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Also Known As Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen • Karl Eitel Friedrich, Prinz Von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Born April 20, 1839 • Germany
Died October 10, 1914 (aged 75) • Sinaia • Romania
Title / Office king (1881-1914), Romania
House / Dynasty Hohenzollern dynasty
Notable Family Members brother Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
president of United States
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
Sir Robert Menzies
prime minister of Australia
H.C. Hansen
prime minister of Denmark
Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen
German politician
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
United States statesman
Alfred von Tirpitz
Alfred von Tirpitz
German statesman
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu
president of Romania
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau
German statesman
Strauss, Franz Josef
Franz Josef Strauss
German politician
Roon, engraving by K. Tetzel, 1861
Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon
Prussian minister of war
Ion Iliescu
president of Romania
Iuliu Maniu
Iuliu Maniu
prime minister of Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
prime minister of Romania
Hans Luther
Hans Luther
German statesman
Speer, Albert
Albert Speer
German architect and Nazi official

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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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