The House of Văcărescu was a

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family of Phanariote Greek descent in

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(now part of

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). * Read online: The family produced the first poets in

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Notable members

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

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, Pe ...

(1730–1796) poet, wrote the first

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* Elisabeta Văcărescu (1768–1866), second wife of

Constantine Ypsilantis Constantine Ypsilantis ( ''Konstantinos Ypsilantis''; ; 1760 – 24 June 1816) was the son of Alexander Ypsilantis, a key member of an important Phanariote family, Grand Dragoman of the Porte (1796–1799), hospodarEast, ''The Union of Molda ...

Alecu Văcărescu Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1798) was a Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet. Son of Ienăchiță Văcărescu, he was a member of the Văcărescu family that gave Romanian literature its first poets. In 1796 a collection of his poems appeared in Ro ...

(1769–1798), poet *

Nicolae Văcărescu Nicolae Văcărescu was a Wallachian boyar and poet. Son of writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Wr ...

(1786–1825), 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 Wallachia, Wallachian Intellectual, men of letters &md ...

(1786–1863), poet *

Marițica Bibescu Marițica Bibescu, born Maria Văcărescu, also known as Marițica Ghica (August 1, 1815 – September 27, 1859), was the List of rulers of Wallachia, Princess-consort of Wallachia between September 1845 and June 1848. A Boyars of Wallachia and Mol ...

(1815–1859), poet and Princess-consort of Wallachia * Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu) ( 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 the Russian Empire (1914–1917), he supported the Russian mobilization against Germany that led to World War I ...

(1859–1944), writer and French diplomat *

Elena Văcărescu Elena Văcărescu, or Hélène Vacaresco (September 21, 1864 in Bucharest – February 17, 1947 in Paris), was a Romanian- French aristocrat writer, twice a laureate of the Académie Française. Life Through her father, Ioan Văcărescu, she d ...

(1864–1947), poet Image:iancu_vacarescu.jpg,

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Notable members

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