FTP, name this long-reigning first king of Romania.
This ruler ascended to the throne when the so-called "Monstrous Coalition" of liberals and conservatives formed to overthrow Alexander Cuza and nominated him as ruler. He adopted his nephew as heir, but since the constitution required a foreign bride, that nephew was wed to Marie of Edinburgh. This ruler hired the architect Wilhelm Doderer to construct the Peles Castle, which served as his summer residence. His queen used the pseudonym "Dito et Idem" to write literary works like the poem "Sweet Hours," but that queen Elisabeth of Wied is better known for using the pen name "Carmen Sylva." This man's death at Sinaia led to his succession by his nephew King Ferdinand I. This ruler established the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Dynasty when he became the first official king of his nation, after it became independent by the Treaty of Berlin in the wake of the Russo-Turkish War in 1881. FTP, name this long-reigning first king of Romania.
This ruler ascended to the throne when the so-called "Monstrous Coalition" of liberals and conservatives formed to overthrow Alexander Cuza and nominated him as ruler.
{Carol} I of Romania (or {Karl} I, or {Prince Karl} of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)