Nicolas, Prince of Romania papers, 1907-1984

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Summary

Creators:
Nicolas, Prince of Romania, 1903-1978
Abstract:
Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, genealogical charts, legal and financial papers, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the royal family of Romania, the history of the House of Hohenzollern, and Romanian émigré affairs
Extent:
8 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (4.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Romanian, French, German, English and Spanish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nicolas, Prince of Romania Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists mainly of Prince Nicolas's memoirs and his writings on political, social, religious, educational, and economic conditions in Romania. Also of special interest are the materials related to the Romanian émigré associations and to the Hohenzollern dynasty, found in the subject file.

Biographical / historical:

Prince Nicolas was the second son of King Ferdinand and of Queen Maria of Romania, brother of Marie, queen of Yugoslavia, and of Elizabeth, queen of Greece.

He was born on August 18, 1903 and studied in the English Navy School of Malta. After 1927, during the minority of his nephew, the future King Michael I, he served as Romanian Regent (together with the Patriarch Miron Cristea and the president of the Court of Cassation, Gh. Buzdugan).

In 1930 he was instrumental in bringing back his elder brother Carol, who had gone into voluntary exile in 1925, and helped to proclaim him king. However, he was exiled in 1937 for political opposition to the dictatorship of the new monarch. Except for his mother's funeral in 1938, he never went back to Romania.

During his exile, in Italy, Switzerland, and Spain, Prince Nicolas was politically active. He founded the Romanian Center for Research (Centre Roumain de Recherches) in France, patronized by the French Academy, as well as the Romanian Cultural Foundation: Princess Ioana (Fundatia Culturala Romana: Printesa Ioana) in Germany. He participated in numerous meetings of Romanian émigrés from all over Europe, gave speeches at Romanian cultural events, and addressed radio broadcasts to Romanians from Romania and abroad. He also started two Romanian publications in Madrid.

He married Joana Doletti in 1963 and, following her death, Thereza Figueira de Mello. Prince Nicolas died in 1978.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nicolas, Prince of Romania Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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