Ferdinand I of Romania
King of Romania (1865-1927; ruled 1914-1927)
- Fame59.5
- Momentum15.2
- Historical Figures rank#166
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- Fame59.5
- Momentum15.2
- Historical Figures rank#166
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Lived 1865–1927, aged 62Germany
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Updated 2026-06-08
A Hohenzollern prince who chose the other side. When the Great War came, Ferdinand I defied his German cousins, sided with the Entente, and doubled Romania's size — earning him expulsion from his own royal house and the nickname "the Unifier."
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Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad was the second son of a Swabian Catholic branch of the Hohenzollerns, born in 1865 to a Portuguese infanta. He became heir to the Romanian throne in 1886 after his father and brother renounced their claims, married Queen Victoria's granddaughter in 1893, and ascended in 1914 when his uncle Carol I died. Ruling through World War I, he broke with Germany and joined the Triple Entente — a choice that got Kaiser Wilhelm II to strike his name from the Hohenzollern rolls. The gamble paid: by 1920 Bessarabia, Bukovina, Transylvania, and slices of Banat, Crișana, and Ma…
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