Principality of Romania

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The Principality of Romania was a 19th-century Romanian state formed by the union of Wallachia and Moldavia, which laid the foundations for the later Kingdom of Romania.

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instanceOf Romanian principality
historical state
borderedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
capital Bucharest
coatOfArms combined arms of Wallachia and Moldavia
commonName Romania
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Principality of Romania
country Romania
currency Romanian leu
dateUnionAgreed 1859
deJureRecognitionByOttomanEmpire 1861
endDate 1881
firstDomnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza
flag horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and red
followedBy Kingdom of Romania
gainedFullIndependence 1877
governmentType constitutional monarchy
headOfStateTitle Domnitor
historicalRegion Moldavia
Wallachia
independenceRecognizedByTreaty Treaty of Berlin (1878)
independenceWar Romanian War of Independence
internationalStatusAfter1878 fully sovereign state
legalSuzerainty Ottoman Empire
legalSystem civil law
legislature Romanian Parliament
locatedIn Balkans
lowerHouse Assembly of Deputies
majorReform land reform under Alexandru Ioan Cuza
secularization of monastic estates
modernizationPolicy adoption of Western-style legal codes
nationalMovementContext Romanian national awakening
officialLanguage Romanian
precededBy Principality of Moldavia
Principality of Wallachia
reasonForEnd proclamation of the Kingdom of Romania
recognizedAsKingdom 1881
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
secondDomnitor Carol I of Romania
startDate 1859
status vassal state of the Ottoman Empire
unionEvent election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both Wallachia and Moldavia
unionOf Moldavia
Wallachia
upperHouse Senate of Romania

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Kingdom of Romania predecessor Principality of Romania
Congress of Berlin hasParticipant Principality of Romania
Domnitor usedIn United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia
linked to: Principality of Romania
Domnitor usedIn Romanian United Principalities
linked to: Principality of Romania
Alexandru Ioan Cuza countryOfCitizenship United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
Alexandru Ioan Cuza monarchOf United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
President of the Council of Ministers of the United Principalities country United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
President of the Council of Ministers of the United Principalities appliesToJurisdiction United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
President of the Council of Ministers of the United Principalities jurisdiction United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
Principality of Romania conventionalLongName Principality of Romania
Principality of Romania precededBy Principality of Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
Principality of Moldavia unionFormedEntity United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania
Principality of Moldavia successorState United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
linked to: Principality of Romania