The House of Văcărescu was a

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 ...

family of

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(now part of

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). According to tradition, it is one of the oldest noble families in

Notable members

* Enache Văcărescu (1654–1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia (killed with his master, Prince Brancovan) *

Ienăchiță Văcărescu Ienăchiță Văcărescu (; 1740 – 11 July 1797) was a Wallachian Romanian poet, historian, philologist, and boyar belonging to the Văcărescu family. A polyglot, he was able to speak Ancient and Modern Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, P ...

(1730–1796) poet, wrote the first

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Alecu Văcărescu Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1798) was a Romanians, Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet, a member of the Văcărescu family that gave Romanian literature its first poets. In 1796 a collection of his poems appeared in Romania. He died as a prisoner in ...

(died 1798), poet * Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet *

Barbu Văcărescu Barbu may refer to: People * Barbu (name), a list of people with the name and surname ''Barbu'' * Alejandro Barbudo Lorenzo, nicknamed ''Barbu'', Spanish footballer Places * Barbu, Iran, a village in the Bushehr Province of Iran * Barbu, Norway, ...

(died 1832), the last Great Ban of

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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 pater ...

(1786–1863), poet *

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 fa ...

(1815–1859), poet and Princess-consort of Wallachia *

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 retir ...

(ca. 1843–1903), journalist *

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 p ...

(1859–1944), writer and French diplomat * Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet Image:iancu_vacarescu.jpg,

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Notable members

See also

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