Romanian History - a story about King Michael I of Romania
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Shortly after Michael's birth, his father, Crown Prince Carol of Romania had become involved in a controversial relationship with Manta Lupescu. In 1925 Carroll was pressured to renounce his rights to the throne and moved to Paris in exile with Lupescu. In 1927 Michael ascended the throne following the death of his grandfather, King Ferdinand. The first as Michael was still a minor, a regency council was instituted, composed of his uncle, Prince Nikolai patriarch Miron Crista and the president of the Supreme Court. Joke Bogan, the council proved to be ineffective. And in 1930 Carroll returned to Romania and replaced his son as monarch reigning as Carol. The second. As a result, Michael returned to being a parent of the throne and was given the additional title of Grand Voe of Alba Carol. The second was forced to abdicate in 1940. And Michael once again became king under the government led by the military dictator on Antonescu, Romania became aligned with Nazi Germany. In 1944 Michael participated in a coup against Antonescu appointed Konstantin San Nas as his replacement and subsequently declared an alliance with the allies. In March 1945 political pressures forced Michael to appoint a pro Soviet government headed by Petro Groza from August 1945 to January 1946 Michael went on a royal strike and unsuccessfully tried to oppose Grosso's communist controlled government by refusing to sign and endorse its decrees. In November 1947 Michael attended the wedding of his cousins, the future Queen Elizabeth the second of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark and London. Shortly thereafter, on the morning of 30 December 1947 Groza met with Michael and compelled him to abdicate Michael was forced into exile, his properties confiscated and his citizenship stripped. In 1948 he married Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma, henceforth known as Queen Anne of Romania, with whom he had five daughters and a couple eventually settled in Switzerland.