(1949-03-26) 26 March 1949 (age 75) Lausanne, Switzerland
Spouse
Radu Duda
(m. 1996)
House
Romania (since 2011) Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (until 2011)
Father
Michael I of Romania
Mother
Anne of Bourbon-Parma
Religion
Romanian Orthodox
Signature
Romanian royal family
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947)
HM The Custodian of the Crown HRH Prince Radu*
HRH Princess Elena
HRH Princess Irina
HRH Princess Sophie
HRH Princess Maria
HRH Prince Paul‡ HRH Princess Lia‡
HRH Prince Carol Ferdinand‡
HRH Prince Alexander‡
*Titled according to private family rules
‡Status disputed
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Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania[1] (Romanian: Custode al Coroanei Române; born 26 March 1949) is the eldest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania.[2][3] She assumed her father's duties in March 2016, upon his retirement, and has claimed the headship of the House of Romania since his death on 5 December 2017. She also heads the Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation.[4]
Until 2011, Margareta also used the style of a princess of Hohenzollern.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Margareta has four sisters and no brothers or children. Her heir-presumptive is her next sister, Princess Elena of Romania. According to the defunct royal constitutions of 1923 and 1938, women were barred from wearing the crown, and Margareta and her sisters would not be in the line of succession to the throne.
On 30 December 2007,[11][12] King Michael designated Margareta as heir presumptive to the defunct throne by an act that is not recognized by the Romanian government and lacks legal validity without approval by Romania's Parliament.[13][14] On the same occasion, Michael also requested that, should the Romanian Parliament consider restoring the monarchy, the Salic law of succession not be reinstated, allowing female succession. According to the new statute of the Romanian Royal House as declared by Michael, no illegitimate descendants or collateral lines may claim dynastic privileges, titles or rank and any such are excluded from the Royal House of Romania and from the line of succession to the throne.[15]
^"Court Circular - Clarence House". The Royal Family. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018. The Prince of Wales this evening called upon Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania at Elisabeta Palace.
^"RUMANIA: Compression". TIME. 12 January 1948. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^"Milestones, Jun. 21, 1948". TIME. 21 June 1948. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^"The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation". Fundatia Regala Margareta a Romaniei. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 279. ISBN 0-220-66222-3
^de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 769 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
^"ASR Principesa Moștenitoare Margareta". Familiaregala.ro. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^"Cuvântul Principesei Moștenitoare la Ateneul Român / Speech of the Crown Princess at the Romanian Athenaeum | Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania". Romaniaregala.ro. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^(in Romanian) King Michael I announces the severance of all historical and dynastic ties to the House of Hohenzollern, Adevărul, 11 May 2011
^(in Romanian) The history of the conflicts between the Royal House of Romania and the Princely House of Hohenzollern, Adevărul, 11 May 2011
^"Archived copy" (PDF). www.familiaregala.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^(in Romanian) "Princess Margarita, heir to the throne of Romania," Evenimentul Zilei, 30 December 2007
^(in Romanian) "The King and Margareta – On The "Day of the Republic" The King Designated His Successor" Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Jurnalul Național, 2 January 2008
^(in Romanian) "The Actor Duda in The Role of A Lifetime: Prince Consort of Romania," Cotidianul, 3 January 2008
^"Principesa Margareta, mostenitoarea tronului Romaniei – Esential". HotNews.ro. 23 August 1944. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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