Prince Nicolae Vogoride (

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: Никола or Николай Богориди, ''Nikola'' or ''Nikolay Bogoridi''; Greek: Νικόλαος Βογορίδης, ''Nikolaos Vogoridis''; tr, Nikolaki Bey), (1820,

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– 12 April 1863,

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) was a caimacam (temporary replacement of

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; from tr,

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) who ruled

between 1857–1858, following the

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Biography

He was the son of

Stefan Bogoridi Prince ('' Knyaz'' or ''Bey'') Stefan Bogoridi (born Стойко Цонков Стойков, ''Stoyko Tsonkov Stoykov''; ; ; ; ; 1775 or 1780–August 1, 1859) was a high-ranking Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin, grandson of Sophron ...

, an Ottoman high official of Bulgarian ethnicity who also served as Moldavia's governor in 1820–1821, and brother of

Alexander Bogoridi Prince (''Knyaz'') Alexander Stefanov Bogoridi ( bg, княз Александър (Алеко) Стефанов Богориди; tr, Aleko Paşa; el, Αλέξανδρος Βογορίδης) (1822 – July 17, 1910) was an Ottoman statesman of ...

. His mother was Ralou Skilitzi. In 1856, as

Grigore Alexandru Ghica was removed by the

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, although Moldavia remained technically under the

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of the Ottoman Empire, Vogoride was appointed as finance minister under the new government of caimacam Teodor Balş. When Balş died on March 1, 1857, Vogoride replaced him. He showed himself to be an ultra-conservative, and was against the union of Moldavia with

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, the other Danubian Principality — the union project was advanced by the

liberals who had taken part in the

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and, returning from exile, were organizing themselves as ''

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''. The Treaty of Paris also required elections for the Moldavian Assembly, to be supervised by the Ottoman ambassadors of the signing parties. When these were held on July 19 of that year, Vogoride rigged the election lists to ensure a conservative majority with a strong Ottoman bias. When

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Abdülmecid I, with the assurances of

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, did not void the election, Moldavia's other overseers (

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and the Kingdom of Sardinia) broke diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire on August 4; by August 9, a compromise had been reached, the first election was annulled, and a new one was held on September 22. Not unsurprisingly, the majority of those elected were in favor of the union of the two principalities. Vogoride was removed from office in October 1858.

Personal life

Vogoride studied in the Greek Orthodox College in

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and later married into the wealthy

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(1846), and sometimes thereafter used the name ''Nicolae Conachi-Vogoride''. His wife was Princess Ecaterina Conachi, and they had four children: Prince Emanoil, Prince Constantin, Princess Maria and Princess Lucia.Vogoride
He died in

. His burial was in 1863 at

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. One year later, his wife Princess Ecaterina married

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References

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