The Romanian Monarchy, seen by the officers of the French Republic. From distrust to brotherhood in arms, 1914-1922 Cover Image

La Monarchie roumaine sous le regard des officiers de la République française De la méfiance à la fraternité d’armes, 1914-1922
The Romanian Monarchy, seen by the officers of the French Republic. From distrust to brotherhood in arms, 1914-1922

Author(s): Jean-Noël Grandhomme
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Comparative history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: World War I; Hohenzollern Monarchy; Great Romania; French Military; Mission;

Summary/Abstract: The initial distrust of the French officers and diplomats towards the Romanian Monarchy was mostly a precautionary attitude, not against the nature of this regime, but against the nationality of a sovereign whose name, Hohenzollern, gave the impression of a whole political programme. After the death of King Carol I, the self-transformation assumed by his successor, King Ferdinand I, his own loyalty to the cause of the Entente, would transform this new monarch, and even more his English born wife, Queen Mary, into reliable partners for the Entente, and in particular for France, represented in Romania during the Great War mainly by General Henri Berthelot, chiefof the French Military Mission (1916-1918).

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2018
  • Issue No: Suppl 2
  • Page Range: 9-22
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: French