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Văcărescu Family
The House of Văcărescu was a boyar family of Wallachia (now part of Romania). According to tradition, it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia. Notable members * Enache Văcărescu (1654–1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia (killed with his master, Prince Brancovan) * Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1730–1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammar * Alecu Văcărescu (died 1798), poet * Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet * Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great Ban of Craiova * Iancu Văcărescu (1786–1863), poet * Marițica Bibescu (1815–1859), poet and Princess-consort of Wallachia * Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu) (ca. 1843–1903), journalist * Maurice Paléologue (1859–1944), writer and French diplomat * Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet Image:iancu_vacarescu.jpg, Iancu Văcărescu Image:ienachita_vacarescu.jpg, Ienăchiță Văcărescu See also *Phanariotes Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots ( el, Φαναριώτες, ro, Fanario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Văcărescu Family
The House of Văcărescu was a boyar family of Wallachia (now part of Romania). According to tradition, it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia. Notable members * Enache Văcărescu (1654–1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia (killed with his master, Prince Brancovan) * Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1730–1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammar * Alecu Văcărescu (died 1798), poet * Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet * Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great Ban of Craiova * Iancu Văcărescu (1786–1863), poet * Marițica Bibescu (1815–1859), poet and Princess-consort of Wallachia * Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu) (ca. 1843–1903), journalist * Maurice Paléologue (1859–1944), writer and French diplomat * Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet Image:iancu_vacarescu.jpg, Iancu Văcărescu Image:ienachita_vacarescu.jpg, Ienăchiță Văcărescu See also *Phanariotes Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots ( el, Φαναριώτες, ro, Fanario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craiova
Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians (north) and the Danube, River Danube (south). Craiova is the chief commercial city west of Bucharest and the most important city of Oltenia. The city prospered as a regional trading centre despite an earthquake in 1790, a plague in 1795, and a Ottoman Empire, Turkish assault in 1802 during which it was burned. Eight villages are administered by the city: Făcăi, Mofleni, Popoveni, Șimnicu de Jos, Cernele, Cernelele de Sus, Izvoru Rece, and Rovine. The last four were a separate commune called ''Cernele'' until 1996, when they were merged into the city. Etymology and names There are two possible etymologies for Craiova: Common Slavonic, Old Slavonic ''wikt:kral, kral'' ("king"), which has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Văcărești (other)
Văcăreşti may refer to several entities in Romania: *Văcărescu family of boyars *Văcărești, Bucharest * Văcăreşti Monastery * Văcăreşti prison *Văcărești, Dâmbovița Văcărești is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bungetu, Brăteștii de Jos and Văcărești. Until 2004, it also included Perșinari Perșinari is a Communes of Romania, commune in Dâmbovița ..., a commune in Dâmboviţa County *Văcăreşti, a village in Mihăileni Commune, Harghita County *Văcăreşti, a village in Drăgănești de Vede Commune, Teleorman County See also * Văcăria River (other) * Văcarea (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phanariotes
Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots ( el, Φαναριώτες, ro, Fanarioți, tr, Fenerliler) were members of prominent Greeks, Greek families in Fener, Phanar (Φανάρι, modern ''Fener''), the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarchate is located, who traditionally occupied four important positions in the Ottoman Empire: Voivode of Moldavia, Voivode of Wallachia, Grand Dragoman, and Grand Dragoman of the Fleet. Despite their cosmopolitanism and often-Western education, the Phanariots were aware of their Greek ancestry and culture; according to Nicholas Mavrocordatos' ''Philotheou Parerga'', "We are a race completely Hellenic". They emerged as a class of wealthy Greek merchants (of mostly noble Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine descent) during the second half of the 16th century, and were influential in the administration of the Ottoman Empire's Balkan domains in the 18th century. The Phanariots usually b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Văcărescu
Elena Văcărescu, or Hélène Vacaresco (September 21, 1864 in Bucharest – February 17, 1947 in Paris), was a Romanian-French aristocrat writer, twice a laureate of the Académie française. Life Through her father, Ioan Văcărescu, she descended from a long line of boyars of Wallachia (the Văcărescu family), including Ienăchiță Văcărescu, the poet who wrote the first Romanian grammar. She was also a granddaughter of Romanian poet Iancu Văcărescu. Through her mother, Eufrosina Fălcoianu, she descended from the Fălcoianu family, a prominent clan in the times of Prince Michael the Brave. She spent most of her youth on the Văcărescu estate near Târgovişte. Elena first got acquainted with the English literature through her English governess, Miss Allan. She also studied French literature in Paris, where she met Victor Hugo, whom she later mentioned in her memoirs. She attended courses of philosophy, aesthetics and history and also studied poetry under the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Paléologue
Maurice Paléologue (13 January 1859 – 23 November 1944) was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist. As the French ambassador to Russia (1914-1917), he supported the Russian mobilization against Germany that led to World War I and likewise played a major role in France's entry into the ensuing conflict. Biography Paléologue was born in Paris as the son of Alexandru Paleologu, a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary who had fled to France after attempting to assassinate Prince Gheorghe Bibescu during the 1848 Wallachian revolution. Alexandru was one of three illegitimate children of Elisabeta Văcărescu of the Văcărescu family of boyars. He and his siblings were later adopted by Zoe Văcărescu, Elisabeta's mother, who gave the children her Greek maiden name ''Paleologu''. The name became ''Paléologue'' in French language spellings. The family's relation to the Palaiologos Byzantine Imperial family is doubtful, though Alexandru's ancestors claimed it at the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu)
Mișu or Mihail Ion Văcărescu ( Francized ''Michel Vacaresco''; 1842 or 1843 – June 12, 1903), most commonly known as Claymoor, was a Wallachian, later Romanian fashion journalist and gossip columnist, the son of poet Iancu Văcărescu. A retired cavalry officer in the Romanian Land Forces, he began writing in his late twenties or early thirties, reaching his fame as a contributor to the Francophone daily '' L'Indépendence Roumaine''. He was widely respected for his verdicts on fashion, and, as an arbiter of taste, contributed to his paper's renown; however, people of his day also ridiculed him for his florid literary style, his political involvement with the Conservative Party, and his homosexuality. Claymoor's period of prominence, at the height of the ''Belle Époque'', ended with his sudden death. By that time, he had also left a mark as one of Romania's first film critics. Although his almanac was still published, he himself was largely forgotten in the Kingdom of Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marițica Bibescu
Marițica Bibescu, born Maria Văcărescu, also known as Marițica Ghica (August 1, 1815 – September 27, 1859), was the Princess-consort of Wallachia between September 1845 and June 1848. A boyaress by birth, she belonged to the Văcărescu family. Her father Nicolae, her grandfather Ienăchiță and her uncle Alecu were politicians and professional writers; Marițica herself was an unpublished poet. She was orphaned as a child, but was looked after by her relatives and her family friends, including Prince Alexandru II Ghica and philanthropist Zoe Brâncoveanu. Described by period sources as exceptionally beautiful, if also vain and ambitious, she married in 1834 the Prince's brother, ''Spatharios'' Costache Ghica. Her adoptive clan, the Ghicas, remained the leading Wallachian family until late 1842, when Alexandru II was deposed by the Ottoman Empire. Marițica's influence peaked again after the princely election of 1842–1843. Though her husband failed in his bid for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iancu Văcărescu
Iancu Văcărescu (1786–1863) was a Romanians, Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet, member of the Văcărescu family. Biography The son of Alecu Văcărescu, descending from a long line of Wallachian Intellectual, men of letters — his paternal uncle, Ienăchiță Văcărescu, was author of the first Romanian grammar; Iancu was the grandfather of writer Elena Văcărescu. He received a quality education not only in Greek language, Greek (the preferred language of teaching in Wallachia at the time), but also in German language, German and French language, French, and was well versed in Western literature. A Patriotism, patriot during the Phanariotes, Phanariote epoch, he sided with the national movement in 1821 (around Tudor Vladimirescu's Wallachian uprising of 1821, Wallachian Uprising), and assisted in establishing the Romanian theatre, translating many books and plays from German and French into Romanian, notably the ''Britannicus (play), Britannicus'' of Jean Racine, Raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Banship Of Craiova
The Great Banate of Craiova or ''Banship of Craiova'' was in the Middle Ages one of the most important political institutions of Wallachia. It was established during the last decades of the 15th century, after the movement of the seat from Strehaia (1491). The Great Ban (title), Ban of Craiova was the Viceroy of Lesser Wallachia and he was, as hierarchic order, the greatest Wallachian high official. His authority was extended to the area of Oltenia. Having the consent of the Wallachian ruler, the ban of Craiova could confiscate the fortune of one who made himself guilty of "betrayal". The ban of Craiova could punish by death the guilty persons. Since 1512, when the reign of Neagoe Basarab began, the Ban got similar powers to the hospodar in the territory on the right of Olt river. The title was held most by members of the Craioveşti family (from 1492 to 1532). In the second half of 16th century, the institution met a moment of crisis, mainly due to aggressive attempts of the Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyar
A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and Moldavia, and later Romania, Lithuanian nobility, Lithuania and among Baltic German nobility, Baltic Germans. Boyars were second only to the ruling knyaz, princes (in Bulgaria, tsars) from the 10th century to the 17th century. The rank has lived on as a surname in Russia, Finland, Lithuania and Latvia where it is spelled ''Pajari'' or ''Bajārs/-e''. Etymology Also known as bolyar; variants in other languages include bg, боляр or ; rus, боя́рин, r=boyarin, p=bɐˈjærʲɪn; ; ro, boier, ; and el, βογιάρος. The title Boila is predecessor or old form of the title Bolyar (the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian word for Boyar). Boila was a title worn by some of the Bulgars, Bulgar aristocrats (mostly of regional governors a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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