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Catargiu
The House of Catargiu () is the name of an old and influential Moldavian noble family of the Tupilați region, whose members played important political role in the history of Wallachia, Moldavia and Romania. Notable members * Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (18251897), a Romanian politician * Barbu Catargiu (18071862), a conservative Romanian journalist and politician * Lascăr Catargiu (18231899), a Romanian conservative statesman from Moldavia * Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu (18301882), a conservative Romanian politician * Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović ( sr, Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић; 18311879), mother of King Milan I of Serbia Milan Obrenović ( sr-cyr, Милан Обреновић, Milan Obrenović; 22 August 1854 – 11 February 1901) reigned as the prince of Serbia from 1868 to 1882 and subsequently as king from 1882 to 1889. Milan I unexpectedly abdicated in ... See also * Catargiu River, a tributary of the Jijioara River in Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbu Catargiu
Barbu Catargiu (26 October 1807 – ) was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 20 June that year. He was a staunch defender of the great estates of the boyars,Keith Hitchins, ''The Romanians 1774–1866'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996), p. 302. and notably originated the conservative doctrine that "feudalism in Romania had never existed".Maria Nikolaeva Todorova, ''Balkan Identities: Nation and Memory'' (New York: NYU Press, 2004), p. 289 Early life Barbu Catargiu was born on 26 October 1807 to Ștefan Catargiu, a political activist and Țița (Stanca) Văcărescu. He lived abroad in Paris from 1825 to 1834, where he studied law, history, and philosophy. He returned to Wallachia for a short time, and was a member of the Obsteasca Assembly of Wallachia. An opponent of violence and armed revolution, he resumed his world travels during the Revolutions of 1848, working primarily as a jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lascăr Catargiu
Lascăr Catargiu ( or Lascăr Catargi; 1 November 1823 – ) was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia. Biography Born in Iași, Lascăr Catargiu rose to the office of prefect of police in the city under the rule of the Moldavian Prince Grigore Ghica (1849–1856). In 1857 he became a member of the ''ad hoc Divan'' of Moldavia, a commission elected in accordance with the Treaty of Paris (1856) to vote on the proposed union of Moldavia and Wallachia (the Danubian Principalities). His strongly conservative views, especially on land reform, induced the Conservatives to support him as a candidate for the Romanian throne in 1859. During the reign of ''Domnitor'' Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859–1866), Catargiu was one of the Opposition leaders, and received much assistance from his kinsman, Barbu Catargiu (b. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catargiu Family Coat Of Arms
The House of Catargiu () is the name of an old and influential Moldavian noble family of the Tupilați region, whose members played important political role in the history of Wallachia, Moldavia and Romania. Notable members * Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (18251897), a Romanian politician * Barbu Catargiu (18071862), a conservative Romanian journalist and politician * Lascăr Catargiu (18231899), a Romanian conservative statesman from Moldavia * Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu (18301882), a conservative Romanian politician * Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović ( sr, Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић; 18311879), mother of King Milan I of Serbia Milan Obrenović ( sr-cyr, Милан Обреновић, Milan Obrenović; 22 August 1854 – 11 February 1901) reigned as the prince of Serbia from 1868 to 1882 and subsequently as king from 1882 to 1889. Milan I unexpectedly abdicated in ... See also * Catargiu River, a tributary of the Jijioara River in Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu
Nicolae Callimachi-Catargiu (February 24, 1830 – November 9, 1882) was a conservative Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in two terms from November 28, 1869 to February 1, 1870 and December 18, 1870 until March 11, 1871, and as a Romanian envoy to London and Paris. Biography Family His father was the Logothete Ștefan Catargiu (1789-1866), a member of the Three-headed Kaymakam from the Principality of Moldavia (1857 - October 20, 1858), and his mother was Ruxandra Calimachi (1808-1892), who insisted that he bear the name of the great family from which she came. He had three brothers, Alexandru Catargiu, and from his mother's second marriage to Prince Alecu Rosetti-Roznovanu (1798-1853)): * Prince Alecu Rosett-Roznovanu * Princess Adela Rosetti-Roznovanu (1835-1894); married firstly to Prince Alexandru Ghika (1831-1903); married secondly Gheorghe Catargiu (d. 1907) * Prince Gheorghe Rosetti-Rosnovanu (1834-1904); married Alexandrine C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu
Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (1825–1897) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician. Biography Alexandru Catargiu studied finance in Paris. After returning home, he entered the State Council. During March 1862, he served as Finance Minister in the Barbu Catargiu cabinet. From March to October 1863, he was Minister of Public Works and Audit. At the time of his death in Bucharest, he was on the board of directors of Căile Ferate Române.Dimitrie Rosetti Dimitrie is the Romanian form of a Slavic given name. Notable persons with that name include: ;First name * Dimitrie Alexandresco (1850–1925), Romanian encyclopedist * Dimitrie Anghel (1872–1914), Romanian poet * Dimitri Atanasescu (1836–1907 ..., ''Dicționarul Contimporanilor'', p. 50. Editura Lito-Tipografiei "Populara", Bucharest, 1897 Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Catargiu, Alexandru 1825 births 1897 deaths Romanian Ministers of Finance Romanian Ministers of Public Works Căile Ferate Române people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marija Obrenović
Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић; 1831 Iași – 16 July 1876 or 28 June 1879, Dresden), known in Serbia as Marija Obrenović, was by birth a Moldavian and United Principalities boyaress. Early life She was the daughter of Boyar Constantin Catargiu (1800-1871), a great landowner and Moldavian separatist and Romanian noblewoman Smaranda Balș (1811-1886), whose family dubiously claimed descent from the medieval House of Balšić.https://revistasferapoliticii.ro/sfera/171/art15-Iorga.php Biography Elena Maria married Miloš Obrenović (1829–1861), the son of Jevrem Obrenović and their son Milan was born in 1854. In 1855, shortly after the birth of Milan, Maria and Miloš were divorced. In the early 1860s, she became the mistress of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Moldavia and Wallachia (1820–1873), and two sons Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza and Dimitrie Cuza, were born out of their roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania ( ro, Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed in Romania from 13 March ( O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I of Romania and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic. From 1859 to 1877, Romania evolved from a personal union of two vassal principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) under a single prince to an autonomous principality with a Hohenzollern monarchy. The country gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire during the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War (known locally as the Romanian War of Independence), when it also received Northern Dobruja in exchange for the southern part of Bessarabia. The kingdom's territory during the reign of King Carol I, between 13 ( O.S.) / 25 March 1881 and 27 September ( O.S.) / 10 October 1914 is sometimes referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan I Of Serbia
Milan Obrenović ( sr-cyr, Милан Обреновић, Milan Obrenović; 22 August 1854 – 11 February 1901) reigned as the prince of Serbia from 1868 to 1882 and subsequently as king from 1882 to 1889. Milan I unexpectedly abdicated in favor of his son, Alexander I of Serbia, in 1889. Early years Birth and infancy in exile Milan Obrenović was born in 1854 in Mărășești, Moldavia where his family had lived in exile ever since the 1842 return of the rival House of Karađorđević to the Serbian throne when they managed to depose Milan's cousin Prince Mihailo Obrenović III. Milan was the son of Miloš Obrenović (1829–1861) and his Moldavian wife Marija Obrenović, née Elena Maria Catargiu. Milan's paternal grandfather (Miloš's father) was Jevrem Obrenović (1790–1856), brother of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia. Milan was therefore Prince Miloš's grandnephew. He had only one sibling — sister Tomanija. Shortly after Milan's birth, his parents divorc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catargiu River
The Jijioara or Gârla Morii is a right tributary of the river Jijia in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It discharges into the Jijia near Larga-Jijia. e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is . Tributaries The following rivers are tributaries to the river Jijioara (from source to mouth): *Left: Borosoaia, Catargiu, Lacul Negru *Right: Păiș, Sbanț[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia is traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia). Dobruja could sometimes be considered a third section due to its proximity and Dobruja#Wallachian rule, brief rule over it. Wallachia as a whole is sometimes referred to as Muntenia through identification with the larger of the two traditional sections. Wallachia was founded as a principality in the early 14th century by Basarab I of Wallachia, Basarab I after a rebellion against Charles I of Hungary, although the first mention of the territory of Wallachia west of the river Olt River, Olt dates to a charter given to the voivode Seneslau in 1246 by Béla IV of Hungary. In 1417, Wallachia was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia () as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina and Hertsa. The region of Pokuttya was also part of it for a period of time. The western half of Moldavia is now part of Romania, the eastern side belongs to the Republic of Moldova, and the northern and southeastern parts are territories of Ukraine. Name and etymology The original and short-lived reference to the region was ''Bogdania'', after Bogdan I, the foundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupilați
Tupilați is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of four villages: Arămoaia, Hanul Ancuței, Totoiești, and Tupilați. References Communes in Neamț County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Neamţ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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