Ion Bratianu, the leader of Romania's Liberals, …
Years: 1864 - 1875
Ion Bratianu, the leader of Romania's Liberals, with the tacit support of Napoleon III, nominates Prince Charles of southern Germany's Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family as the new prince.
Over objections from the other European powers, the Romanians elect the twenty-seven-year-old prince, who, disguised as a salesman, travels through Austria by second-class rail and steamboat to accept the throne.
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Austrian Empire
- France, Second Republic of
- France, Second Empire of
- Romanian United Principalities
