King Carol I of Romania and his family

[palimpsest]

I hope so too!

[royallover]

  More pics here:


http://www.geh.org/link/sn/chusseau-article.html


  Good night.

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Carol I, fresco in the new church he built at the Sinaia Monastery, near Peles Castle.

[BaronGeorgia]

Thank you all for the beautiful pictures and info. on these Romanian Royals.  I'm just beginning to indulge my interest in the lesser known Royals of Europe.   And I am so glad to see others with the same interest!

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Welcome BaronGeorgia!
I hope you'll find what you're looking for!

[BaronGeorgia]

Thanks palimpsest!  I think what I have found is that I didn't know as much as I thought I did!    But I'll have fun learning while perusing these threads.

[palimpsest]

The same with me! I love this forum but I'm not able to read all that I want... it is too much... I hope you have more time than me

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The Steel Crown of Carol I, made with steel from a captured Turkish cannon after the Independence war of 1877

Romania became a kingdom in 1881 by crowning Carol I with this crown. Carol arrived in Romania [Walachia + Moldavia] in 1866 as was proclaimed "Principe" [head of state] and needed to go to Istanbul to be confirmed.

It is now in the National History Museum in Bucharest

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A statue of Carol I in from of the Peles Castle, placed there after the fall of communism in 1989

It isn't well placed [my opinion] but the intention was good

[Daniela]

Hello!

ilyala, you've posted that
''towards the end of his reign he became a more tolerable person, less rigid. he even started to gett along with his wife''  
Didn't he get along with her. How was their relationship?
I was always wandering why they didn't have more children after their little princess died. Can someone tell more, please?

Daniela

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Daniela
Welcome to the forum!

Carol was educated as a Prussian officer, very strict. He took his duty as a king very seriously and left little room for anything else. He made a "problem" out of the smallest thing, always thinking of the political consequences. This was beneficial for the country but not for his family life. Carmen Sylva had a very romantic nature, so different from her husband.

There are very interesting portraits of them in Queen Marie's [or Missy] book "The Story of my Life".

[Marc]

Is there any chance for someone to post those portraits?

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Marc
I meant Missy wrote about them in her book. Sorry for the confusion. There are photos as well and I'll try to post them.

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From "The Story of my Life" by Queen Marie [Missy]

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From "The Story of my Life" by Queen Marie [Missy]  
After the death of Carol I, Carmen Sylva lived near his tomb, at Curtea de Arges. After one year she died as well.