Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen of Romania
| Royal House of Romania | |
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| Country | Romania |
| Titles | King of the Romanians |
| Founded | 1866 |
| Founder | King Carol I |
| Final ruler | King Michael I (1927–1930, 1940–1947) |
| Current head | (–) |
| Deposition | 1947: Stalinist take-over |
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| * titled according to private family rules |
The Royal House of Romania is the dynastic royal house that describes the Romanian branch of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen that ruled Romania between 1866 and 1947. The Romanian royal house was governed by the German aristocratic family House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
The family uses the motto Nihil Sine Deo (English: Nothing Without God).
The 1884 Law of the Statute of Romania Royal House is still available and thereupon a german prince of Hohenzollern -Sigmaringen could claim his rights to the Romanian Throne.
Kings of the Romanians
Carol I of Romania (20 April 1839 – 27 September 1914 (O.S.) / 10 October 1914 (N.S.)), born "Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen" was reigning prince and then King of the Romanians from 1866 to 1914.
Ferdinand I of Romania (24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927) was the King of the Romanians from 1914 to 1927.
Carol II of Romania (15 October/16 October 1893 – 4 April 1953) reigned as King of the Romanians from 8 June 1930 until 6 September 1940. He was the first of the Romanian royal family who was baptized in the Orthodox rite.
Michael I of Romania (born 25 October 1921) was the last King of the Romanians (Romanian: Maiestatea Sa Mihai I Regele Românilor, literally "His Majesty Michael I King of the Romanians") reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930, and again from 6 September 1940, until forced to abdicate by the communists backed up by orders of Joseph Stalin to the Soviet armies of occupation on 30 December 1947. He had no sons.