Mihai I, Maiestatea Sa Mihai I Regele Românilor

Date of birth:: October 25th, 1921 (Foior Castle/Sinaia, Romania)
Date of death:: December 5th, 2017 (Aubonne, Switzerland)
Nationality:: Romanian

Biography

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Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)

Awarded on:: November 15th, 1938

Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 3

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 8th, 1941

Jurnal al Consiliului de Miniştri

Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 2

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 8th, 1941

Jurnal al Consiliului de Miniştri

Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 1

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 8th, 1941

Jurnal al Consiliului de Miniştri

Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1941

Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Cavaliere di gran croce

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1941

Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1941

Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi (SVR SR)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1942

Orden Pobeda

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 6th, 1945

Emblema de Onoare a Armatei României

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: October 24th, 2012

Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1945

"Rendered exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the cause of the Allied Nations in the struggle against Hitlerite Germany. In July and August, 1944, his Nation, under the dominance of a dictatorial regime over which the King had no control, have allied herself with the Germany aggressors, he, King Mihai I, succeeded in giving purpose, direction and inspiration to the uncoordinated internal forces of opposition to the ruling dictator.

In culmination of his efforts, on 23 August 1944, although his capital was still dominated by German troops, he personally, on his own initiative, and in complete disregard for his own safety, gave the signal for a coup d'etat by ordering his palace guards to arrest the dictator and his chief ministers."