Ecaterina ''Cocuța'' Conachi (2 April 1829 – 22 February 1870) was a Romanian princess and revolutionary. She is known for her activism and work for the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia. She belonged to the

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. Ecaterina Conachi married firstly in 1846, in

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, Prince Nicolae Vogoride. They had four children. In 1864, she remarried in Rome, Prince Emanuele Ruspoli, with whom she had five children, among them

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(, Țigănești – , Somalia) and

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(, Țigănești – , Florence). She died of

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*George Marcu (coord.), Enciclopedia personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2012.
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