- Source: Death and state funeral of Michael I of Romania
On 5 December 2017, Michael I of Romania, former King of Romania from 1927 to 1930 and 1940 to 1947, died at his private residence in Switzerland at the age of 96, in the presence of his youngest daughter Princess Maria.
Funeral
On 13 December at 11:00 am, King Michael I's coffin, draped by his Royal Standard, was brought back to Romania, arriving at the Otopeni Airport in Bucharest from Lausanne, via Payerne Air Base, escorted by his second daughter, Princess Elena with her husband Alexander Nixon, fourth daughter Princess Sophie and also members of the Royal Household, were transported by the Romanian Air Force's Alenia C-27J Spartan Military Plane, which was flanked by four Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Military Combat Jets. The coffin was first taken to Peleș Castle at Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains. Then, it was brought to Bucharest, where it was laid and displayed at the Royal Palace for two days.
Michael was buried on 16 December with full state honours in the Mausoleum of the Royal Family, on the grounds of the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral together his wife, Queen Anne, who died in 2016. The funeral ceremony was led by Patriarch Daniel of Romania. A period of national mourning was declared for 14–16 December.
Important Romanian politicians, including President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose, former President Ion Iliescu, as well as Liviu Dragnea, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Gabriela Firea, Victor Ponta, Ludovic Orban, Dacian Cioloș, Adrian Năstase, Vasile Dîncu and Victor Ciorbea, participated in the funeral or expressed their condolences. A delegation of Moldovan politicians, led by Andrian Candu, also attended the funeral. Candu also proposed for 16 December to be declared a day of national mourning in Moldova, but President Igor Dodon refused, arguing that "King Michael led another state", but expressed his condolences.
His body was transferred from Bucharest to Curtea de Argeș with the help of a funeral train, the Royal Train, and a repainted domestic-traffic carriage, being led by a diesel locomotive. His funeral is stated to have been one of the largest in Romania, with almost a million Romanians flocking to the capital to pay their respects and watch the funeral, with it being comparable to the one of Corneliu Coposu in 1995.
A copy of the Steel Crown of Romania was placed on the coffin of the late king during the funeral.
Guests
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= Romania
=Immediate family
Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania and Prince Radu, The King’s eldest daughter and her husband
Princess Elena and The Hon. Alexander Nixon, The King’s second daughter and her husband.
The Hon. Nicolae de Roumanie-Medforth-Mills and The Hon. Alina de Roumanie-Medforth-Mills, The King’s grandson and granddaughter-in-law
The Hon. Elisabeta-Karina de Roumanie-Medforth-Mills, The King’s granddaughter
Princess Irina, The King’s third daughter
Princess Sophie, The King’s fourth daughter
Princess Maria, The King’s youngest daughter
Archduke Dominik and Archduchess Emanuella of Austria-Tuscany, The King’s first cousin and his wife
Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria-Tuscany and Baron Hans von Holzhausen, The King’s first cousin and her husband
Baroness Alexandra von Holzhausen, Mrs Ferch, The King’s first cousin once removed
= Politicians
=Klaus Iohannis, The President of Romania and his wife Carmen Iohannis
Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, The President of the Senate
Liviu Dragnea, The President of the Chamber of Deputies
Mihai Tudose, The Prime Minister of Romania
Dacian Cioloș, Former Prime Minister of Romania
Marcel Ciolacu, The Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
Paul Stănescu, The Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
Mihai Fifor, The Minister of Defence
Petre Daea, The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
= Foreign
=Royalty
Crown Prince Leka and Crown Princess Elia of Albania
Karl, Archduke of Austria
Archduke Georg of Austria
Archduke Martin and Archduchess Katharina of Austria-Este
Prince Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este and Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
The Margrave and Margravine of Baden
Princess Chantal of France, Baroness François Xavier of Sambucy de Sorgue
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy
Princess Muna al-Hussein
Princess Rym al-Ali
Princess Isabelle, Princess Philipp of Liechtenstein
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia
King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain
The King and Queen of Sweden
The Prince of Wales
Duke Eberhard of Württemberg
Nobility
Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł and Mr Jean Fruchaud
Princess Anne of Ligne and Mr Charles de Fabribeckers de Cortils et Grâce
= Dignitaries
=France: Frédéric Mitterrand, Former Minister of Culture and Communication
Memorial concert
On 8 December 2017, German conductor Matthias Manasi conducted a worldwide broadcast memorial concert for Michael with the National Radio Orchestra of Romania and the Academic Radio Choir at Sala Radio at the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company in Bucharest. Manasi conducted the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré with the soloists Veronica Anușca and Ștefan Ignat and pieces by Beethoven, Chausson and Massenet with the Romanian violinist Alexandru Tomescu as the soloist.
Gallery
See also
Monarchism in Romania
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