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CANTACUZINO, CANTACUZEN

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CANTACUZINO, CANTACUZEN Or CANTACUZENE, the name of a See also:family which traces its origin to the See also:Byzantine emperors and writers of the same name (see under See also:JOHN V., Cantacuzene). The founder of the family, Andronik, migrated to See also:Rumania in 1633, and from his two sons See also:Constantine and Gheorge sprang the two See also:principal lines which afterwards branched into numerous families of nobles and high dignitaries, including hospodars (rulers) of See also:Walachia and See also:Moldavia. The Cantacuzinos were represented in every See also:branch of See also:administration and in the See also:world of letters. Under their See also:influence the Rumanian See also:language and literature in the 17th See also:century reached their highest development. Among the more prominent members of the family the following may be mentioned. (I) SHERBAN CANTACUZINO (164o-1688), appointed See also:hospodar of Walachia in 1679. He served under the See also:Turks in the See also:siege of See also:Vienna, and when they were defeated it is alleged that he conceived the See also:plan of marching on See also:Constantinople to drive the Turks out of See also:Europe, the western See also:powers having promised him their moral support. In the midst of his preparations he died suddenly, poisoned, it is said, by the boyars who were afraid of his vast plans. Far more important was his activity in economic and See also:literary directions. He introduced the See also:maize into Rumania; it is now the See also:staple See also:food of the See also:country. He founded the first Rumanian school in See also:Bucharest; he assisted liberally in the See also:establishment of various See also:printing offices; and under his auspices the famous Rumanian See also:Bible appeared in Bucharest in 1688. Through his influence also the See also:Slavonic language was officially and finally abolished from the See also:liturgy and the Rumanian language substituted for it.

(2) STEFAN CANTACUZINO, son of Constantine, See also:

prince of Walachia, 1714-1716. (3) See also:DEMETRIUS CANTACUZINO, prince of Moldavia, 1674-1676. He See also:left an unsatisfactory See also:record. Descendants of Demetrius and Sherban have emigrated to See also:Russia, and held high positions there as See also:governors of See also:Bessarabia and in other responsible posts. (4) Of the Moldavian Cantacuzinos, See also:THEODORE is well known as a chronicler of his times (c. 1749). (5) GHEORGE CANTACUZINO (b. 1837), son of GREGORI (1800-1849). He was appointed in 1870 See also:minister of public instruction in Rumania; in 1889, See also:president of the chamber; in 1892, president of the See also:senate; from 1899 he was See also:head of the Conservative party, and from 1905 to 1907 See also:prime minister (see also RUMANIA: See also:History). (M.

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