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Cantacuzino family

April 07, 2023

The House of Cantacuzino (French: Cantacuzène) is a Romanian aristocratic family of Byzantine origin.[1][2] The family gave a number of princes to Wallachia and Moldavia, and it claimed descent from a branch of the Byzantine Kantakouzenos family, specifically from Byzantine Emperor[3] John VI Kantakouzenos (reigned 1347–1354). After the Russo-Ottoman War of 1710–11, a lateral branch of the family settled in Russia, receiving the princely (Knyaz, as opposed to Velikij Knyaz) status. In 1944, Prince Ștefan Cantacuzino settled in Sweden, where his descendants form part of the unintroduced nobility of that country.[4]

Origin of the family

Further information: Kantakouzenos

Members of the family claim that the genealogical links between the Byzantine Greek and Romanian branches of the family have been extensively researched.[5] The family first appears among the Phanariotes in the late 16th century, with Michael "Şeytanoğlu" Kantakouzenos, after a gap of over a century from the Fall of Constantinople.[6] Whether the family is indeed linked to the Byzantine imperial house of Kantakouzenos is disputed, as it was usual among wealthy Greeks of the time to assume Byzantine surnames and claim descent from the famous noble houses of their Byzantine past.[6] The first member of the family to publicly stress his imperial descent on an international level was the adventurer and pretender Radu Cantacuzino (1699–1761), who produced a genealogy linking himself to Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, though it contained several invented figures. Radu also changed his coat of arms from the earlier arms depicting an eagle holding a cross, to a new rendition with more shields representing various families and regions, a version still in use by the family today.[7][8][9]

The eminent Byzantinist Steven Runciman considered the latter-day Kantakouzenoi "perhaps the only family whose claim to be in the direct line from Byzantine Emperors, as authentic",[10] but according to the historian Donald Nicol, "Patriotic Rumanian historians have indeed labored to show that ... of all the Byzantine imperial families that of the Kantakouzenos is the only one which can truthfully be said to have survived to this day; but the line of succession after the middle of the fifteenth century is, to say the least, uncertain."[11]

The origin of the Byzantine family can be traced to Smyrna. The Greek scholar Konstantinos Amantos suggested that "Kantakouzenos" derives from κατὰ-κουζηνᾶν or κατὰ-κουζηνόν, ultimately from the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylon near Smyrna. Donald Nicol agrees with this theory, and lists some connections the Kantakouzenoi had with the locale in the 11th and 13th centuries.[12]

Origin of the Romanian branch

The Greek Kantakouzenos family had been active in Constantinople and Greece during the Greek War of Independence,[13] but several branches of the original Greek family were created via the migrations and establishment of Kantakouzenos family members to different parts of Europe. Two of those new branches were the Romanian (Wallachian and Moldavian) Cantacuzino branch as well as the Russian branch (which is an offshoot of the Romanian-Moldavian one). As a consequence of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet occupation of Romania after World War II, (between 1944 and 1947) the last two branches now mostly live in Western Europe and North America.[5][14]

According to Jean-Michel Cantacuzène and Mihail Sturdza, the origin of the Cantacuzino family in Romania is traced to Andronikos Kantakouzenos (1553–1601; also known as Andronik),[3] a Greek financier from Constantinople, son of the "Prince of the Greeks" Michael "Şeytanoğlu" Kantakouzenos.[5] Andronikos had among his several sons two who became "boyars" in what today is Romania and founded the yet-surviving new branches of Cantacuzino:

  • "boyar" Georgios 'Iordaki' Kantakouzenos became forefather of the Moldavian branch, which soon branched to Cantacuzino-Deleanu and Cantacuzino-Pasceanu.
  • "boyar" Konstantinos 'Kostaki' Kantakouzenos married an heiress (daughter) of the late reigning prince Radu Șerban, onetime ruler of Wallachia, and they founded the Wallachian branches which soon clashed against the Ghica family over power.

Family tree of notable members

See also

References

  1. ^ Kaplan, Robert D. (2016-02-09). In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond. Random House Publishing Group. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8129-9682-1.
  2. ^ Haan, Francisca de; Daskalova, Krassimira; Loutfi, Anna (2006-01-10). A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries. Central European University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-615-5053-72-6.
  3. ^ a b Gaster, Moses (1911). "Cantacuzino" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 208.
  4. ^ Carl Otto Werkelid, Utländska släkter med stamtavla. In: Svenska Dagbladet, 26 April 2005 online. Retrieved on 12 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Jean-Michel Cantacuzène, Mille ans dans les Balkans Éditions Christian Paris (1992) ISBN 2-86496-054-0.
  6. ^ a b Finlay, George (1856). The History of Greece under Othoman and Venetian Domination. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 188–189.
  7. ^ Chindriş, Ioan; Iacob, Niculina (2015). O diplomă privilegială inedită a episcopului Inochentie Micu-Klein [An unprecedented privileged diploma of Bishop Inochentie Micu-Klein] (PDF) (in Romanian). Bucharest: National Library of Romania. ISBN 978-6066903264.
  8. ^ Olar, Ovidiu (2014). "Intrigi politice, strategii de ascensiune socială și genealogii fabuloase. Episcopul Inochentie Micu, Cavaler și Prefect Suprem pentru Dacia al Ordinului "Constantinian" al Sf. Gheorghe" [Political Intrigues, Strategies to Achieving a Higher Social Status and Fabulous Genealogies. Bishop Inochentie Micu, Knight and Supreme Prefect for Dacia of the "Constantinian" Order of St. George]. Apulum (in Romanian). 51 (2): 129–161. ISSN 1013-428X.
  9. ^ Opaschi, Cătălina (2006–2007). "O genealogie inedită a familiei Cantacuzino şi herburi Cantacuzine" [New genealogy of Cantacuzino family and Cantacuzian herbs] (PDF). Cercetari Numismatice. 12/13: 535–565.
  10. ^ Runciman, Steven (1985). The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-521-31310-4.
  11. ^ Nicol, Donald (1968). The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) ca. 1100-1460: A Genealogical and Prosopographical Study. Dumbarton Oaks studies 11. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. p. v. OCLC 390843.
  12. ^ Nicol, Donald (1968). The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) ca. 1100-1460: A Genealogical and Prosopographical Study. Dumbarton Oaks studies 11. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. pp. viii ff. OCLC 390843.
  13. ^ "Verisys".
  14. ^ Cantacuzène, Jean Michel (December 1992). Mille ans dans les Balkans: Chronique des Cantacuzène dans la tourmente des siècles (French ed.). Editions Christian. p. 6. ISBN 9782864960546.
  15. ^ Mihaela Roco and Mihail C. Roco, Diplomatie si Poezie - Contributia Europeana a lui Scarlat A. Cantacuzino (Charles-Adolphe Cantacuzène), 176 p. Bucharest: Editura Universitară, 2018. ISBN 978-606-28-0770-2. (http://www.editurauniversitara.ro/carte/istorie-75/diplomatie_si_poezie___contributia_europeana_a_lui_scarlat_a_cantacuzino_charles_adolphe_cantacuzne/11683[permanent dead link])

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cantacuzino family news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message The House of Cantacuzino French Cantacuzene is a Romanian aristocratic family of Byzantine origin 1 2 The family gave a number of princes to Wallachia and Moldavia and it claimed descent from a branch of the Byzantine Kantakouzenos family specifically from Byzantine Emperor 3 John VI Kantakouzenos reigned 1347 1354 After the Russo Ottoman War of 1710 11 a lateral branch of the family settled in Russia receiving the princely Knyaz as opposed to Velikij Knyaz status In 1944 Prince Ștefan Cantacuzino settled in Sweden where his descendants form part of the unintroduced nobility of that country 4 Coat of arms of Gheorghe Cantacuzino Great Ban of Craiova in 1719 1726 Cantacuzino arms as used in the Kingdom of Romania c 1900 Contents 1 Origin of the family 2 Origin of the Romanian branch 3 Family tree of notable members 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOrigin of the family EditFurther information Kantakouzenos Members of the family claim that the genealogical links between the Byzantine Greek and Romanian branches of the family have been extensively researched 5 The family first appears among the Phanariotes in the late 16th century with Michael Seytanoglu Kantakouzenos after a gap of over a century from the Fall of Constantinople 6 Whether the family is indeed linked to the Byzantine imperial house of Kantakouzenos is disputed as it was usual among wealthy Greeks of the time to assume Byzantine surnames and claim descent from the famous noble houses of their Byzantine past 6 The first member of the family to publicly stress his imperial descent on an international level was the adventurer and pretender Radu Cantacuzino 1699 1761 who produced a genealogy linking himself to Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos though it contained several invented figures Radu also changed his coat of arms from the earlier arms depicting an eagle holding a cross to a new rendition with more shields representing various families and regions a version still in use by the family today 7 8 9 The eminent Byzantinist Steven Runciman considered the latter day Kantakouzenoi perhaps the only family whose claim to be in the direct line from Byzantine Emperors as authentic 10 but according to the historian Donald Nicol Patriotic Rumanian historians have indeed labored to show that of all the Byzantine imperial families that of the Kantakouzenos is the only one which can truthfully be said to have survived to this day but the line of succession after the middle of the fifteenth century is to say the least uncertain 11 The origin of the Byzantine family can be traced to Smyrna The Greek scholar Konstantinos Amantos suggested that Kantakouzenos derives from katὰ koyzhnᾶn or katὰ koyzhnon ultimately from the locality of Kouzenas a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylon near Smyrna Donald Nicol agrees with this theory and lists some connections the Kantakouzenoi had with the locale in the 11th and 13th centuries 12 Origin of the Romanian branch Edit Cantacuzino Palace in Bucharest Romania Cantacuzino Castle in Bușteni Romania The Greek Kantakouzenos family had been active in Constantinople and Greece during the Greek War of Independence 13 but several branches of the original Greek family were created via the migrations and establishment of Kantakouzenos family members to different parts of Europe Two of those new branches were the Romanian Wallachian and Moldavian Cantacuzino branch as well as the Russian branch which is an offshoot of the Romanian Moldavian one As a consequence of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet occupation of Romania after World War II between 1944 and 1947 the last two branches now mostly live in Western Europe and North America 5 14 According to Jean Michel Cantacuzene and Mihail Sturdza the origin of the Cantacuzino family in Romania is traced to Andronikos Kantakouzenos 1553 1601 also known as Andronik 3 a Greek financier from Constantinople son of the Prince of the Greeks Michael Seytanoglu Kantakouzenos 5 Andronikos had among his several sons two who became boyars in what today is Romania and founded the yet surviving new branches of Cantacuzino boyar Georgios Iordaki Kantakouzenos became forefather of the Moldavian branch which soon branched to Cantacuzino Deleanu and Cantacuzino Pasceanu boyar Konstantinos Kostaki Kantakouzenos married an heiress daughter of the late reigning prince Radu Șerban onetime ruler of Wallachia and they founded the Wallachian branches which soon clashed against the Ghica family over power Family tree of notable members EditMichael Kantakouzenos Seytanoglu 1510 1578 Andronikos Kantakouzenos 1553 1601 Mihai Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino died 1686 Prince of Moldavia Iordache died 1663 Toderascu died 1685 Ionitsa 1664 1692 Iordache 1688 1758 Ionitsa 1721 1789 Matei 1750 1817 Alexandros Kantakouzinos 1787 1841 magnate and politician Alexandru Cantacuzino 1811 1884 government minister Iordache died 1700 Iordache died 1740 Constantin died 1740 Iordache Cantacuzino ro 1740 1826 Constantin 1778 1843 Lascar 1805 1885 Constantin Cantacuzino Pașcanu 1856 1927 politician Nicolas 1811 1840 married to Lucia Palladi es 1821 1860 Pulcheria 1840 1865 married to Prince Emil zu Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg 1824 1878 Lucia zu Sayn Wittgenstein Beleburg 1859 1903 married Prince Otto Victor von Schonburg Waldenburg 1856 1888 Princess Sophie von Schonburg Waldenburg 1885 1936 married Wilhelm Prince of Albania Grigore 1779 1809 Elisabeta Știrbey 1805 1874 Princess of Wallachia Alexandru 1786 1832 Ioan Alexandru Cantacuzino fr 1829 1897 Constantin Cantacuzino ro 1598 1663 married to Elena Cantacuzino Drăghici Cantacuzino ro 1630 1667 Parvu died 1696 Parvu 1689 1751 Ioan died 1749 Iordache 1747 1803 Constantin Cantacuzino 1793 1877 Ion C Cantacuzino 1825 1878 politician Ioan Cantacuzino 1863 1934 physician and scientist Adolf 1839 1911 Scarlat Cantacuzino 1874 1949 poet and diplomat 15 Grigore 1800 1849 Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino 1833 1913 Prime Minister of Romania Mihail G Cantacuzino 1867 1928 Mayor of Bucharest and Justice Minister Constantin Cantacuzino 1905 1958 World War II flying ace Grigore Gheorghe Cantacuzino 1872 1930 Mayor of Bucharest married to Alexandrina Cantacuzino 1876 1944 political activist Alexandru Cantacuzino 1901 1939 politician Matei died 1742 Parvu Cantacuzino died 1769 Ban of Oltenia the leader of an anti Ottoman rebellion in 1769 Constantin died 1761 Ioan 1756 1828 Nicolae 1790 1857 Vasile 1818 1906 Matei B Cantacuzino 1855 1925 Mayor of Iași Education Minister and Justice Minister Nicolae 1864 1948 George Matei Cantacuzino 1899 1960 architect Serban Cantacuzino 1928 2018 architect Marie Cantacuzene 1820 1898 painter s model Rodion Cantacuzino 1725 1774 Nikolai Rodionovich Cantacuzene ru 1761 1841 Rodion 1812 1880 Mikhail Rodionovich Cantacuzene Speransky ru 1847 1894 Prince Mikhail Cantacuzene 1875 1955 Russian diplomat married to Julia Dent Cantacuzene Spiransky Grant 1876 1975 granddaughter of Ulysses S Grant and author Alexander 1813 1857 Olga Cantacuzene Altieri 1843 1929 novelist Ivan 1816 1888 Pavel 1852 1922 George 1881 1950 Pierre 1922 1975 Ambrose 1947 2009 Bishop of Vevey Șerban Cantacuzino 1634 1688 Voivode of Wallachia 1678 1688 Gheorghe Cantacuzino ro 1673 1739 Toma 1714 1762 Matei 1745 1817 Iordache 1775 1827 Constantin 1811 1876 Gheorghe Cantacuzino Rafoveanu ro 1845 1898 Minister of Finance Constantin 1847 1920 married to Sabina Brătianu Cantacuzino ro 1863 1944 writer Gheorghe 1815 1890 Ioan 1847 1911 Gheorghe Cantacuzino Grănicerul 1869 1937 politician Ioan Radu 1885 1950 married to Maria Filotti 1883 1956 actress Ion Filotti Cantacuzino 1908 1975 writer and film producer Gheorghe I Cantacuzino 1937 2019 historian Șerban Cantacuzino 1941 2011 actor Ioana Cantacuzino ro 1895 1951 Casandra Cantacuzino ro 1685 1713 Princess of Moldavia Stanca Brancoveanu ro 1637 1699 Constantin Cantacuzino 1639 1716 high official in Wallachia Ștefan Cantacuzino 1675 1716 Voivode of Wallachia 1714 1716 married to Păuna Greceanu Cantacuzino died 1740 Radu Cantacuzino 1699 1761 Mihai Cantacuzino ro 1640 1716 Matei died 1685 Toma Cantacuzino ro died 1721 Ioannis born 1570 Bella Rosetti Cantacuzino wife of Lascaris Rosetti high chancellor of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and mother of Constantin Rosetti and Prince Antonie RusetSee also EditBoyars of Moldavia and Wallachia Cantacuzino BibleReferences Edit Kaplan Robert D 2016 02 09 In Europe s Shadow Two Cold Wars and a Thirty Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond Random House Publishing Group p 151 ISBN 978 0 8129 9682 1 Haan Francisca de Daskalova Krassimira Loutfi Anna 2006 01 10 A Biographical Dictionary of Women s Movements and Feminisms Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe 19th and 20th Centuries Central European University Press p 89 ISBN 978 615 5053 72 6 a b Gaster Moses 1911 Cantacuzino In Chisholm Hugh ed Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 5 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 208 Carl Otto Werkelid Utlandska slakter med stamtavla In Svenska Dagbladet 26 April 2005 online Retrieved on 12 September 2016 a b c Jean Michel Cantacuzene Mille ans dans les Balkans Editions Christian Paris 1992 ISBN 2 86496 054 0 a b Finlay George 1856 The History of Greece under Othoman and Venetian Domination Edinburgh and London William Blackwood and Sons pp 188 189 Chindris Ioan Iacob Niculina 2015 O diplomă privilegială inedită a episcopului Inochentie Micu Klein An unprecedented privileged diploma of Bishop Inochentie Micu Klein PDF in Romanian Bucharest National Library of Romania ISBN 978 6066903264 Olar Ovidiu 2014 Intrigi politice strategii de ascensiune socială și genealogii fabuloase Episcopul Inochentie Micu Cavaler și Prefect Suprem pentru Dacia al Ordinului Constantinian al Sf Gheorghe Political Intrigues Strategies to Achieving a Higher Social Status and Fabulous Genealogies Bishop Inochentie Micu Knight and Supreme Prefect for Dacia of the Constantinian Order of St George Apulum in Romanian 51 2 129 161 ISSN 1013 428X Opaschi Cătălina 2006 2007 O genealogie inedită a familiei Cantacuzino si herburi Cantacuzine New genealogy of Cantacuzino family and Cantacuzian herbs PDF Cercetari Numismatice 12 13 535 565 Runciman Steven 1985 The Great Church in Captivity A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 197 ISBN 0 521 31310 4 Nicol Donald 1968 The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos Cantacuzenus ca 1100 1460 A Genealogical and Prosopographical Study Dumbarton Oaks studies 11 Washington DC Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies p v OCLC 390843 Nicol Donald 1968 The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos Cantacuzenus ca 1100 1460 A Genealogical and Prosopographical Study Dumbarton Oaks studies 11 Washington DC Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies pp viii ff OCLC 390843 Verisys Cantacuzene Jean Michel December 1992 Mille ans dans les Balkans Chronique des Cantacuzene dans la tourmente des siecles French ed Editions Christian p 6 ISBN 9782864960546 Mihaela Roco and Mihail C Roco Diplomatie si Poezie Contributia Europeana a lui Scarlat A Cantacuzino Charles Adolphe Cantacuzene 176 p Bucharest Editura Universitară 2018 ISBN 978 606 28 0770 2 http www editurauniversitara ro carte istorie 75 diplomatie si poezie contributia europeana a lui scarlat a cantacuzino charles adolphe cantacuzne 11683 permanent dead link External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cantacuzino family Romanian Society at the Dawn of Modern Ages 17th 18th Centuries Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cantacuzino family amp oldid 1140691614, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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