King Carol spent his last years in exile in Mexico and Brazil before buying a villa at Estoril in Portugal. HTML tags are not allowed. Prince Carol of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was born at Peles Castle near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania. In Jul 1940, he publicly announced Romania's intentions to befriend Germany and appointed Iron Guard member Ion Gigurtu as the new prime minister. In response, King Carol II's supporters rounded up nine suspects, all Iron Guard members, and executed them without trial. Even after his marriage, Carol II didn’t leave his womanizing ways. In 1918, he married Joanna Marie Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino, daughter of Colonel (later General) Constantin Lambrino, descendent of a Byzantine imperial family; the marriage was annulled in the following year, although they continued to live together.

Unlike the German elders on the paternal side of his family, he was born in Romania, he learned Romanian as his first language, and he was raised in the Romanian Orthodox faith. Romania in the early 20th century was perhaps the most Francophile nation in the entire world; the Romanian elite obsessively embraced all things French as the model for perfection in everything. Magda Lupescu formerly had been the wife of the army officer Ion Tâmpeanu. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/carol-ii-of-romania-37258.php, The Hottest Male Celebrities With The Best Abs.

Carol was born in Peleș Castle.

His continued affairs with Magda Lupescu obliged him to renounce his succession rights in 1925 and leave the country. Prime Minister Iuliu Maniu of Romania engineered a coup d'état, ousting King Mihai I. All comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB. He made his son (by Helen/Elena) Mihai the Crown Prince. His reign was marked by re-alignment with Nazi Germany, adoption of anti-semitic laws and ultimately evolved into a personal dictatorship beginning with 1938. After these executions, King Carol II thought he had effectively tamed the Iron Guard by eliminating its leadership, and allowed its members to join the National Renaissance Front by Apr 1940.
As a means to secure personal power, he carefully balanced the various political parties so that he could reign supreme. Geni requires JavaScript! King Carol II invited a Germany military mission to be established in Romania to train Romanian troops.

He was eventually forced to renounce his succession rights, forced to leave the country and go into exile. As Magda was Jewish, they also felt that he was dominated by her.

Carol II had to later marry Princess Helen, with whom he had a son named Michael. His wife eventually divorced him in 1928. Birth of Michael I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King... Death of Carol II Caraiman of Hohenzollern-Sigmaring... King of Romania 1930-1940, King of Romania.

Carol II passed away in 1953, in Portugal.

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