Iancu Flondor was an Austro-Hungarian

Austria-Hungary

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-born Romania

Romania

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n activist who advocated Bukovina

Bukovina

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's unifion with the Kingdom of Romania

Kingdom of Romania

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He was born in the town of Storozhynets  in Northern Bukovina (now in Ukraine

Ukraine

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). His parents were Gheorghe Flondor (1828–1892) and Isabella von Dobrowolski-Buchental (?–1890). Married to Elena de Zotta, he fathered three sons: Şerban (b. 1900), Neagoe (b. 1901), and Mircea (b. 1903).

During the winter of 1918, Flondor clashed with his rival Aurel Onciul

Aurel Onciul

Aurel, knight of Onciul, was a Romanian moderate political leader in the Austrian Bukovina, prior to its union with the Kingdom of Romania. He advocated a division of the province along ethnic lines, into a Romanian-controlled southern Bukovina, and a Ukrainian-controlled northern Bukovina...

 over the political future of Bukovina, a dispute which culminated in the November request by Flondor for an intervention

Offensive (military)

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 by the Romanian Army into what had become a chaotic Bukovina.

He died in Cernăuṭi (now Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi

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), and was buried in Storojineṭ.