Prince Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu (6 December 1827 – 11 May 1884) was a lawyer and

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania from 29 August 1863 until 29 October 1865. Rosetti-Bălănescu was born in

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. He came from a larger aristocratic

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, which to distinguish themselves split into four smaller families: Rosetti-Solescu, Rosetti-Roznovanu, Rosetti-Tescanu and Rosetti-Bălănescu. He studied in

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and then at the

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, after which he returned to Romania. His wife, Olga, divorced him and then married another diplomat, Petre Mavrogheni. Towards the end of his life he went back to Paris, where he died. He is buried at

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in Paris.

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1827 births 1884 deaths Politicians from Iași Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu Ministers of foreign affairs of Romania Ministers of control of Romania Ministers of finance of Romania Lycée Henri-IV alumni University of Paris alumni Romanian expatriates in France Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery {{Romania-politician-stub

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