The Hurmuzachi brothers,
Alexandru
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(1823-1871),
Constantin (1811-1869),
Eudoxiu (1812-1874),
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* Gheorghe Albu
* Gheorghe Alexandrescu
* Gheorghe Andriev
* Gheorghe Apostol
...
(1817-1882), and
Nicolae (1826-1909), were members of an old
Hurmuzachi family of
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nobles in
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Bukovina[Chastain] with an estate in
Cernăuca. They were activists in the Romanian national movement in Bukovina and elsewhere.
Their estate was a center of activity for
Romanians
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during the
Revolutions of 1848
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, and they were later a key source of material and financial support to nationalist exiles, as well as a point of contact through whom the ideas of the exiles reentered the country.
Their father was Doxachi (Doxache, Doxaki) Hurmuzachi (Hurmuzaki).
[Preotesoiu]
Eudoxiu and Alexandru Hurmuzachi were members of the
Romanian Academy
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.
Notes
References
* James Chastain
Hurmuzachi Brothers in online "Encyclopedia of 1848 revolutions"
*{{in lang, ro Carmen Preotesoiu
("Patriots in heart and deed"), ''
Jurnalul Naţional'', 2 December 2005 -- article about the Hurmuzachi family
Bukovina
Ethnic Romanian politicians in Bukovina
People of the Revolutions of 1848