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Prince Nicolae of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince Nicolae "Nicky", later also known as Nicolae Brana, was born on the 3rd of August 1903 in Peleș Castle, Sinaia as the fourth child and second son of Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was the younger brother of Carol, heir apparent, who renounced his rights of succession on 12 December 1925. When Ferdinand died in 1927, he was succeeded as king by Carol's five-year-old son, Mihai; Nicolae himself had been proposed as heir-apparent when Carol married the commoner Zizi Lambrino in 1918 (a marriage later annulled). Given Mihai's youth, a regency council had to be formed, and Prince Nicolae was forced to abandon his career in the British Royal Navy in order to return home to serve on the council. Nicolae was at first delighted when Carol returned home to Romania on 8 June 1930 (becoming King Carol II and thus putting an end to the regency arrangement). He welcomed the Parliament session that voted to repeal the 1926 legislation, and accompanied his newly arrived brother from Băneasa Airfield to Cotroceni Palace. However, the cordial relations between Nicolae and Carol were short-lived. Nicolae wanted to marry Ioana Dumitrescu-Doletti, a divorced woman, but was aware that it might be embarrassing for the king to have to authorize such a marriage. Carol himself suggested that the couple should marry without first seeking his consent (even though members of the royal family were required to obtain the king's consent before marrying). Carol had intimated that in these circumstances he would accept the marriage as a fait accompli, but after the wedding Carol promptly used it as an excuse to deprive Nicholas of his royal privileges and titles and to exile him from Romania. He left for Spain, and ultimately settled in Switzerland. Nicolae was married twice but had no children. The Prince also took an interest in motor racing, competing in the 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans driving his own Duesenberg Model SJ.