Nicholas Mavrocordatos
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| Nicholas Mavrocordatos Nicolae Mavrocordat | |
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Prince of Wallachia (2nd reign) | |
| Reign | March 1719 – 3 September 1730 |
| Predecessor | John Mavrocordatos |
| Successor | Constantine Mavrocordatos |
| Born | 3 May 1670 Constantinople |
| Died | 3 September 1730 Bucharest |
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Mavrocordatos | |
| Religion | Orthodox |
Nicholas Mavrocordatos (
John Mavrocordato (Ioan), who was for a short while hospodar in both Wallachia and Moldavia.[1]
Reigns
Mavrocordatos was born in
boyars
was no longer enforced).
Soon afterwards, he was replaced by
monetary economy and the decay of manorialism
.
In 1716, during the
Rousse. He returned to Bucharest with Ottoman assistance, and executed a number of his adversaries, including Lupu Costachi, but was deposed by the troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy, and held prisoner in Sibiu
.
Replaced by his brother John until 1719, he was restored after the
Peace of Passarowitz[1] through which the country lost its westernmost part, Oltenia, to the Habsburgs; Nicholas' second ascension followed a period of major distress, including a bubonic plague outbreak and a major fire in Bucharest (it is possible that John himself had died as a result of the epidemic). Prince Nicholas died while in office in Bucharest; he was succeeded as prince of Wallachia in 1730 by his son Constantine Mavrocordatos, who would rule Wallachia six times and Moldavia five times until 1769.[1]
Cultural achievements
Nicholas Mavrocordatos was the first in a line of rulers appointed directly by the
Porte. He introduced Greek manners, the Greek language and Greek costume, and set up a splendid court on the Byzantine model.[1] At the same time, Mavrocordatos was influenced by the Age of Enlightenment, the founder of libraries, the builder of the monumental Văcărești Monastery and of the Stavropoleos Church
, and himself the author of an original work entitled Peri kathekonton / Liber de Officiis (Bucharest, 1719). He wrote also the first Greek novel, Philotheou Parerga / The Leisures of Philotheos.
A
King of Great Britain). He died in Bucharest
, aged 60.
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Amadeo Preziosi -
Nicholas Mavrocordatos and family, votive painting in Stavropoleos Monastery
.jpg)
Literature
- Constantin C. Giurescu, Istoria Bucureștilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre. Ed. Pentru Literatură, Bucharest, 1966, p. 94-96.
- Neagu Djuvara, Între Orient și Occident. Țările române la începutul epocii moderne. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995, p. 31, 47f., 69, 92.
- (in Romanian) Paul Cernovodeanu, "București-Canterbury via Amesterdam"[permanent dead link], in Magazin Istoric, September 1997.
- (in Romanian) Anton Maria Del Chiaro, Revoluțiile Valahiei.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 917.
External links
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