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Prince Mircea of Romania (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a]; 3 January 1913 – 2 November 1916) was the third son and youngest child of King Ferdinand of Romania and Marie of Edinburgh and the great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother. He died aged 3 in November 1916.
During his younger years and his reign, including during his personal dictatorship (1938–1940) when he held absolute power in Romania, King Carol II recognized his first-born Mircea Carol as a prince on several occasions.
Mircea I’s rule is of exceptional importance in the medieval history of the Romanian space, as it brought the first major political-military confrontation between a Romanian state and the Ottoman Empire which was on the rise in the central parts of Europe.
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Mircea the Elder (Romanian: Mircea cel Bătrân, pronounced [ˈmirtʃe̯a tʃel bəˈtrɨn] ⓘ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited the throne.
English Wikipedia. date of death. ... Mircea Prince of Romania (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (3 Jan 1913 - 2 Nov 1916) ... Download as PDF; Printable version;
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Prince Eitel Friedrich arrived in Bucharest on 1 st February to represent his father, the German Emperor Wilhelm II at the baptism of Prince Mircea, who was born to the Crown Prince & Princess of Romania on 3 rd January 1913 (22 December 1912, old style) at Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest. Eitel Friedrich was met at the Bucharest train station by ...
