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{{Short description|Official title of the ruler of Romania between 1862 and 1881}} {{italics}} {{refimprove|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox former monarchy | royal_title = ''Principe Domnitor'' | realm = the<br/>United Principalities | coatofarms = Principality of Romania - 1872 CoA.svg | coatofarmssize = 120px | coatofarmscaption = '''[[Coat of arms of Romania|Princely Coat of arms]]''' | image = Carolu Iiu.jpg | caption = '''Carol I''' | first_monarch = [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza|Alexander John I]] | last_monarch = [[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]] | style = [[Royal Highness|His Royal Highness]] | residence = | appointer = Hereditary | began = 5 February 1862 | ended = 15 March 1881 | pretender = }} '''''Prince Domnitor''''', in full '''''Principe Domnitor''''' (Romanian [[Plural|pl.]] '''''Principi Domnitori''''') was the official title of the ruler of [[Romania]] between 1862 and 1881. It was usually translated as "[[prince regnant]]" in English and most other languages, and less often as "[[grand duke]]". "Domnitor" is an adjective derived from the [[Romanian language|Romanian]] word "''domn''" (''[[lord]]'' or ''ruler'') and, in turn, from the [[Latin]] "[[Dominus (title)|Dominus]]". The title '''Domn''' had been in use since the Middle Ages and it is also the Romanian equivalent to the Slavic [[Hospodar]]. Moldavian and Wallachian rulers had used this term for their title of authority as the head of state, while "[[Voivode|voievod]]" represented the military rank as the head of the army. The title acquired an officially recognized meaning after [[Moldavia]] and [[Wallachia]] [[Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia|united]] to form the [[United Principalities|Romanian United Principalities]] under [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza|Alexander John I]], who had become the ruler of both states since 1859. Alexander John abdicated in 1866 and was succeeded by [[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]], who promulgated the first constitution who officially used the name [[Name of Romania|Romania]] for the country. He held the title until 1881. When Romania was [[Kingdom of Romania|proclaimed a kingdom]] in March 1881, Carol became its first king.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofk00kremiala |title=Reminiscences of the King of Roumania |first1=Mite |last1=Kremnitz |first2=Sidney |last2=Sidney Whitman |publisher=Harper& Brothers |year=1899}}</ref> ==''Domnitori'' of the United Principalities (1862β1881)== {{Succession table monarch | name1 = '''[[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]]''' | nickname1 = | native1 = | life1 = {{Birth date|1820|3|20|df=y}}β{{Death date and age|1873|5|15|1820|3|20|df=y}} | reignstart1 = 5 February 1862 | reignend1 = 22 February 1866 | notes1 = β | family1 = Cuza | image1 = Al I Cuza.jpg | alt1 = Alexander I of Romania | name2 = '''[[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]]''' | nickname2 = | native2 = | life2 = {{Birth date|1839|4|20|df=y}}β{{Death date and age|1914|10|10|1839|4|20|df=y}} | reignstart2 = 20 April 1866 | reignend2 = 15 March 1881 | notes2 = Became [[King of the Romanians]] | family2 = [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen#Romanian branch|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] | image2 = Carol I of Romania king.jpg | alt2 = Carol I of Romania }} == Timeline of the lifespans of Domnitors == This is a [[Bar chart|graphical]] lifespan timeline of Domnitors of Romania. The domnitors are listed in order of office.<div style="overflow:auto">{{#tag:timeline|Define $width=1100 Define $warning = 1290 # $width - 110 Define $height = 270 # 43x20 + 160 Define $start = 1808 Define $end = 1916 ImageSize = width:$width height:$height PlotArea = right:10 left:1 bottom:80 top:60 Period = from:$start till:$end TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:1 Colors = id:bg value:white id:lightline value:rgb(0.9, 0.9, 0.9) id:lighttext value:rgb(0.5, 0.5, 0.5) id:BEFOREPOTUS value:rgb(0.81, 0.73, 0.31) Legend: Life_Before_Office id:POTUS value:rgb(0.31, 0.39, 0.81) Legend: Domnitor_of_Romania id:ACTINGPOTUS value:rgb(0.81, 0.01, 0.01) Legend: Acting id:AFTERPOTUS value:rgb(0.81, 0.73, 0.11) Legend: Life_After_Office id:PRINCIPOTUS value:green Legend: Prince_of_Moldavia_and_of_Wallachia id:KINGDOM value:rgb(0.80, 0.80, 0.80) Legend: King_of_Romania id:NAME value:rgb(0.15, 0.13, 0.05) id:ACTINGNAME value:rgb(0.99, 0.00, 0.00) BackgroundColors = canvas:bg ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightline unit:year increment:1 start:$start ScaleMajor = gridcolor:lighttext unit:year increment:10 start:1810 Define $dy = -5 # shift text to button side of bar PlotData= bar:1 width:18 color:BEFOREPOTUS align:center fontsize:M from:1820 till:1859 shift:(-30,$dy) textcolor:NAME align:left text:[[Alexandru Ioan Cuza|Alexandru Ioan I]] color:PRINCIPOTUS from:1859 till:1862 color:POTUS from:1862 till:1866.15 color:AFTERPOTUS from:1866.15 till:1874 bar:2 width:18 color:BEFOREPOTUS align:left fontsize:M from:1823 till:1866.15 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:ACTINGNAME align:left text:[[LascΔr Catargiu]] color:ACTINGPOTUS from:1866.15 till:1866.3 color:AFTERPOTUS from:1866.3 till:1900 bar:3 width:18 color:BEFOREPOTUS align:left fontsize:M from:1810 till:1866.15 shift:(65,$dy) textcolor:ACTINGNAME text:[[Nicolae Golescu]] color:ACTINGPOTUS from:1866.15 till:1866.3 color:AFTERPOTUS from:1866.3 till:1877 bar:4 width:18 color:BEFOREPOTUS align:left fontsize:M from:1835 till:1866.15 shift:(-60,$dy) textcolor:ACTINGNAME text:[[Nicolae Haralambie]] color:ACTINGPOTUS from:1866.15 till:1866.3 color:AFTERPOTUS from:1866.3 till:1909 bar:5 width:18 color:BEFOREPOTUS align:left fontsize:M from:1839 till:1866.3 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]] color:POTUS from:1866.3 till:1882 color:KINGDOM from:1882 till:1914 TextData = pos:(480,$height) fontsize:L textcolor:black text:"Lifespan of each Romanian Domnitor"}}</div> == See also == * [[King of Romania|King of the Romanians]] * [[List of rulers of Moldavia]] * [[List of rulers of Wallachia]] * [[List of heads of state of Romania]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Heads of State of Romania}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Romanian monarchs]] [[Category:Romanian words and phrases]] [[Category:Titles of national or ethnic leadership]] [[Category:1862 establishments in Romania]] [[Category:1881 disestablishments in Romania]]
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