KING MIHAI OF ROMANIA
OCTOBER 25, 1921 -DECEMBER 5, 2017
This morning I read the news that King Mihai — the last king of Romania — died in Switzerland, aged 96. It is the end of an era. He lived in exile for much of his life. With his death, it appears that the time of monarchy in Romania has reached its final end.
He was the grandson of Queen Marie of Romania (shown at left in the photo below, with Mihai in the middle and Queen Helena — his mother — at right) and King Ferdinand. He lived through a very difficult and tumultuous period for Romania, and was finally forced out by the Communists on December 30, 1947.
Here is the old Romanian National Anthem from the period of the monarchy:
ICONS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION 