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Grigore IV Ghica or Grigore Dimitrie Ghica (Albanian : Gjika) (June 30, 1755 – April 29, 1834) was Prince of Wallachia between 1822 and 1828. A member of the Albanian Ghica family , Grigore IV was the brother of Alexandru II Ghica and the uncle of Dora d'Istria .
Grigore IV Ghica, Prince of Wallachia (1822–1828) Following the power vacuum resulting from the failed Transylvanian -Wallachian-Moldavian anti-Ottoman uprising organized by Prince George II Rákóczi , Gheorghe Ghica managed to secure his position as Voivode of Moldavia, a position he held between 1658–1659 and 1659–1660.
Ioan Sturdza's rule in Moldavia and Grigore IV Ghica's in Wallachia are considered the first of the new period, although the new regime abruptly ended in Russian occupation during another Russo−Turkish War and the subsequent period of Russian influence. Most Phanariots were patrons of Greek culture, education and printing.
Grigore IV Ghica: 1822–1828: Ghica: Russian occupation (1828-1834) Military commanders: Fyodor Pahlen, Pyotr Zheltukhin, and Pavel Kiseleff: Organic Statute government (1832–1856) Alexandru II Ghica: 1834–1842: Ghica: Gheorghe Bibescu: 1842–1848: Craiovești / Brâncovenești / Știrbei / Bibescu: Provisional Government: 1848
In 1825, he returned to Bucharest and took on several offices with the administration of Grigore IV Ghica.After Wallachia was occupied by Imperial Russia following the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, general Pavel Kiseleff promoted him to the central government, where he served as president of the Wallachian commission charged with drafting the Organic Regulation, the first form of ...
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As a protege of Prince Grigore IV Ghica in the 1820s, George's grandfather Dumitrachi married Ecaterina, a member of the Văcărescu family, and made friends with her tutor, Vornic Barbu C. Știrbei. He was a godfather to Dumitrachi's first-born, Barbu Bibescu, whom he adopted, before dying in 1813; Barbu was therefore the only one known as ...