Kingdom of Romania

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The Kingdom of Romania was a constitutional monarchy in Eastern Europe (1881–1947) that played a significant role in both World Wars and interwar regional alliances before being replaced by a communist republic.


Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy
former country
sovereign state
alliedWith Czechoslovakia
France
Greece
Soviet Union
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Yugoslavia
capital Bucharest
continent Europe
country Romania
currency Romanian leu
dominantReligion Romanian Orthodox Church
endDate 1947-12-30
firstMonarch Carol I of Romania
gainedTerritoryFrom Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
Bulgaria
Russia
governmentType constitutional monarchy
hadEvent Great Union of 1918
Union of Transylvania with Romania
abdication of King Michael I
headOfStateTitle King of Romania
includedTerritory Banat
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Dobruja
Transylvania
lastMonarch Michael I of Romania
legislature Parliament of Romania
locatedIn Eastern Europe
lostTerritoryTo Bulgaria
Hungary
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
lowerHouse Assembly of Deputies of Romania
memberOf Balkan Pact
Little Entente
monarch Carol I of Romania
Carol II of Romania
Ferdinand I of Romania
Michael I of Romania
officialLanguage Romanian
participatedIn First Balkan War (diplomatically)
Second Balkan War
World War I
World War II
politicalSystem multi-party system
predecessor Principality of Romania
United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
reasonForEnd Soviet influence after World War II
imposition of communist regime
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
startDate 1881-03-14
successor People's Republic of Romania
Romanian People’s Republic
upperHouse Senate of Romania
wasPartOf Allied Powers
Central Powers

Referenced by (45)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Battle of Odessa (1941)
Battle of Perekop (1941)
Second Balkan War
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
belligerent
Crimean offensive (1944)
Defense of the Ploiești oil fields
Polish–Romanian alliance
Western Front (World War I)
countryInvolved
Eliezer Wiesel
Emil Cioran
John Houseman
Nicolae Ceaușescu
countryOfBirth
Constantin Constantinescu-Claps
Elena Rosetti-Solescu
Gheorghe Avramescu
Ion Antonescu
countryOfCitizenship
Alexander Löhr
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Ion Antonescu
placeOfBirth
Axis forces on the Eastern Front
Royal Romanian Air Force
country
Operation Soapsuds
Ploiești raid
countryTargeted
Romanian Campaign
Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
participant
Battle of Odessa (1941)
attacker
West Ukrainian People’s Republic
claimedTerritoryFrom
Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
countryGainingTerritory
Allied Powers of World War I
countryMember
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front ("Kingdom of Romania (until 1944)")
enemy
World War II battles on the Kerch Peninsula
hasParticipant
Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
historicalCountry
Bukovina
historicallyPartOf
Dobruja ("Romanian Kingdom")
historicallyRuledBy
Transylvanian Saxons
historicalRuler
Second Vienna Award
involvedCountry
Transylvania
joinedState
Columbia Aquila refinery
locatedIn
Kingdom of Bulgaria
neighboringCountry
Treaty of Trianon
partyTo
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
providedRoyalHouse
House of Hohenzollern
ruled
House of Wettin
ruledTerritory
Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
signedInCountry
Danubian Principalities
successor

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