Eugen Ghica-Comănești
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Born | 5th New York Volunteer Infantry | December 31, 1840
Eugen Ghica-Comănești (December 31, 1839 – December 20, 1914) was a Romanian explorer and politician.
Biography
Eugen Ghica was born to Aga Niculae Ghica-Comăneștenul (1798-1853) and Ecaterina (born Plagino). The Ghica family has given the Danubian Principalities, starting with the 17th century, ten rulers.[1] His father passed on an important fortune consisting of 81,707 hectares of land which were divided into ten estates. The five brothers (Dimitrie, Maria, Eugen, Nicolae and Gheorghe) inherited two domains each.[1]
Ghica married Jeanne-Catherine Keșco, thus becoming brother-in-law with Milan Obrenović, the King of Serbia, whose mother was from the Sturdza family. His participation in the American Civil War (1861-1865) was mentioned by the Romanian press, in the "Buciumul" newspaper. In 1866, Matei Sturza, the prefect of Botoșani county, referred to his participation in the American Civil War as "a man who, during the American war, showed his worth under the command of Lincoln, the new Washington!".
Involvement in the American Civil War
In 1861, following an appeal from Abraham Lincoln, he enlisted as a volunteer in the
Political activity
Entering a political life, he was elected in 1869 as a member of the Parliament for Bacău County. From 1879 until his death, Ghica was the permanent representative of Bacău County in Parliament, standing on firm anti-dynastic positions, especially in 1871 during the disorders caused by the Strussberg Affair and the Franco-Prussian War.
References
- ^ a b Daniel Popa. "Palatul Ghika" (in Romanian). Retrieved August 12, 2018.
Further reading
- Ghica-Comănești Foundation from the Romanian Cultural Archive
- Stelian Popescu-Boteni, Relații între România si S.U.A. pînă în 1914, 1980;
- Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, Images of Romanians in the American Civil War, în Revue roumaine d'histoire, XXII, nr. 1, 1983;
- Paul Cernovodeanu and Ion Stanciu, The Romanians and the American Civil War, în Revue roumaine d'histoire, XIX nr. 4, 1980.