Margarita from Romania

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Margarita of Romania , officially Margarita al României (born March  26, 1949 in Lausanne , Switzerland ), is the eldest daughter of Michael I of Romania , who was the last Romanian king until 1947 . She is the pretender to the throne of the former royal family.

Life

Margarita was born as the daughter of Michael I of Romania (1921-2017) and his wife Anna von Bourbon-Parma (1923-2016). Her paternal grandparents were King Charles II of Romania and Princess Elena of Greece , while her maternal grandparents were Prince René Charles of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margaretha of Denmark .

Monogram of the Margarita of Romania

Together with her sisters, Elena (* 1950), Irina (* 1953), Sophia (* 1957) and Maria (* 1964), she grew up in Switzerland and Great Britain . Margarita studied Politics and Science at the University of Edinburgh . While studying in Edinburgh , Margarita had a relationship with future British Prime Minister Gordon Brown . After graduating, she worked at numerous UK universities and on an international research program coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). In 1983 she moved to Rome , where she worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . Three years later she moved to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In autumn 1989 she gave up her career at the UN and moved to Geneva to work alongside her father for his project Charity for Romania . In February 1990 she was prevented from leaving the country at Bucharest airport because she was allegedly smuggling national church goods in her luggage. Since 2004, BAE Systems , an important donor of their organization, has been investigated for possible illegal arms deals. The organization is said to have received £ 7 million in bribes to secure arms contracts from Romania.

On September 21, 1996 Margarita married in Lausanne the Romanian actor Radu Duda (born June 7, 1960 in Iași ). This was by Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern on 1 January 1997, the in-house title "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" and by her father on 30 December 2005 that of a "Prince of Romania" awarded; Her husband no longer uses the former title; he had his official name changed to Radu al României Duda .

With a house decree from her father dated December 30, 2007, Margarita was officially designated as his successor and received the in-house title of "Crown Princess". On May 10, 2011, the then 89-year-old former king and the members of his house dropped the suffix “von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen” and have since called themselves “von Romania”. In 2017 Margarita received Swiss citizenship in Lausanne.

The childless couple lives in the Elisabeth Palace in Bucharest , where their father and his family were granted a right of residence by the Romanian government after the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . She also owns the castles Săvârşin , Peleş and Pelişor, which were returned to her father .

According to a survey from July 2013, 21.3% of the Romanians surveyed were in favor of reestablishing the monarchy, while 41% were in favor of retaining the republican form of government. The idea is also supported by politicians such as the former Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu or Niculae Bădălău from the Partidul Social Democrat , while the pro-monarchist Christian Democratic party Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat is no longer represented in the national or European Parliament.

On the occasion of the ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Michael I University of Romania in Timișoara , Margarita received an honorary doctorate on May 29, 2015. hc

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Margarita von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Princess of Romania on thepeerage.com , accessed on July 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Guardian, May 6, 2001
  3. ↑ The Guardian, June 15, 2006
  4. ↑ http://www.n-tv.de/ticker/Entertainment/Geburtstag-mit-Streit-Rumaeniens-Ex-Monarch-wird-90-article4606506.html
  5. ↑ General German newspaper for Romania from May 13, 2011
  6. ↑ schwaebische.de , Schwäbische Zeitung, Michael Hescheler: Romania's ex-king breaks with the Hohenzollern. The 90-year-old resigned and has been calling himself "Michael of Romania" since October 26, 2011, accessed on October 28, 2011
  7. ↑ A Romanian princess becomes Swiss , watson.ch, July 3, 17
  8. ↑ 41% dintre romani ar vota pentru mentinerea republicii, 27.2% ar alege monarhia - INSCOP
  9. ↑ Monarhia salvează PSD. Tăriceanu şi Bădălău susţin un referendum pe tema monarhiei. Când ar avea loc acesta . 18th December 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Margarita from Romania
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duda, Margarita (real name); Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Margarita; Romania, Margarita from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-Swiss managing director
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne