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Hâjdău
The Hâjdău family (with several spelling versions, such as Hâjdeu, Hasdeu, Hîjdău, etc.) was the name of a Romanian boyar family from Bessarabia, who activated in Poland, Russian Empire, and Romania. History The founders of the Bessarabian line of the family are Ioan Hâjdău and Nicolae Hâjdău, the nephews of Prince Stefan Petriceicu from his sister. She was married to a paharnic Lupașco Hâjdău, who died in 1673 at Hotin, in a battle against the Ottomans, son of a Ștefan Hâjdău. After the prince's rebellion against the Turks, the two brothers will leave Moldavia, for fear of repressions, and will accompany their uncle to Poland. There, they will receive, in 1676, the Polish indygenat. The Hâjdăus who did not leave the country lost their status very quickly. When Tadeu Hâjdău returns to Moldavia, in order to claim the lost domains of his family, he finds that the descendants of the Hâjdău boyar family were now peasants and butchers, of very humble cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paharnic
The ''Paharnic'' (plural: ''Paharnici''; also known as ''Păharnic'', ''Paharnec'', or ''Păharnec''; Moldavian dialect: ''ceașnic'', , ''pakharnikos'', , ''paharnik'') was a Historical Romanian ranks and titles, historical Romanian rank, one of the non-hereditary positions ascribed to the Boyars of Wallachia and Moldavia, boyar aristocracy in Moldavia and Wallachia (the Danubian Principalities). It was the local equivalent of a cup-bearer or ''cześnik'', originally centered on pouring and obtaining Romanian wine, wine for the court of List of rulers of Moldavia, Moldavian and List of rulers of Wallachia, Wallachian Princes. With time, it became a major administrative office and, in Wallachia, also had a lesser Wallachian military forces, military function. The retinue of such boyars, usually called ''Păhărnicei'', was in both countries also a private army. Dating back to c. 1400, the ''Paharnici'' were at the forefront of political life in Wallachia over the following two cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
