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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.
Matei Ghica (1728 – 8 February 1756), a member of the Ghica family, was the Prince of Wallachia between 11 September 1752 and 22 June 1753, [1] and Prince of Moldavia between 22 June 1753 and 8 February 1756. He was son of Grigore II Ghica and brother of Scarlat Ghica.
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 ...
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Eugen Ghica was born to Aga Niculae Ghica-Comăneștenul (1798–1853) and Ecaterina (née Plagino). The Ghica family has given the Danubian Principalities, starting with the 17th century, ten rulers. [1] His father passed on an important fortune consisting of 81,707 hectares (201,900 acres) of land which were divided into ten estates.
Dimitrie Ghica-Comănești (also Demeter Ghica, Ghica Comăneșteanu, Prince Ghica de Roumanie; 31 December 1839 – 1923) was a Romanian nobleman, explorer, famous hunter, adventurer and politician. He was born into the Ghica family , with nobiliary and ethnic Albanian ancestry roots beginning in the 17th century.
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 .
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.