Ferdinand I, nicknamed the Unifier, was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. His family was part of the Swabian Catholic branch of the Prussian royal House of Hohenzollern.
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