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Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots (Greek: Φαναριώτες, Romanian: Fanarioți, Turkish: Fenerliler) were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar [1] (Φανάρι, modern Fener), [2] the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is located, who traditionally occupied four important positions in the ...
2.3 Phanariotes (1711–1821) 2.4 Post-Phanariote period. 3 See also. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of monarchs of Moldavia, ...
The House of Mavrokordatos (Greek: Μαυροκορδάτος), variously also Mavrocordato, Mavrocordatos, Mavrocordat, Mavrogordato or Maurogordato, is the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks originally from Chios, in which a branch rose to a princely rank and was distinguished in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, and modern Greece.
Pages in category "Phanariotes" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Iakovos Argyropoulos; C.
Nicholas Mavrocordatos (Greek: Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: Nicolae Mavrocordat; May 3, 1670 – September 3, 1730) was a Greek member of the Mavrocordatos family, Grand Dragoman to the Divan (1697), [1] and consequently the first Phanariot Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities, Prince of Moldavia, and Prince of Wallachia (both on two occasions).
Coat of arms of Princes Callimachi [1]. The House of Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (Greek: Καλλιμάχη, Russian: Каллимаки, Turkish: Kalimakizade; originally Calmașul or Călmașu), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.
The boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia were the nobility of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The title was either inherited or granted by the Hospodar, often together with an administrative function. [1] The boyars held much of the political power in the principalities and, until the Phanariote era, they elected the Hospodar.
Michael Soutzos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Σούτζος, Romanian: Mihail Suțu; 1778 or 1784 – 12 June 1864), was a member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes, he was the grandson of Michael Drakos Soutzos; he was in turn a Prince of Moldavia, between 12 June 1819 and 29 March 1821.