O Rei Miguel I da Roménia abdicou, com uma arma apontada à cabeça, há 76 anos

Miguel I (em romeno: Mihai I; Sinaia, 25 de outubro de 1921 - Aubonne, 5 de dezembro de 2017) foi rei da Roménia em dois períodos diferentes, primeiro entre 1927 e 1930 e depois de 1940 até à sua abdicação forçada, em 1947. Foi o único filho do rei Carlos II e da sua esposa, a princesa Helena da Grécia e Dinamarca.

 

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In November, 1947 King Michael traveled to London for the wedding of his cousins, the Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, an occasion during which he met Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (his second cousin once removed), who was to become his wife. According to unconfirmed claims by so-called Romanian 'royalists', King Michael did not want to return home, but certain Americans and Britons present at the wedding encouraged him to do so; Winston Churchill is said to have counseled Michael to return because "above all things, a King must be courageous." According to his own account, King Michael rejected any offers of asylum and decided to return to Romania, contrary to the confidential, strong advice of the British Ambassador to Romania.

On 30 December 1947 the royal palace was surrounded by the Tudor Vladimirescu army units loyal to the Communists. Michael was forced at gun point (by either Petru Groza or Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, depending on the source) to abdicate Romania's throne. Later the same day, the Communist-dominated government announced the 'permanent' abolition of the monarchy and its replacement by a People's Republic, broadcasting the King's pre-recorded radio proclamation of his own abdication. On 3 January 1948, Michael was forced to leave the country, followed over a week later by Princesses Elisabeth and Ileana, who collaborated so closely with the Soviets they became known as the King's "Red Aunts."

According to Michael's own account, the Communist Prime Minister Petru Groza had threatened him at gun point and warned that the government would shoot 1,000 arrested students if the king didn't abdicate. In an interview with The New York Times from 2007, Michael recalls the events: “It was blackmail. They said, ‘If you don’t sign this immediately we are obliged’ — why obliged I don’t know — 'to kill more than 1,000 students' that they had in prison.” According to Time magazine, the communist government threatened Michael that it would arrest thousands and steep the country in blood if he did not abdicate.

According to the Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, who recounts his conversations with the Romanian Communist leaders on the monarch's abdication, King Michael was threatened with a pistol by the Romanian Communist Party leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej rather than Petru Groza so as to abdicate.

  

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O Rei da Roménia abdicou, com uma arma apontada à cabeça, há 75 anos

Miguel I (em romeno: Mihai I; Sinaia, 25 de outubro de 1921 - Aubonne, 5 de dezembro de 2017) foi Rei da Roménia em dois períodos diferentes, primeiro entre 1927 e 1930 e depois de 1940 até à sua abdicação forçada em 1947. Foi o único filho do rei Carlos II e da sua esposa, a princesa Helena da Grécia e Dinamarca.

 

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In November, 1947 King Michael traveled to London for the wedding of his cousins, The Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, an occasion during which he met Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (his second cousin once removed), who was to become his wife. According to unconfirmed claims by so-called Romanian 'royalists', King Michael did not want to return home, but certain Americans and Britons present at the wedding encouraged him to do so; Winston Churchill is said to have counseled Michael to return because "above all things, a King must be courageous." According to his own account, King Michael rejected any offers of asylum and decided to return to Romania, contrary to the confidential, strong advice of the British Ambassador to Romania.

On 30 December 1947 the royal palace was surrounded by the Tudor Vladimirescu army units loyal to the Communists. Michael was forced at gun point (by either Petru Groza or Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, depending on the source) to abdicate Romania's throne. Later the same day, the Communist-dominated government announced the 'permanent' abolition of the monarchy and its replacement by a People's Republic, broadcasting the King's pre-recorded radio proclamation of his own abdication. On 3 January 1948, Michael was forced to leave the country, followed over a week later by Princesses Elisabeth and Ileana, who collaborated so closely with the Soviets they became known as the King's "Red Aunts."

According to Michael's own account, the Communist Prime Minister Petru Groza had threatened him at gun point and warned that the government would shoot 1,000 arrested students if the king didn't abdicate. In an interview with The New York Times from 2007, Michael recalls the events: “It was blackmail. They said, ‘If you don’t sign this immediately we are obliged’ — why obliged I don’t know — 'to kill more than 1,000 students' that they had in prison.” According to Time magazine, the communist government threatened Michael that it would arrest thousands and steep the country in blood if he did not abdicate.

According to the Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, who recounts his conversations with the Romanian Communist leaders on the monarch's abdication, King Michael was threatened with a pistol by the Romanian Communist Party leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej rather than Petru Groza so as to abdicate.

  

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O último Rei da Roménia abdicou, com uma arma apontada à cabeça, há 74 anos

Miguel I (em romeno: Mihai I; Sinaia, 25 de outubro de 1921 — Aubonne, 5 de dezembro de 2017) foi Rei da Roménia em dois períodos diferentes, primeiro entre 1927 e 1930 e depois de 1940 até à sua abdicação forçada em 1947. Foi o único filho do rei Carlos II e da sua esposa, a princesa Helena da Grécia e Dinamarca.

 

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In November, 1947 King Michael traveled to London for the wedding of his cousins, The Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, an occasion during which he met Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (his second cousin once removed), who was to become his wife. According to unconfirmed claims by so-called Romanian 'royalists', King Michael did not want to return home, but certain Americans and Britons present at the wedding encouraged him to do so; Winston Churchill is said to have counseled Michael to return because "above all things, a King must be courageous." According to his own account, King Michael rejected any offers of asylum and decided to return to Romania, contrary to the confidential, strong advice of the British Ambassador to Romania.

On 30 December 1947 the royal palace was surrounded by the Tudor Vladimirescu army units loyal to the Communists. Michael was forced at gun point (by either Petru Groza or Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, depending on the source) to abdicate Romania's throne. Later the same day, the Communist-dominated government announced the 'permanent' abolition of the monarchy and its replacement by a People's Republic, broadcasting the King's pre-recorded radio proclamation of his own abdication. On 3 January 1948, Michael was forced to leave the country, followed over a week later by Princesses Elisabeth and Ileana, who collaborated so closely with the Soviets they became known as the King's "Red Aunts."

According to Michael's own account, the Communist Prime Minister Petru Groza had threatened him at gun point and warned that the government would shoot 1,000 arrested students if the king didn't abdicate. In an interview with The New York Times from 2007, Michael recalls the events: “It was blackmail. They said, ‘If you don’t sign this immediately we are obliged’ — why obliged I don’t know — 'to kill more than 1,000 students' that they had in prison.” According to Time magazine, the communist government threatened Michael that it would arrest thousands and steep the country in blood if he did not abdicate.

According to the Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, who recounts his conversations with the Romanian Communist leaders on the monarch's abdication, King Michael was threatened with a pistol by the Romanian Communist Party leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej rather than Petru Groza so as to abdicate.

  

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O último Rei da Roménia abdicou, com uma arma apontada à cabeça, há 64 anos

Miguel de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, nascido em 25 de Outubro de 1921 foi o último rei da Roménia Maior no século XX, com o título de Rei Miguel I da Roménia (em romeno, Majestatea Sa Regele Mihai I de România). Reinou entre 20 de Julho de 1927 e 8 de Junho de 1930, e novamente de 6 de Setembro de 1940 até 30 de Dezembro de 1947, quando foi deposto, indo viver no exílio desde então.

Ele é primo em terceiro grau da rainha Isabel II do Reino Unido, e uma das últimas figuras públicas da era da Segunda Guerra Mundial ainda vivas.

Miguel (Mihai) assumiu o trono após a morte de Fernando I da Roménia, em 1927, devido à renúncia ao trono, em Dezembro de 1925, do príncipe herdeiro Carlos (Carol). Como era menor de idade, foi estabelecida uma regência. Em 1930, Carol retorna ao país, a convite de políticos que estavam insatisfeitos com a regência, e foi proclamado rei. Miguel foi proclamado príncipe.

Em 1940 o regime pró-Alemanha do marechal Ion Antonescu realizou um golpe contra Carol, que era considerado antialemão. Mihai foi novamente proclamado rei, mas aos 18 anos de idade era apenas uma figura decorativa do governo Antonescu.

Em 1944, com o avanço das forças da União Soviética, Miguel juntou-se aos políticos pró-Aliados e deu um golpe de estado contra Antonescu, que foi preso. O rei Miguel proclamou a lealdade da Roménia aos Aliados, mas isto não foi suficiente para impedir uma invasão soviética.

Em Março de 1945, o rei Miguel foi forçado a indicar um governo pró-soviético encabeçado pelo Partido Comunista da Roménia. Sob o governo comunista, Miguel novamente foi pouco mais do que uma figura decorativa. Chegou a ser condecorado com a Ordem da Vitória soviética, mas, em Dezembro de 1947, os comunistas anunciaram a abolição da monarquia e o rei foi forçado a abdicar, deixando o país.

No exílio viveu primeiramente na Grã-Bretanha e, em seguida, na Suíça. Durante o regime comunista, perdeu a cidadania romena, e adquiriu cidadania suíça. No exílio, adotou o título de Príncipe Miguel de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (sua linhagem real remonta à família real alemã Hohenzollern).

Em 1992, três anos após a queda do regime de Nicolae Ceausescu, Miguel foi autorizado a voltar à Roménia para celebrar a Páscoa. Em 1997 a sua cidadania romena foi restabelecida.

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In November, 1947 King Michael traveled to London for the wedding of his cousins, The Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, an occasion during which he met Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (his second cousin once removed), who was to become his wife. According to unconfirmed claims by so-called Romanian 'royalists', King Michael did not want to return home, but certain Americans and Britons present at the wedding encouraged him to do so; Winston Churchill is said to have counseled Michael to return because "above all things, a King must be courageous." According to his own account, King Michael rejected any offers of asylum and decided to return to Romania, contrary to the confidential, strong advice of the British Ambassador to Romania.

On 30 December 1947 the royal palace was surrounded by the Tudor Vladimirescu army units loyal to the Communists. Michael was forced at gun point (by either Petru Groza or Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, depending on the source) to abdicate Romania's throne. Later the same day, the Communist-dominated government announced the 'permanent' abolition of the monarchy and its replacement by a People's Republic, broadcasting the King's pre-recorded radio proclamation of his own abdication. On 3 January 1948, Michael was forced to leave the country, followed over a week later by Princesses Elisabeth and Ileana, who collaborated so closely with the Soviets they became known as the King's "Red Aunts."

According to Michael's own account, the Communist Prime Minister Petru Groza had threatened him at gun point and warned that the government would shoot 1,000 arrested students if the king didn't abdicate. In an interview with The New York Times from 2007, Michael recalls the events: “It was blackmail. They said, ‘If you don’t sign this immediately we are obliged’ — why obliged I don’t know — 'to kill more than 1,000 students' that they had in prison.” According to Time magazine, the communist government threatened Michael that it would arrest thousands and steep the country in blood if he did not abdicate.

According to the Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, who recounts his conversations with the Romanian Communist leaders on the monarch's abdication, King Michael was threatened with a pistol by the Romanian Communist Party leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej rather than Petru Groza so as to abdicate.

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