Vacarescu family
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The Văcărescu family was a boyar
family of Wallachia
(now part of Romania
).
According to tradition it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia
.
Boyar
A boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....
family of Wallachia
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
(now part of Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
).
According to tradition it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
.
- Enache Văcărescu (1654 - 1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia
- Ienăchiţă VăcărescuIenachita VacarescuIenăchiţă Văcărescu was a Wallachian Romanian poet, historian, philologist, and boyar belonging to the Văcărescu family...
(1730 - 1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammarRomanian grammarStandard Romanian shares largely the same grammar and most of the vocabulary and phonological processes with the other three surviving varieties of Eastern Romance, viz... - Alecu VăcărescuAlecu VacarescuAlecu Văcărescu was a Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet, of the Văcărescu family that gave Romanian literature its first poets. His son, Iancu Văcărescu, was also a poet.-References:- See also:*Văcărescu family...
(died 1798), poet - Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet
- Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great BanBan (title)Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.-Etymology:The word ban has entered the English language probably as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is probably borrowed from...
of CraiovaCraiovaCraiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief... - Iancu VăcărescuIancu VacarescuIancu Văcărescu was a Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet, member of the Văcărescu family.-Biography:The son of Alecu Văcărescu, descending from a long line of Wallachian men of letters — his paternal uncle, Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, was author of the first Romanian grammar; Iancu was the...
, (1786 - 1863), poet - Maurice PaléologueMaurice PaléologueMaurice Paléologue was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist.-Biography:Paléologue was born in Paris as the son of Alexandru Paleologu, a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary who had fled to France after attempting to assassinate Prince Gheorghe Bibescu during the 1848 Wallachian revolution;...
(1859 - 1944), writer and French diplomat - Elena VăcărescuElena VacarescuElena Văcărescu or Hélène Vacaresco was a Romanian-French aristocrat writer, twice a laureate of the Académie française.-Life:...
, (1864 - 1947), poet