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King of Romania from 1914, when he succeeded
his uncle Charles I. In 1916 he declared war
on Austria. After the Allied victory in World
War I, Ferdinand acquired Transylvania and
Bukovina from Austria-Hungary, and Bessarabia
from Russia. In 1922 he became king of this
Greater Romania. His reign saw agrarian
reform and the introduction of universal
suffrage.