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The House of Ghica [or Ghika] (Romanian: Ghica; Albanian: Gjika}; Greek: Γκίκας, Gikas) was an Albanian noble family whose members held significant positions in Wallachia, Moldavia and later in the Kingdom of Romania, between the early 17th century and late 19th century.
Vladimir Ghika was born on Christmas Day of 1873 in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey).His father was Ioan Grigore Ghica, diplomat, minister plenipotentiary in Turkey; his mother Alexandrina was born Moret de Blaremberg (van Blarembergue) in a Flemish-Russian family; he had four brothers and a sister: Gregory, Alexander, George and Ella (who both died at an early age), and Dimitrie I. Ghika ...
He was born in Bucharest, into the Ghica family, the son of Ioan Ghika (1873–1949) and Elena Metaxa (1870–1951), and great-great-grandson of Grigore IV Ghica, Prince of Wallachia. [1] He started his secondary studies at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Bucharest.
George Ghica (Albanian: Gjergj Gjika, Romanian: Gheorghe Ghica; 3 March [citation needed] 1600 – 2 November [citation needed] 1664) founder of the Ghica family, was the prince of Moldavia from 1658 to 1659 and the prince of Wallachia from 1659 to 1660.
Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica [1] (1 May 1796 [2] – January 1862), a member of the Ghica family, was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam from July 1856 to October 1858.
A puzzling flurry of apparent drone sightings along the US east coast is "nothing nefarious", says President Joe Biden. The sightings in recent weeks have occurred in New Jersey and a number of ...
What time does Donald Trump speak at RNC tonight? Donald Trump is expected to take the Republican National Convention stage at approximately 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. CT Thursday, July 18, 2024.
The convention will air live on its website, from the United Center in Chicago between 7 p.m to 11 p.m. ET ... DNC speakers schedule tonight: Tuesday lineup features Barack Obama. Show comments.