page_title: Coronations in Europe
section_title: Romania
hierarchical_section_title: Coronations in Europe / By country / Romania
caption_attribution_description: Ж. Беккер. "Коронация императора Александра III и императрицы Марии Федоровны 25 мая 1883 года" (1888), Эрмитаж. 108х156 см ЭРЖ-1637 Coronation of Maria Fyodorovna and Alexander III
context_page_description: Coronations in Europe were previously held in the monarchies of Europe. The United Kingdom is the only monarchy in Europe that still practices coronation. Current European monarchies have either replaced coronations with simpler ceremonies to mark an accession or have never practiced coronations. Most monarchies today only require a simple oath to be taken in the presence of the country's legislature.
context_section_description: The Kingdom of Romania used a coronation ceremony during its monarchical period (1881–1947). Its crown was rather unusual, being made of steel rather than gold or some other precious metal. In 1922, King Ferdinand I of the Romanians and Queen Marie were crowned in the courtyard of the newly opened "Coronation Cathedral" in Alba Iulia, an important city in the new Romanian province of Transylvania. Ferdinand crowned himself and then crowned his wife. The coronation service was interdenominational rather than Romanian Orthodox (the majority religion and then the state church), in part because Ferdinand was Roman Catholic, while his wife was Anglican at the time. Ferdinand's son, Carol II, intended to be crowned in September 1930, but abandoned his plans due to marital difficulties with his wife, Queen Helen, which included an ongoing affair with Magda Lupescu. Upon his abdication, his son, Michael I, was crowned and anointed on 6 September 1940 at the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by Patriarch Nicodim Munteanu.
caption: Coronation of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Fyodorovna in 1883
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