page_title: Michael I of Romania
section_title: Honours and awards
hierarchical_section_title: Michael I of Romania / Honours and awards
caption_attribution_description: English: A plate in the Moscow Kremlin listing all the recipients of the Order of Victory. To the left, the double recipients (Vasilievsky, Zhukov, Stalin); to the right, the single recipients (Antonov, Govorov, Konev, Malinovsky, Merechkov, Rokossovsky, Timoshenko, Tolbukhin); below the foreign recipients (Eisenhower, Montgomery, Rolya-Zhimersky, Tito, King Michael of Romania) Русский: Кавалеры Ордена Победы. Табличка в Большом Кремлёвском дворце, Москва. Italiano: Una targa nel Cremlino di Mosca
context_page_description: Michael I was the last King of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947.
  Shortly after Michael's birth, his father, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, had become involved in a controversial relationship with Magda Lupescu. In 1925, Carol was pressured to renounce his rights to the throne and moved to Paris in exile with Lupescu. In 1927, Michael ascended the throne, following the death of his grandfather King Ferdinand I. As Michael was still a minor, a regency council was instituted, composed of his uncle Prince Nicholas, Patriarch Miron Cristea, and the president of the Supreme Court, Gheorghe Buzdugan. The council proved to be ineffective and, in 1930, Carol returned to Romania and replaced his son as monarch, reigning as Carol II. As a result, Michael returned to being heir apparent to the throne and was given the additional title of Grand Voievod of Alba-Iulia.
  Carol II was deposed in 1940, and Michael once again became king. Under the government led by the military dictator Ion Antonescu, Romania became aligned with Nazi Germany.
context_section_description:  Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold I
   Czech Republic: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Lion
   Czech Republic: Recipient of the Medal of Merit of the Ministry of Defence, 1st Class
   Denmark: Recipient of the Royal Medal of Recompense, Special Class
   Finland: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose
  France
   France: Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour
   House of Orléans: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Lazarus
   Greek Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer
   Greek Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Order of Saints George and Constantine
   Greek Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of George I
   Greek Royal Family: Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Greek Royal House, Special Class
   Greek Royal Family: Recipient of the Centenary Medal of the Kingdom of Greece
   Italian Royal Family: Knight Grand Collar of the Supreme Royal Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
   Italian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
   Italian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cordon the Royal Order of the Crown
   Poland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
  Russia
   Soviet Union: Member of the Order of Victory
   Russia: Recipient of the Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
   Sweden: Recipient of the 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf
   United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Victorian Order
   United Kingdom: Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal
   United States: Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit
caption: Plaque at the Grand Kremlin Palace showing King Michael as one of five foreign recipients of the Order of Victory of the USSR
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