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Romanian Old Kingdom
The
Romanian Old Kingdom
( or just
Regat
; or ) is a colloquial term referring to the territory covered by the first independent
Romanian
nation state
, which was composed of the
Danubian Principalities
—
Wallachia
and
Moldavia
. It was achieved when, under the auspices of the
Treaty of Paris (1856)
, the
ad hoc Divans
of both countries - which were under
Imperial Ottoman
suzerainty
at the time - voted for
Alexander Ioan Cuza
as their prince, thus achieving a
de facto
unification under the name of the
United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
. The region itself is defined by the result of that political act, followed by the inclusion of
Northern Dobruja
and the transfer of southern part of
Bessarabia
to Russia in 1878, the proclamation of the
Kingdom of Romania
in 1881, and the annexation of
Southern Dobruja
in 1913.
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