Romanian Old Kingdom

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The Romanian Old Kingdom was the historical core of modern Romania, comprising Wallachia and Moldavia before later territorial expansions such as Transylvania were incorporated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
historical region
alsoKnownAs Regatul Vechi
Vechiul Regat
borderedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Serbia
capital Bucharest
containsHistoricalRegion Moldavia
Muntenia
Oltenia
country Romania
currency Romanian leu
distinguishedFrom Greater Romania
interwar Romania
doesNotInclude Bessarabia
Bukovina
Transylvania
endTime 1918
end of World War I
firstMonarch Carol I of Romania
flagUsed tricolor of Romania
linked to: flag of Romania
followedBy Greater Romania
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hasPart Moldavia
Wallachia
headOfStateTitle King of Romania
historicalCoreOf Romania
historicalPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
historicalStatus pre-World War I territory of Romania
includesTerritory territory south and east of the Carpathian Mountains
independenceRecognizedBy Treaty of Berlin (1878)
legislature Romanian Parliament
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans

Eastern Europe
mergedInto Greater Romania after World War I
officialLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
partOf Kingdom of Romania
politicalSystem parliamentary monarchy
precededBy United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
significantEvent Romanian War of Independence
startTime 1866
reign of Carol I of Romania
usedAsTermIn Romanian historiography

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War of Independence (1877–1878) location Romanian Old Kingdom
Jassy partOf Romanian Old Kingdom (historically)
linked to: Romanian Old Kingdom
Moldavia hasEthnicGroup Romanian Old Kingdom