Carol I of Romania

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King of Romania head of state human member of royalty military officer monarch

Carol I of Romania was the first King of Romania, who ruled from 1866 to 1914 and oversaw the country’s independence and significant modernization.

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Label Occurrences
Carol I of Romania canonical 20
Karl I of Romania 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Romania ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of royalty ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1839-04-20 ⓘ
birthName Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
birthPlace Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Sigmaringen ⓘ
burialPlace Curtea de Argeș Monastery ⓘ
surface form: Curtea de Argeș Cathedral
child Maria of Romania ⓘ
surface form: Maria of Romania (daughter of Carol I and Elisabeth of Wied)
coronationDate 1881-05-10 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
dateBecameDomnitor 1866-05-10 ⓘ
dateBecameKing 1881-03-26 ⓘ
deathDate 1914-10-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Sinaia ⓘ
familyName Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
surface form: von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
father Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern ⓘ
fullName Carol I of Romania self-link ⓘ
givenName Carol ⓘ
Karl ⓘ
memberOf Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
surface form: House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
militaryRank general ⓘ
monarchOf Romania ⓘ
mother Princess Josephine of Baden ⓘ
notableAchievement led Romania to independence from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
notableBattle Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
notableEvent Victory in the Romanian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Romanian War of Independence
notableWork modernization of Romania ⓘ
positionHeld Domnitor of Romania ⓘ
King of Romania ⓘ
Prince of Hohenzollern ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
predecessor Alexandru Ioan Cuza ⓘ
reignEnd 1914-10-10 ⓘ
reignStart 1866-05-10 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence Cotroceni Palace ⓘ
Peleș Castle ⓘ
sibling Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
surface form: Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

Prince Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
Prince Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
significantReform development of Romanian railways ⓘ
strengthening of Romanian armed forces ⓘ
spouse Elisabeth of Wied ⓘ
successor Ferdinand I of Romania ⓘ
title Domnitor of Romania ⓘ
King of Romania ⓘ
surface form: King of the Romanians

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → notableMember → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
House of Hohenzollern → notableMember → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl I of Romania
Kingdom of Romania → firstMonarch → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Kingdom of Romania → monarch → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
War of Independence (1877–1878) → commandedBy → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Domnitor → officeHolder → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Domnitor → lastHolder → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Alexandru Ioan Cuza → successor → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Order of the Star of Romania → founder → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Romanian National Day (10 May) → associatedWith → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Carol I of Romania → fullName → Carol I of Romania self-link ⓘ
Ferdinand I of Romania → succeeded → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → sibling → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → sibling → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → notableRelative → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → providedMonarch → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
King of Romania → firstHolder → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
King of Romania → titleCreatedFor → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
King of Romania → officeHolder → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Principality of Romania → secondDomnitor → Carol I of Romania ⓘ
Victory in the Romanian War of Independence → commander → Carol I of Romania ⓘ