Scarlat Grigorie Ghica (1715 – 2 December 1766) was

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

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(2 March 1757 – 7 August 1758) and twice

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(August 1758 – 5 June 1761; 18 August 1765 – 2 December 1766). He belonged to the

Ghica family The House of Ghica r Ghika(; }; , ''Gikas'') was an Albanian noble family whose members held significant positions in Wallachia, Moldavia and later in the Kingdom of Romania, between the early 17th century and late 19th century. The Ghica famil ...

. He was the son of

Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica (1695 – 3 September 1752) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia at four different intervals — from October 1726 to April 16, 1733, from November 27, 1735 to 14 September 1739, from October 1739 to September 1741 and from May 1747 ...

and the brother of

Matei Ghica Matei Ghica (1728 – 8 February 1756), a member of the Ghica family, was the Prince of Wallachia between 11 September 1752 and 22 June 1753, and Prince of Moldavia between 22 June 1753 and 8 February 1756. He was son of Grigore II Ghica and broth ...

. He married three times. His first wife was Ecaterina, the daughter of Mihail Racovita voda; they had a son,

Alexandru Ghica Alexandru Scarlat Ghica (? – after 1768) was Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from December 1766 to October 1768. He succeeded Scarlat Ghica. References 18th-century princes of Wallachia Alexandru Alexandru is the Romanian form of t ...

, who later became hospodar of Wallachia. His second marriage was to Eufrosina. His third wife was Ruxandra, daughter of George Muruzi and Casandra Ypsilanti. From this marriage, he had a daughter, Elena, who married Alexandru Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia. Their son was

Scarlat Callimachi Scarlat Callimachi or Calimachi (; nicknamed ''Prințul Roșu'', "the Red Prince"; September 20, 1896 – June 2, 1975) was a Romanian journalist, essayist, futurist poet, trade unionist, and communist activist, a member of the Callimachi f ...

of Moldavia.

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1715 births 1766 deaths 18th-century princes of Wallachia Monarchs of Moldavia Romanian people of Albanian descent 18th-century Moldavian people Scarlat {{Albania-noble-stub