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BOOKS ON EUROPE'S MONARCHS

Nine Kings gather in 1910 for the Funeral
of Edward VII King of Great Britain and Ireland
standing, l to r:
Haakon VII of Norway, Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians, Manuel II of Portugal,
William II of Prussia and German Emperor, George I of the Hellenes, Albert I of the Belgians.
seated, l to r:
Alfonso XIII of Spain, George V of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, Frederick VIII of Denmark

In 1910 there were eighteen kings, and one queen, reigning in Europe:

George V King of Great Britain and Ireland and the Emperor of India
Haakon VII King of Norway
Gustaf V King of the Swedes, Wends and Goths
Frederick VIII King of Denmark
Manuel II King of Portugal
Alfonso XIII King of Spain
Victor Emmanuel III King of Italy
Wilhelmina I Queen of The Netherlands
Albert I King of the Belgians
William I King of Württemberg
Friedrich August III King of Saxony
Otto I King of Bavaria
William II King of Prussia and the German Emperor
Francis Joseph I King of Hungary, of Bohemia, of Croatia, of Dalmatia and the Emperor of Austria
Nicholas II King of Poland and the Emperor of all the Russias
Ferdinand I King of Romania
Ferdinand I King of the Bulgarians
George I King of the Hellenes
Nicholas I King of Montenegro
Peter I King of Serbia)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE BALKAN PENINSULA:

Albania

Outline of the Monarchs of Albania

William of Wied (),
Prince of Albania, 1913 - 1945

Zog I (1895 - 1961)
King of the Albanians, 1925 - 1961

Fischer, Bernd Jürgen. King Zog and the Struggle for Stability in Albania. (East Euripean Moniographs, Boulder). New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.

Victor Emmanuel
King of Albania, 1940 - 1943

Leka I (1939 - )
claimant King of the Albanians, 1961 - present

Bulgaria

Outline of the Monarchs of Bulgaria

Alexander of Battenberg,
Prince of the Bulgarians, 1879 - 1886

Ferdinand I
Prince, later King, of the Bulgarians, 1887 - 1918

Drandat, A.G. La Bulgarie sous le Prince Ferdinand, 1887-1908. Brussels: , 1909.

Hepp, Alexandre. Ferdinand de Bukgarie intime. Paris: , 1910.

Lindenberg, Paul. Ferdinand I: König von Bulgaren. Berlin: ,1911.

MacDonald, John. Czar Ferdinand and His People. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1913,

Daudet, Ernest. Ferdinand Ier. Paris: , 1917.

Madol, Hans Roger. Ferdinand de Bulgarie. Paris: Plon, 1933.

Madol, Hans Roger. Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Translated by Kenneth Kirkness. London: , 1933.

von Königslöw, Joachim. Ferdinand von Bulgaren. Munich: Südosteuropäische Arbeiten, Vol. 69. 1970.

Constant, Stephen. Foxy Ferdinand, 1861-1948: Tsar of Bulgaria. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1979.

Boris III
King of the Bulgarians, 1918 - 1943

Groueff, Stephane. Crown of Thorns: The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943. Lanham: Madison Books, 1987.

Giovanna di Bulgaria. Memorie. Milano: Rizzoli, 1964.

Simeon II
King of the Bulgarians, 1943 - present

Knupffer, George, & Page, James. King Simeon II of the Bulgarians. Kings of Tomorrow Series, No. 2. London: The Monarchist Press Association, 1970.

Romania

Outline of the Monarchs of Romania

Alexander Cusa,
Prince of Romania, 18xx - 18xx

Carol I
Prince, later King, of Romania, 18xx - 1918

Carol I, King of Romania. Reminiscences.. New York: Harpers 1899.

Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania. From Memory's Shrine: The Reminiscences of Carmen Sylva. Translated by Edith Hopkirk. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911.

Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania. Letters and Poems of Queen Elizabeth (Carmen Sylva). 2 vols. Boston: Bibliophile Society of Boston, 1920.

Roosevelt, Blanche. Elizabeth of Roumania. London: Chapman and Hall, 1891.

Burgoyne, Elizabeth. Carmen Sylvia, Queen and Woman. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1940.

Ferdinand I
King of Romania, 1918 - 1927

Bent, Silas. "The Passing of King Ferdinand of Rumania." Current History, Vol. 26: 974-980 (September 1927).

Vacaresco, Hélène. Kings and Queens I Have Known. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1904.

Marie, Queen of Roumania. My Country. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916.

Marie, Queen of Roumania. The Country That I Love. London: Duckworth, 1925.

Marie, Queen of Roumania. Crowned Queens. London: Heath, Cranton, 1929.

Marie, Queen of Roumania. The Story of My Life. 1875-1914. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.

Marie, Queen of Roumania. Ordeal; The Story of My Life. 1914-1918. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.

Daggett, Mabel Potter. Marie of Roumania: The Intimate Story of the Radiant Queen. New York: George H. Doran, 1926.

Elsberry, Terence. Marie of Romania: The Intimate Life of a Twentieth Century Queen. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972.

Pakula, Hannah. The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.

Nicolae, Prnntul de Hohenzollern. "Memorii," in În umbra coroanei româniei. Edited by Gheorghe Busatu. Isai:Editura Moldova, 1991.

Ileana, Princess of Romania, Archduchess of Austria. I Live Again. New York & Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Company, 1952.

King Carol II
King of Romania, 1927 - 1940

Lengyel, Emil. "The Situation That Made Carol King of Rumania." Current History, Vol. 32: 1085-1089 (September 1930).

Bolitho, Hector. Roumania Under King Carol. London: Eyre and Spotiswoode, 1939.

von der Hoven, Baroness Helena. King Carol of Romania. London: Hutchinson, 1940.

Easterman, A. L. King Carol, Hitler and Lupescu. London: Victor Gollancz, 1942.

von Kürenberg, Joachim. Carol II und Madame Lupescu. Bonn: Athenäum Verlag, 1952.

Hillgruber, Andreas. Hitler, König Carol und Marschall Antonescu. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1954.

Cartland, Barbara. The Scandalous Life of King Carol. London: Frederick Muller, 1957.

Paul, Prince of Hohenzollern-Roumania. King Carol II: A life of my grandfather. London: Methuen, 1988.

Lungu. Dov B. Romania and the Great Powers 1933-1940. Durham: Duke University Press, 1989.

Quinlan, Paul D. The Playboy King: Carol II of Roumania. Westport & London: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Lambrino, Jeanne. Mon Mari le Roi Carol. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1950.

Lee, Arthur Gould. Helen, Queen Mother of Rumania. London: Faber and Faber, 1948.

Lupescu, Elena. "Autobiography," London: Sunday News, 1927.

Lupescu, Elena. "Memorii," Realitatea nr. 5 (reprint of 1927 "Autobiography"). Bucharest: Editura Jurnal de Bucuresti, 1990.

Moats, Alice-Leone. Lupescu. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955

King Mihai I
King of Romania, 1940 - present

Bocca, Geoffrey. :"Michael of Roumania." Kings Without Thrones. The Uneasy Heads: Report on European Monarchy.. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959.

Curley, Jr., Walter J. P. ""Rumania: His Majesty King Michael I." Monarchs-In-Waiting. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1973.

Fenyvesi, Charles."Refugee from Eastern Europe: King Michael." Splendor In Exile: The Ex-Majesties of Europe. Washington: New Republic Books, 1979.

Greece

Outline of the Monarchs of Greece

Othon I,
Prince, later King, of Greece, 1832 - 1862

George I,
King of the Hellenes, 1863 - 1913

Christmas, Walter. King George of Greece. London: Eveleigh, Nash, 1914.

Nicholas, Prince of Greece. My Fifty Years. London: Hutchinson, 1926.

Nicholas, Prince of Greece. Political Memoirs, 1914-1917: Pages From My Diary. London: Hutchinson, 1928.

Marie, Princess of Greece and Grand Duchess of Russia. A Romanov Diary. Atlantic International, 1988.

Andrew, Prince of Greece. Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in 1921. London: John Murray, 1930.

Christopher, Prince of Greece. Memoirs. London: Right Book Club, 1938.

Constantine I,
King of the Hellenes, 1913 - 1923

Vaka, Demetra. Constantine, King & Traitor. London: Bodley Head, 1918.

Mélas, George M. Ex-King Constantine and the War. London: Hutchinson, c. 1918.

Hibben, Paxton. Constantine I and the Greek People. New York: Century, 1920.

Victoria, German Empress. The Empress Frederick writes to Sophie, her daughter, Crown Princess and later Queen of the Hellenes: letters 1889-1901. Edited by Arthur S. Gould Lee. London: Faber, 1955.

Gould Lee, Arthur S. Helen, Queen Mother of Rumania. London: Faber, 1956.

Alexander,
"reigned in the place of his father"
14 June 1917 to 25 October 1920"

George II,
King of the Hellenes, 1923 - 1947

Paul I,
King of the Hellenes, 1947 - 1864

Hourmouzios, Stelio. No Odinary Crown: A Biography of King Paul of the Hellenes. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972.

Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes. A Measure of Understanding. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1971.

Constantine II,
King of the Hellenes, 1964 - present

Murtagh, Peter. The RAPE of GREECE: The King, the Colonels and the Resistance. London: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Serbia

Outline of the Monarchs of Serbia

Montenegro

Outline of the Monarchs of Montenegro

Croatia

Outline of the Monarchs of Croatia

THE ITALIAN PENINSULA:

Sardinia

Outline of the Monarchs of Sardinia

Two Sicilies

Outline of the Monarchs of The Two Sicilies

THE IBERIAN PENINSULA:

Spain

Outline of the Monarchs of Spain

Portugal

Outline of the Monarchs of Portugal

THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULAS:

Sweden

Outline of the Monarchs of Sweden

Norway

Outline of the Monarchs of Norway

Denmark

Outline of the Monarchs of Denmark

THE BRITISH ISLES:

Great Britain and Ireland

Outline of the Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland

CENTRAL EUROPE:

Hungary

Outline of the Monarchs of Hungary

Franz Joseph (),
King of Hungary, 19xx - 1916

Karl IV (),
King of Hungary, 1916 - 1922

Miklós Horthy (),
Regent of Hungary, 1920 - 1944

Sakmyster, Thomas. Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918 - 1944.. (East Euripean Moniographs, Boulder) New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

Ferenc Szálasi (),
Regent of Hungary, 1944 - 1945

Otto (),
claimant King of Hungary, 1922 - present

Bohemia

Outline of the Monarchs of Bohemia

Poland

Outline of the Monarchs of Poland

Russia

Outline of the Monarchs of Russia

GERMANIA:

Austria

Outline of the Monarchs of Austria

Prussia

Outline of the Monarchs of Prussia

Saxony

Outline of the Monarchs of Saxony

Bavaria

Outline of the Monarchs of Bavaria

Württemberg

Outline of the Monarchs of Württemberg

Liechtenstein

Outline of the Monarchs of Liechtenstein

The Netherlands

Outline of the Monarchs of The Netherlands

Wilhelmina (1880 - 1962),
Queen of The Netherlands, 1890 - 1948

Juliana (1909 - ),
Queen of The Netherlands, 1948 - 1980

Hoffman, William. Queen Juliana: The Story of the Richest Woman in the World. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.

Beatrix (1938 - ),
Queen of The Netherlands, 1980 - present

Luxemburg

Outline of the Monarchs of Luxemburg

Belgium

Outline of the Monarchs of Belgium

GALLIA:

France

Outline of the Monarchs of France

Monaco

Outline of the Monarchs of Monaco

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	Outline of the Monarchs of Albania
William of Wied (), Prince of Albania, 1913 - 1945

Zog I (1895 - 1961) King of the Albanians, 1925 - 1961
	Fischer, Bernd Jürgen. King Zog and the Struggle for Stability in Albania. (East Euripean Moniographs, Boulder). New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.
Victor Emmanuel King of Albania, 1940 - 1943

Leka I (1939 - ) claimant King of the Albanians, 1961 - present

	Outline of the Monarchs of Bulgaria
Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of the Bulgarians, 1879 - 1886

Ferdinand I Prince, later King, of the Bulgarians, 1887 - 1918
	Drandat, A.G. La Bulgarie sous le Prince Ferdinand, 1887-1908. Brussels: , 1909.
	Hepp, Alexandre. Ferdinand de Bukgarie intime. Paris: , 1910.
	Lindenberg, Paul. Ferdinand I: König von Bulgaren. Berlin: ,1911.
	MacDonald, John. Czar Ferdinand and His People. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1913,
	Daudet, Ernest. Ferdinand Ier. Paris: , 1917.
	Madol, Hans Roger. Ferdinand de Bulgarie. Paris: Plon, 1933.
	Madol, Hans Roger. Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Translated by Kenneth Kirkness. London: , 1933.
	von Königslöw, Joachim. Ferdinand von Bulgaren. Munich: Südosteuropäische Arbeiten, Vol. 69. 1970.
	Constant, Stephen. Foxy Ferdinand, 1861-1948: Tsar of Bulgaria. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1979.

Boris III King of the Bulgarians, 1918 - 1943
	Groueff, Stephane. Crown of Thorns: The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943. Lanham: Madison Books, 1987.
	Giovanna di Bulgaria. Memorie. Milano: Rizzoli, 1964.
Simeon II King of the Bulgarians, 1943 - present
	Knupffer, George, & Page, James. King Simeon II of the Bulgarians. Kings of Tomorrow Series, No. 2. London: The Monarchist Press Association, 1970.

	Outline of the Monarchs of Romania
Alexander Cusa, Prince of Romania, 18xx - 18xx

Carol I Prince, later King, of Romania, 18xx - 1918
	Carol I, King of Romania. Reminiscences.. New York: Harpers 1899.
	Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania. From Memory's Shrine: The Reminiscences of Carmen Sylva. Translated by Edith Hopkirk. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911.
	Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania. Letters and Poems of Queen Elizabeth (Carmen Sylva). 2 vols. Boston: Bibliophile Society of Boston, 1920.
	Roosevelt, Blanche. Elizabeth of Roumania. London: Chapman and Hall, 1891.
	Burgoyne, Elizabeth. Carmen Sylvia, Queen and Woman. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1940.
Ferdinand I King of Romania, 1918 - 1927
	Bent, Silas. "The Passing of King Ferdinand of Rumania." Current History, Vol. 26: 974-980 (September 1927).
	Vacaresco, Hélène. Kings and Queens I Have Known. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1904.
	Marie, Queen of Roumania. My Country. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916.
	Marie, Queen of Roumania. The Country That I Love. London: Duckworth, 1925.
	Marie, Queen of Roumania. Crowned Queens. London: Heath, Cranton, 1929.
	Marie, Queen of Roumania. The Story of My Life. 1875-1914. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
	Marie, Queen of Roumania. Ordeal; The Story of My Life. 1914-1918. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
	Daggett, Mabel Potter. Marie of Roumania: The Intimate Story of the Radiant Queen. New York: George H. Doran, 1926.
	Elsberry, Terence. Marie of Romania: The Intimate Life of a Twentieth Century Queen. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972.
	Pakula, Hannah. The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
	Nicolae, Prnntul de Hohenzollern. "Memorii," in În umbra coroanei româniei. Edited by Gheorghe Busatu. Isai:Editura Moldova, 1991.
	Ileana, Princess of Romania, Archduchess of Austria. I Live Again. New York & Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Company, 1952.
King Carol II King of Romania, 1927 - 1940
	Lengyel, Emil. "The Situation That Made Carol King of Rumania." Current History, Vol. 32: 1085-1089 (September 1930).
	Bolitho, Hector. Roumania Under King Carol. London: Eyre and Spotiswoode, 1939.
	von der Hoven, Baroness Helena. King Carol of Romania. London: Hutchinson, 1940.
	Easterman, A. L. King Carol, Hitler and Lupescu. London: Victor Gollancz, 1942.
	von Kürenberg, Joachim. Carol II und Madame Lupescu. Bonn: Athenäum Verlag, 1952.
	Hillgruber, Andreas. Hitler, König Carol und Marschall Antonescu. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1954.
	Cartland, Barbara. The Scandalous Life of King Carol. London: Frederick Muller, 1957.
	Paul, Prince of Hohenzollern-Roumania. King Carol II: A life of my grandfather. London: Methuen, 1988.
	Lungu. Dov B. Romania and the Great Powers 1933-1940. Durham: Duke University Press, 1989.
	Quinlan, Paul D. The Playboy King: Carol II of Roumania. Westport & London: Greenwood Press, 1995.
	Lambrino, Jeanne. Mon Mari le Roi Carol. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1950.
	Lee, Arthur Gould. Helen, Queen Mother of Rumania. London: Faber and Faber, 1948.
	Lupescu, Elena. "Autobiography," London: Sunday News, 1927.
	Lupescu, Elena. "Memorii," Realitatea nr. 5 (reprint of 1927 "Autobiography"). Bucharest: Editura Jurnal de Bucuresti, 1990.
	Moats, Alice-Leone. Lupescu. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955
King Mihai I King of Romania, 1940 - present
	Bocca, Geoffrey. :"Michael of Roumania." Kings Without Thrones. The Uneasy Heads: Report on European Monarchy.. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959.
	Curley, Jr., Walter J. P. ""Rumania: His Majesty King Michael I." Monarchs-In-Waiting. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1973.
	Fenyvesi, Charles."Refugee from Eastern Europe: King Michael." Splendor In Exile: The Ex-Majesties of Europe. Washington: New Republic Books, 1979.

	Outline of the Monarchs of Greece
Othon I, Prince, later King, of Greece, 1832 - 1862

George I, King of the Hellenes, 1863 - 1913
	Christmas, Walter. King George of Greece. London: Eveleigh, Nash, 1914.
	Nicholas, Prince of Greece. My Fifty Years. London: Hutchinson, 1926.
	Nicholas, Prince of Greece. Political Memoirs, 1914-1917: Pages From My Diary. London: Hutchinson, 1928.
	Marie, Princess of Greece and Grand Duchess of Russia. A Romanov Diary. Atlantic International, 1988.
	Andrew, Prince of Greece. Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in 1921. London: John Murray, 1930.
	Christopher, Prince of Greece. Memoirs. London: Right Book Club, 1938.

Constantine I, King of the Hellenes, 1913 - 1923
	Vaka, Demetra. Constantine, King & Traitor. London: Bodley Head, 1918.
	Mélas, George M. Ex-King Constantine and the War. London: Hutchinson, c. 1918.
	Hibben, Paxton. Constantine I and the Greek People. New York: Century, 1920.
	Victoria, German Empress. The Empress Frederick writes to Sophie, her daughter, Crown Princess and later Queen of the Hellenes: letters 1889-1901. Edited by Arthur S. Gould Lee. London: Faber, 1955.
	Gould Lee, Arthur S. Helen, Queen Mother of Rumania. London: Faber, 1956.

Alexander, "reigned in the place of his father" 14 June 1917 to 25 October 1920"

George II, King of the Hellenes, 1923 - 1947

Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1947 - 1864
	Hourmouzios, Stelio. No Odinary Crown: A Biography of King Paul of the Hellenes. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972.
	Frederica, Queen of the Hellenes. A Measure of Understanding. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1971.
Constantine II, King of the Hellenes, 1964 - present
	Murtagh, Peter. The RAPE of GREECE: The King, the Colonels and the Resistance. London: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

	Outline of the Monarchs of Hungary
Franz Joseph (), King of Hungary, 19xx - 1916

Karl IV (), King of Hungary, 1916 - 1922

Miklós Horthy (), Regent of Hungary, 1920 - 1944
	Sakmyster, Thomas. Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918 - 1944.. (East Euripean Moniographs, Boulder) New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Ferenc Szálasi (), Regent of Hungary, 1944 - 1945

Otto (), claimant King of Hungary, 1922 - present

	Outline of the Monarchs of The Netherlands
Wilhelmina (1880 - 1962), Queen of The Netherlands, 1890 - 1948

Juliana (1909 - ), Queen of The Netherlands, 1948 - 1980
	Hoffman, William. Queen Juliana: The Story of the Richest Woman in the World. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
Beatrix (1938 - ), Queen of The Netherlands, 1980 - present