Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino Explained

Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino
Succession:Prince of Moldavia
(1st reign)
Reign1:November 1673
Predecessor1:Ștefan Petriceicu
Successor1:Ștefan Petriceicu
Succession2:Prince of Moldavia
(2nd reign)
Reign2:February 1674 – 10 November 1675
Predecessor2:Ștefan Petriceicu
Successor2:Antonie Ruset
Succession3:Prince of Moldavia
(3rd reign)
Reign3:8 February 1684 – 25 June 1685
Predecessor3:Ștefan Petriceicu
Successor3:Constantin Cantemir
Spouse:Ruxandra Grillo[1]
Issue:Cassandra, Elena[2]
House:Cantacuzino family
Father:Mihai Cantacuzino[3]
Birth Date:c. 1620
Death Date:1686
Religion:Orthodox

Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino (c. 1620 – 1686) was Prince of Moldavia 1673, 1674 to 1675, and 1684 to 1685.

Life

Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino was the son of the Grand Treasurer (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Marele Vistiernic) Michael Kantakouzenos (in Romanian Mihai Cantacuzino) and the great-grandson of Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu (in Romanian Mihai Cantacuzino Șaitanoglu), executed in 1578.

In 1663 he betrayed his kinsman and benefactor Constantine Kantakouzenos in favor of Grigore I Ghica. He is then named three times to the throne of Moldavia by the Turks:

Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino fled to Constantinople where he lived until his death in 1686. He is, in Romanian and Moldavian history, the prototype of the "phanariote profiteur" who founded neither school nor hospice, only ruled 'for its exclusive benefit, acts unscrupulously and impoverishes the country.

From his union with a princess Roxandra he left three children including:

References

  1. Web site: Cantacuzino.
  2. Web site: Cantacuzino.
  3. Web site: Cantacuzino.

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