Prince Regent Nicolae, the second son of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria, who was buried in Lausanne in 1978, will be reburied at Arges Court, Romania’s royal family announced on Facebook.

“The Head of His Majesty’s House of Custodians of the Crown has the honor to announce His Majesty Margaretha’s decision to return the remains of Prince Regent Nicolae to Romania. The second son of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria will be laid to rest with his wife Ioana in the New Archbishop’s and Royal Cathedral in Courtesy of Arges,” the source said.

“With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, His Eminence Archbishop Kalinik of Argesh will perform the reburial ceremony on Friday, March 29, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. Prince Regent Nicholas will fall into an eternal sleep next to his elder brother, King Charles II, in the vestibule of the New Cathedral,” reads a message on Facebook.

Romanian Prince Nicolae died in Madrid and was buried in Lausanne

Prince Nicholas of Romania was born in Sinai on August 5/18, 1903, and was baptized by the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, after whom he bore his name. He was regent of Romania between 1927 and 1930. He died on July 9, 1978 in Madrid and was buried in Lausanne, Switzerland, according to casamajestatiisale.ro.

Prince Nicolae, nicknamed Nicky, grew up in Sinaia and Bucharest and became an officer in the Romanian army. His mother described him as follows:

• “He was as funny and naughty as possible, he seemed to have mercury flowing in his veins, he could not calm down for a moment, he was always and always on the move. Although he was neither polite nor submissive, he knew how to make everyone do his will. Wherever Nicky went, he commanded and gave orders, not just because he was bossy and aggressive, but because he was full of shit. His nostimad was full of good humor, unrestrained and caused laughter even from the worst (…) Uncle [Regele Carol I; n.n.] he loved him and took him on long walks with him (…) Nicky became the entertainment of the king, who could hardly live a day without him, and he had a special kind smile that he saved only for this lively child, like a flame that he was forever stole her heart (…) In fact, no one could stand up to Nicky. He was a handsome little boy, though his nose was a little too long for a child. The eyes were dark blue with an imposing, sometimes almost ferocious look.”

He was a fiery young man, full of life, passionate about cars and speed. He studied at Eton College in England, where Mr. Hensell, who was also a ward of the Prince of Wales, studied. He was a member of the Scout Organization of Romania, offered his high patronage to the Dog Breed Improvement Society of Romania and was part of the first Management Committee of the YMCA of Romania (founded in 1919 by the Queen). Maria). The famous castle of Julia Hasdeu of Campina was left by the will of BP Hasdeu in 1906 to Prince Nicolae, who, however, did not accept it.

On 20 July 1927, he became Regent of Romania and presided over the Regency Council until 8 June 1930, when his brother Charles II was proclaimed King. After his brother’s accession to the throne, Prince Nicolae was given honorary posts such as Inspector General of the Army and President of the Supreme Council of Aeronautics.

On October 28, 1931, he married Ioana Dumitrescu-Doletti. However, the marriage was not recognized by King Charles II, who decided to send his brother on two consecutive trips to Europe and the United States. The relationship between the brothers became more and more tense, Nikolae did not put up with the dissolution of the marriage. On April 9, 1937, Charles II excluded him from the royal family, deprived him of his dynastic titles and rights and allowed him to bear the name of Nicolae Brana.

Prince Nicholas left Romania, going to Spain, then to Switzerland. After the establishment of the communist regime in Romania, he supported Romanian exile organizations, including the Romanian Institute in Freiburg (and library), the magazines Libertatea Românească and Fapta, printed in Madrid, and Factum Publishing. He founded the Center for Romanian Studies in Paris, and in 1954 the Union of Romanian Associations in Germany. After the death of his wife in 1963, he remarried in 1967 to Teresa Figueira de Mello, originally from Venezuela.

Prince Nikolaje met in exile with King Mihai and Queen Anna only once in Switzerland.

At the end of his life, he began to write a memoir, but managed to complete only a small part of his huge plan. He died in Madrid on July 9, 1978, aged seventy-five, and was buried in Lausanne, next to his first wife.