Rosetti family explained
The House of Rosetti (also spelled Ruset, Rosset, Rossetti) was a Moldavian boyar princely family of Byzantine Greek and Italian (Genoese) origins.[1] There are several branches of the family named after their estates: Roznovanu, Solescu, Bălănescu, Răducanu, Ciortescu, Tescanu, and Bibica. The Rosetti family in Wallachia is another branch of the family who initially settled in Moldavia.[2]
Notable members
List by birthday.
- Lascaris Rusetos (Rosetti; before 1580 - after 1646), father of Antonie, founder of the Moldavian branch of the family
- Antonie Ruset (Rosetti; c. 1615-1685), Prince of Moldavia
- Emanuel Giani Ruset (1715-1794), Prince of Wallachia and later of Moldavia
- C. A. Rosetti (1816-1885), Wallachian and later Romanian revolutionary, statesman, and writer
- (1816-1884), politician
- Maria Rosetti (née Marie Grant; 1819-1893), political activist, journalist, philanthropist and socialite
- Elena Cuza (née Rosetti-Solescu; 1825-1909), philanthropist; the Princess consort of the United Principalities and the wife of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
- Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu (1827–1884), lawyer and politician
- Theodor Rosetti (1837-1923), writer, journalist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania
- aka Dimitrie Rosetti-Max (1850-1934), politician, journalist, and playwright
- Radu D. Rosetti (1874-1964), poet
- Radu R. Rosetti (1877-1949), general and historian
- Maria Tescanu Rosetti (1879–1968), lady-in-waiting
- (1889–1949), wife of field marshal of the 3rd Reich, Friedrich Paulus
- Alexandru Rosetti (1895-1990), linguist
See also
External links
- Book: Rosetti, Radu R.. Radu R. Rosetti. Familia Rosetti. Vol. 1: Coborîtorii moldoveni ai lui Lascaris Rousaitos. ro. Imprimeria națională. Bucharest. 1938. 895113055.
- Book: Rosetti, Radu R.. Radu R. Rosetti. Familia Rosetti. Vol. 2: Celelalte ramuri. ro. Imprimeria națională. Bucharest. 1940. 895335808.
- Palatul Primăriei, în vâltoarea istoriei
Notes and References
- https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Amintiri_%28Rosetti%29/Capitolul_I._Despre_originile_Rosete%C8%99tilor_%C8%99i_despre_c%C3%AE%C8%9Biva_ascenden%C8%9Bi_%C8%99i_colaterali_mai_dep%C4%83rta%C8%9Bi_ai_mei About the origin of Rosettis
- http://digibuc.ro/colectii/dictionar-istoric-arheologic-si-geografic-al-romaniei-b000034183 Dicţionar istoric, arheologic şi geografic al României, 1937, pp. 450-451