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born Oct. 15, 1893, Sinaia, Rom.
died April 4, 1953, Estoril, Port.
King of Romania (193040).
He became crown prince on the death of his great uncle, Carol I , in 1914. Because of his scandalous affair with Magda Lupescu (1896?1977), he was obliged to renounce his rights to the throne and go into exile in 1925, but he returned in 1930 and became king. He gradually undermined Romanian democracy and in 1938 proclaimed a corporatist dictatorship, but in 1940 he was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Michael .