# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carol-ii-of-romania
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:03:27.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carol-ii-of-romania"
name: "Carol II of Romania"
slug: "carol-ii-of-romania"
description: "A king who deserted his army, renounced his throne for a mistress, seized it back from his own child, then fled the country with 30 truckloads of loot while gunmen fired at his train."
tagline: "King of Romania from 1930 to 1940"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carol_II_of_Romania.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1893-10-15"
deathDate: "1953-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.92
  momentum:             0.9209872571688925
  historical:           23.042596
  currentAttention:     4.771086720063286
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Historical Figure"
    slug: "historical-figure"
  - name: "Royalty"
    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "20th Century"
    slug: "20th-century"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212897"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Carol%20II%20of%20Romania"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ایکینجی کارول (رومانی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Karol_(Rum%C4%B1niya_kral%C4%B1)"
    title: "II Karol (Rumıniya kralı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_II"
    title: "Караль II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Карол II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II"
    title: "Carol II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carles_II_de_Romania"
    title: "Carles II de Romania"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_II._Rumunsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Karel II. Rumunský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carol 2. af Rumænien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II."
    title: "Carol II."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Κάρολος Β΄ της Ρουμανίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karolo la 2-a (Rumanio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_II_de_Rumania"
    title: "Carlos II de Rumania"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II"
    title: "Carol II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlos_II.a_Errumaniakoa"
    title: "Karlos II.a Errumaniakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "کارول دوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaarle_II_(Romania)"
    title: "Kaarle II (Romania)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II"
    title: "Carol II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "קרול השני, מלך רומניה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karlo II., rumunjski kralj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._K%C3%A1roly_rom%C3%A1n_kir%C3%A1ly"
    title: "II. Károly román király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carol II dari Rumania"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_la_2ma_di_Rumania"
    title: "Carol la 2ma di Rumania"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارول الثاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارول التانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born heir to Romania's throne in 1893, Carol forfeited his succession rights in 1925 after a scandalous marriage and a persistent affair with Elena Lupescu got him exiled to France. When his five-year-old son Michael inherited the crown in 1927, political chaos pulled Carol back in 1930; he deposed the boy and claimed the throne as Carol II. He ruled through the Depression by appointing weak coalition governments and surrounding himself with corrupt advisors, eventually suspending the constitution in 1938 to establish a royal dictatorship aimed at countering the Iron Guard. After Romania lost vast territories to the Soviets, Hungarians, and Bulgarians in 1940, his regime collapsed and he was forced to abdicate by a Nazi-backed general. He left the country with a fortune as Iron Guard gunmen shot at his departing train, married Lupescu in Brazil in 1947, and died in Portuguese exile in 1953—his son refusing to attend the funeral.