Postelnic (Romanian pronunciation: [posˈtelnik], plural: postelnici, from the Slavic postel, "bed"; cf. Russian postelnichy) was a historical rank traditionally...

states. For example, there was a first or a grand postelnic, a second postelnic, and a third postelnic, each one with his different obligations and rights...

(1601), returning to Wallachia after Michael's assassination. Leca was a Postelnic and diplomat during Prince Radu Șerban's eight-year reign, following the...

Mehmed II. In 1591, a Constantin Caradja was assigned the rank of Grand Postelnic in Moldavia, and was therefore the first member of the family to be attested...

languages: Greek, Latin, French, Arabic and Turkish. In 1761, he became Grand Postelnic (foreign minister) in Moldavia, and soon after Dragoman of the Fleet (deputy...

Kastoriotes (Greek: Γεώργιος Καστριώτης/Καστοριώτης) was a high-rank officer (postelnic) of the Principality of Wallachia at the turn of the 17th to 18th century...

battle near Cotmeana with an Ottoman army led by Neagoe, the former great postelnic. Mircea eventually met with his father in Sibiu. Together with his soldiers...

Marriage Became princess Ceased to be princess Death Spouse Elena Rosetti Postelnic Iordache Rosetti (Rosetti) 17 June 1825 1844 24 January 1859 Union of...

his wife, Irene Rhali. He went on to serve Michael as Ban, Vistier, and Postelnic. At the climax of the Long Turkish War, Kantakouzenos oversaw the diplomatic...

Romanian judge. Romalo was born in Iași to Iordache Grigoriade Romalo, a postelnic, and his wife Maria (née Roset). He initially studied at Academia Mihăileană...

In 1693, he was made second logofat and then, 1704, promoted to grand postelnic. In 1706, he was made grand back which made the entire light cavalry of...

Institutul de Lingvistică "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic. 1988. "postelnic". Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (in Romanian). Academia Română...

Ștefan Șoldan was Treasurer; Simion Șoldan was Vornic; Nicolae Șoldan was Postelnic (Chamberlain). However, as the Phanariot regime was imposed by the Ottoman...

member of a high-ranking Boyar Rosetti family, she was the daughter of Postelnic Prince Iordache Rosetti-Solescu (1796-1846) and his wife, Princess Ecaterina...

the stolnic, Vintilă the vornic, Radu the great logofăt and Pârvu the postelnic. In these conditions the boyars in exile regrouped and a second confrontation...

of Wallachia. From 1610, he reconciled with Radu Șerban, becoming his Postelnic and assisting with his expedition into Burzenland. He welcomed the older...

Mavrocordato (1744-1818) Maria Caradja; married Boyar Demetrius Manos, Postelnic of Wallachia Constantin Caradja; married Princess Ralu Mourouzi and had...

prag ("threshold"), nevastă ("wife") and rai ("heaven") survived, but postelnic ("chamberlain") disappeared. Romanians adopted Slavic loanwords in three...

He also served at the court of King Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia as a postelnic (a type of chamberlain). Šubić family tree Kallay, Nikola (20 December...

encroachment by sending his own Ispravnici to Rușii, where Callimachi's Postelnic, Constantin Negri, had attempted to set his base. On Easter Sunday, 600...

politician. Born to a boyar family of Greek origin, his parents were the great postelnic Constantin Plagino and his wife Eufrosina, the daughter of Alexander Mourousis...

Aron vodă Tiranul, că apoi a trecut în Țara Românească, unde a fost mare postelnic (octombrie 1593 — 22 iulie 1594), apoi din nou ... Stamatopoulos, Dimitris...

defeat in favor of his friend Gheorghe Bibescu, who then made him his Postelnic (1843–1847). As such, Băleanu contributed directly to the modernization...

Dimitrie had held high office in the Moldavian court where he was "Mare Postelnic" ("Grand Chamberlain") from 1599 to 1606. His grandfather Thomas Barnovschi...

government from 1837 to 1842, when he served Prince Alexandru II Ghica as Postelnic and Logothete. During that interval, he clashed with his own brother Grigore...

of the House of Racoviță. Born in Craiova, his parents were the high postelnic Prince Grigore Racoviță and his wife Cleopatra Brăiloiu, daughter of high...

functions including Mare Spatar ("Minister of Defense", 1757) and Mare Postelnic ("Minister of the Interior and Justice") of Moldavia (1760). He became...

the early Albanian figures in the Wallachian court was Leca of Cătun, postelnic of Wallachia and military commander the armies of several Wallachian princes...

site was a small, early 17th-century wooden structure founded by the Postelnic Neagoe. Tradition holds that it was consecrated precisely a year after...

winged shield standard of the royal chamberlain, a post held by Budez postelnic berberensis jupanus (1069). Wings are common, especially as a crest, in...