The Marriage of Prince Carol of Romania, and Ioana Lambrino.

PLACE: ROMANIA

REGIME: MONARCHY

YEAR: 1918-1920

ALL THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE HERE, WERE DURING THE REIGN OF KING FERDINAND I OF ROMANIA.

AT THE TIME, THE CONSTITUTION IN FORCE WAS THE CONSTITUTION OF 1866.
THE STATUS OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF ROMANIA ARE IN THE CONSTITUTION.of 1866 Concerning obligation of religious marriage

Art. 22.
The civil status acts are the responsibility of the civil authority. The drawing up of these acts shall follow after in all cases with the religious blessing which for marriages shall be obligatory, except in cases to be provided for by specific law.

Art. 82.
The constitutional powers of the Lord are hereditary, in the direct and legitimate line of descent of Maria Sele Prince Charles I. of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, from male to male by order of primogeniture and with the perpetual exclusion of women and their descendants. Maria Sele's descendants will be raised in the Orthodox religion of the Resarit.

THE MARRIAGE OF :
PRINCE CAROL of ROMANIA-JOANNA VALENTINA LAMBRINO. YEAR: 1918
PLACE: ODESSA, RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
CHURCH: ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL.
WITNESSES: YES

CERTIFICATE: YES

VALIDATION IN ROMANIA: YES, AS PER ARTICLE : 22 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF 1866.

CHILDREN ISSUED FROM MARRIAGE: YES

NAME: MIRCEA GREGOR CAROL

DATE OF BIRTH: January 1 1920.

RELIGION: ORTHODOX

MARRIAGE CIVILY ANNULED BY THE TRIBUNAL OF ILFOV 13 APRIL 1919. BUT NOT DISSOLVED BY THE ORTHODOX CHURCH.

AS PER ART.22 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF 1866 THE MARRIAGE IS NOT ANNULED.

NOTE: King Carol's first marriage (in 1918, to Johanna Lambrino) was performed according to the rites of the (Russian) Orthodox Church. The subsequent annulment of this marriage (in 1919) was a civil, not religious, process.

QUESTION: If the religious annulment of the marriage did not take place; was Mircea Gregor Carol , the legitimate son of Carol Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ?

ANSWER: YES.

QUESTION: Is there in the Constitution of 1866 an article on Morganatic mariages?

ANSWER: NO

QUESTION: Does the tribunal of Ilfov decision of April 13 , 1919, specifically forbid Mircea Gregor Carol from using the name : Mircea Gregor Carol of Hohenzollern?

ANSWER: NO.
QUESTION: Did the Romanian Orthodox Church recognize the right of name of:

Mircea Gregor Carol of Hohenzollern? ANSWER; YES