Ioan Sturdza
| Ioan Sturdza | |
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Prince of Moldavia | |
| Reign | 21 June 1822 – 5 May 1828 |
| Predecessor | Michael Soutzos |
| Successor | Mihail Sturdza |
| Born | 1762 Iași |
| Died | 2 February 1842 (aged 79-80) Bessarabia |
| House | Sturdza family |
| Religion | Orthodox |
Ioan Sandu Sturdza or Ioniță Sandu Sturdza (1762 – 2 February 1842) was a ruler (hospodar) (
List of Moldavian rulers) of Moldavia
from 21 June 1822 to 5 May 1828.
Biography
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Sturdza is considered the first indigenous ruler with the end of
Phanariote rule (as a move the Ottoman Empire undertook after seeing the political disadvantages of Greek domination after the troubles in the Greek War of Independence
).
Immediately after the Greek revolution, Prince Ioan Sturdza took an active part in subduing the roving bands of
Mihai Sturdza continued after 1834,[1] especially after his founding of an upper school in the Trei Ierarhi Cathedral complex in Iași
. Although his project for the confiscation of some Church properties was initially blocked by Russia, Sturdza opted not to revise his position.
Opposed by the
Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29 and took Prince Ioan prisoner. He died while being kept in Bessarabia
and was later buried in Iași.
Marriage and issue
He married Princess Ecaterina Rosetti-Roznoveanu (1764-1847). They had:
- Prince Nicolae, married Princess Maria Ghika-Comanesti(1805-1887), they had three daughters:
- Princess Ecaterina Sturdza (b. 1826), married as his second wife Prince Constantin Moruzi (1819-1886), Chamberlain at the Imperial Court of Russia.
- Princess Zoe Sturdza, married Prince Ioan Cantacuzino-Paşcanu(1827-1891), who served as general director of the Theater
- Princess Pulcheria (1831-1874), married Colonel Peter Keșco (1830–1865) and became mother of Queen Natalie of Serbia and grandmother of King Alexander I of Serbia.[2][3]
See also
Notes
| This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2012) |
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gaster, Moses (1911). "Sturdza s.v. John [Ioan] Sturdza". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1051.
- ^ Mitican 2008.
- ^ "Familia Sturdza- Genealogia lui Lovendal". Archived from the original on 2016-09-22.
Sources
- Mitican, Ion (2008). "Regina Serbiei, în vizită la bunica de la Iaşi". Ziarul Lumina. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013.
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