Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei
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| Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei | |
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Prince of Wallachia (2nd reign) | |
| Reign | 5 October 1854 – 25 June 1856 |
| Predecessor | Russian occupation |
| Successor | Alexandru Ioan |
| Born | 17 August 1799 Craiova, Wallachia |
| Died | 13 April 1869 (aged 69) Nice, France |
| House | Știrbei |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei (
Early life
Born to
Biography
He studied philosophy and law in
Ascension
In 1825, he returned to
In 1836, he was given the administration of the Justice Department, where he set up a new commercial code, based on the
Prince of Wallachia
After the
During his reign, Ştirbei pushed moderate reforms, such as a slight reform of the
At the beginning of the Crimean War, in 1853, Wallachia was once again occupied by Imperial Russian troops. Barbu Ştirbei stayed in Bucharest until the formal declaration of war from the Ottoman Empire, after which he fled to Vienna, only to return the following year, in the autumn of 1854, after the Russian withdrawal, when the country was under Austrian and Ottoman occupation.
In 1856, after the end of the war, at the Treaty of Paris, the question of the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia, the two Danubian Principalities, became in order. Ştirbei supported the union, although not very strongly, as he hoped to become prince of the resulting state. However, in early summer, as his term had ended, he stepped back as hospodar and left for Paris.
Later life
In 1857, he was elected deputy in the
He temporarily returned to the country in 1866, in support of the newly elected prince Carol of the Principality of Romania. Barbu Ştirbey spent his last years in France, where he died in 1869, in Nice, after visiting Bucharest one last time in 1868.
Personal life
In 1820, he married Princess Elisabeta Cantacuzino, daughter of Prince Grigore Cantacuzino-Pașcanu (1779–1808) and his wife, Princess Elena Brâncoveanu (1787–1809), descendant of Constantin Brâncoveanu. They had:
- Princess Fenareta Stirbey (1822–1894); married Prince Theodor Ghica (1820–1865) and had issue
- Princess Elize Stirbey (1827–1890); married Ştefan Bellu (1824–1902) and had issue
- Princess Elena Stirbey (1831–1864); married Count Leo Larisch von Mönnich (1824–1872) and had issue
- Prince Alexandru Stirbey (1836–1895); married Princess Maria Ghica-Comănești (1851–1885) and had issue
- Prince Dimitrie Stirbey (1842–1913); married Alexandrine von Soyka (1857–1931) and had issue [2]
Notes
- ^ Ioan C. Filitti: „Catagrafia oficială de toţi boierii Țării Românești“, in „Revista Arhivelor“, Band 2, Bukarest 1929, S. 7
- ^ "Monarch Barbu Dimitrie Stirbey, Domnitor of Valachia 1848-56 (Muntenia and Oltenia) : Genealogics".
References
- (in Romanian) Dan Berindei, "Barbu Ştirbei – a transitional hospodar", in Magazin Istoric, January 2006. Accessed online July 7, 2006.
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