prince von hohenzollern-sigmaringen karl eitel friedrich

English - English

Definition of prince von hohenzollern-sigmaringen karl eitel friedrich in English English dictionary

Related Terms

prince von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Karl Eitel Friedrich

orig. Karl Eitel Friedrich, prince von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen born April 20, 1839, Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen died Oct. 10 1914, Sinaia, Rom. King of Romania (1881-1914). Originally a German prince, he became prince of Romania in 1866, and when Romania gained full independence from the Ottoman Empire he was crowned its first king. He brought notable military and economic development along Western lines, but his neglect of festering rural problems led to the bloody peasant rebellion of 1907