): The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.

King Ferdinand I died on 20 July 1927 at the age of 61. Click here to read King Ferdinand's proclamation to the Romanian people on the day war was officially announced; click here to read his proclamation to the Romanian Army issued the same day. Sponsored Links Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy A 'Tour' was a period of front-line service.