Constantin Cantacuzino (other)
Constantin Cantacuzino may refer to: * Constantin Cantacuzino (stolnic) (1639–1716), Wallachian ''stolnic'', historian and diplomat * Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877), Wallachian ''kaymakam'' in 1848 *Constantin Cantacuzino (aviator) (1905–1958), Romanian World War II flying ace See also * Cantacuzino family The House of Cantacuzino (french: Cantacuzène) is a Romanian aristocratic family of Greek origin. The family gave a number of princes to Wallachia and Moldavia, and it claimed descent from a branch of the Byzantine Kantakouzenos family, specifica ...

Constantin Cantacuzino (stolnic)
Constantin Cantacuzino (1639 – Constantinople, 7 June 1716)Treptow, Popa 1996, p. 60. was a Romanian nobleman and historian who held high offices in the Principality of Wallachia. He was a humanist scholar who drew the first local map of Wallachia in 1700, and started to write a ''History of Wallachia'' which remained unfinished. In his ''History of Wallachia'', he "accepted a Daco-Roman mixing" (Lucian Boia) in connection with the origin of the Romanians. A promoter of a prudent anti-Ottoman policy, he was executed together with his son Ștefan. Life Constantin Cantacuzino was born in a Wallachian boyar family of Greek origin, which claimed descent from the Byzantine imperial family Kantakouzenos. In the second half of the 17th century, his family led a fierce fight for power with the Băleanu faction, which began with his father's execution in 1663 on the orders of Grigore Ghica. For a short time, he fled to neighboring Moldova. Constantin Cantacuzino pursued studies in ...
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Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877)
Constantin G. Cantacuzino, also known as Costache Cantacozino or Costandin Cantacuzino ( transitional Cyrillic: Кonстanтin Кanтaкozino; 1790s–1877), was the ''Caimacam'' (Regent) of Wallachia in September 1848–June 1849, appointed directly by the Ottoman Empire. A member of the Cantacuzino family, he had emerged as a leader of the conservative boyardom during the ''Regulamentul Organic'' period. As a commander in the Wallachian militia, he organized in 1831 the first elections for Bucharest's Town Council, and subsequently served as one of the Bucharest Governors. He first played a major part in national government from 1837 to 1842, when he served Prince Alexandru II Ghica as ''Postelnic'' and ''Logothete''. During that interval, he clashed with his own brother Grigore Cantacuzino, who sided with the liberal current. Falling out of favor with the Russian Empire, Cantacuzino was deposed ahead of Ghica himself, and was an unsuccessful candidate in the princely elect ...
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Constantin Cantacuzino (aviator)
Constantin Cantacuzino (nicknamed ''Bâzu''; 11 November 1905 – 26 May 1958) was a Romanian aviator, the leading World War II fighter ace of his country, as well as a member of the Cantacuzino family. Early life Cantacuzino was born in Bucharest. His father was Mihail Cantacuzino and his mother Maria Tescanu Rosetti, later known as Maruca Cantacuzino; they were both from old Romanian noble families. After his father died, Maria Rosetti married for a second time, to George Enescu (Romania's greatest composer and a world class violinist). Constantin Cantacuzino went to high-school in Bucharest. He loved motor sports and he could afford to practice them all the time. He was an excellent motor bike racer, winning several races, and driver. He set a new record on the Paris-Bucharest race. He also played tennis and was the captain of the Romanian ice hockey team at the World Championships in 1931 and 1933. World War II In 1939 he won the national aerial aerobatics contest with hi ...
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