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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 ...
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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.
At the end of the 8th century the establishment of the Khazar Khaganate north of the Caucasus Mountains created an obstacle in the path of nomadic people moving westward. [1] [2] In the following period, the local population of the Carpathian–Danubian area profited from the peaceful political climate and a unitary material culture, called "Dridu", that developed in the region.
Alexandros Mavrokordatos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος; 11 February 1791 – 18 August 1865) was a Greek statesman, diplomat, politician and member of the Mavrocordatos family of Phanariotes.
This is a glossary of historical Romanian ranks and titles used in the principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania, and later in Romania.Many of these titles are of Slavic etymology, with some of Greek, Latin, and Turkish etymology; several are original (such as armaș, paharnic, jitnicer and vistiernic).
Mihai Racoviță (c. 1660–1744), Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia; Constantin Racoviță (1699–1764), Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia; Ștefan Racoviță (1713–1782), Prince of Wallachia; Nicolae Gr. Racoviță (1835–1894), Romanian politician; Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer
This is a list of monarchs of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality, to form the modern-day state of Romania.