The House of Catargiu (Romanian pronunciation: [katarˈd͡ʒi.u]) is the name of an old and influential Moldavian noble family of the Tupilați region, whose members played important political role in the history of Wallachia, Moldavia and Romania.[1]
Notable members
edit- Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (1825 – 1897), a Romanian politician
- Barbu Catargiu (1807 – 1862), a conservative Romanian journalist and politician
- Eva Callimachi-Catargi (1855 –1913), Parisian heiress and subject of two paintings by Henri Fantin-Latour.
- Lascăr Catargiu (1823 – 1899), a Romanian conservative statesman from Moldavia
- Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu (1830 – 1882), a conservative Romanian politician
- Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović (Serbian: Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић; 1831 – 1879), mother of King Milan I of Serbia
See also
edit- Catargiu River, a tributary of the Jijioara River in Romania
References
edit- ^ A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe. Oxford University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-873714-8.
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