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    Nicholas Mavrocordatos (Greek: Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: Nicolae Mavrocordat; May 3, 1670 – September 3, 1730) was a Greek member of the Mavrocordatos...
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  • vassal Nicholas Mavrocordatos with the help of boyars loyal to the Austrians. Sultan Ahmed III replaced him with his younger brother John Mavrocordatos, who...
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    Nicolae Ceaușescu. Nicholas Mavrocordatos was anointed as the ruler of Wallachia on January 5, 1716. Once on the throne, Mavrocordatos, an enlightened Phanariot...
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    Phanariots were aware of their Greek ancestry and culture; according to Nicholas Mavrocordatos' Philotheou Parerga, "We are a race completely Hellenic". They emerged...
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    Emperor Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670–1730), Alexander's son, ruler of Wallachia (two times) and Moldavia (two times) Constantine Mavrocordatos (1711–1769)...
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  • of the Mavrocordatos family. Youngest son of Alexander Mavrocordatos, he was a faithful assistant to the political rise of his brother Nicholas Mavrocordatos...
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    Alexander Mavrocordatos (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος; 1636 – 23 December 1709) was a member of the Greek Mavrocordatos family], a doctor of philosophy...
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    Istanbul) as a Phanariote member of the Mavrocordatos family, Constantine succeeded his father, Nicholas Mavrocordatos, as Prince of Wallachia in 1730, after...
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    appointed from the Phanariotes of Constantinople. Inaugurated by Nicholas Mavrocordatos in Moldavia after Dimitrie Cantemir, Phanariote rule was brought...
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    books in Romania. The church was built in 1724, during the reign of Nicholas Mavrocordatos (Prince of Wallachia, 1719-1730), by the archimandrite Ioannikios...
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    on pressures from Russia's Peter the Great; he was replaced by Nicholas Mavrocordatos. He was returned to rule in Iași upon the outbreak of the Austro-Turkish...
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    made him an adversary of the Phanariote regime. The new Prince Nicholas Mavrocordatos imprisoned him, and subsequently exiled him to Mount Sinai. Anthim...
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    to May 1747. John II Mavrocordatos married successively Maria Giuliano and Sultana Mano, of whom he had: Alexander II Mavrocordatos, surnamed "Firaris"...
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    1865) was a Greek statesman, diplomat, politician and member of the Mavrocordatos family of Phanariotes. In 1812, Mavrokordatos went to the court of his...
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  • (1769–1817), Armenian Alexander II Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek John Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670–1730), Greek Nicolae...
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    placed under the more compliant rules of Phanariotes, inaugurated by Nicholas Mavrocordatos (who had previously reigned over Moldavia). These decisively marked...
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    Ottoman approval: the Phanariote epoch, inaugurated by the reign of Nicholas Mavrocordatos. Phanariote rule was marked by political corruption, intrigue, and...
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    Vasileiou, 19th century merchant and benefactor Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670–1730) Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos (1791–1865), Greek statesman Alexandros Mavrogenis...
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  • sources are silent on John's activities until a letter sent to him by Nicholas Mavrocordatos on 27 October 1711. In this letter, he is mentioned in a new position...
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    and tortured. Meanwhile, some influential Jews appealed to Prince Nicholas Mavrocordatos (the first Phanariote ruler) in Iași, who ordered an investigation...
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    charge of the succession to the throne of Moldavia by appointing Nicholas Mavrocordatos as ruler. The ruler Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia was accused...
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    Moldaviae, 1716 Prince of Moldavia Reign 1710–1711 Predecessor Nicholas Mavrocordatos Successor Lupu Costachi Born 26 October 1673 Silișteni (now Dimitrie...
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    short period in Moldavia: between 1711 and 1714, Phanariote Prince Nicholas Mavrocordatos introduced the țigănit ("Gypsy tax"), a tax of two galbeni (standard...
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    education, the Phanariots were aware of their Hellenism; according to Nicholas Mavrocordatos' Philotheou Parerga: "We are a race completely Hellenic". The first...
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    Halil Pasha Numan Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Tahir Pasha Mihai Racoviță Nicholas Mavrocordatos (POW) John Mavrocordatos Casualties and losses 40,000 46,000...
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    Page No. 2 of the Gospel Book (1723) printed during the reign of Nicholas Mavrocordatos. It shows the coats of arms of Moldavia (left) and Wallachia (right)...
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    characters": Ιω Λουπουλ Μάρελε Βóρνιχ ("I Lupul the Great Vornic"). Nicholas Mavrocordatos, a Phanariote intellectual who held the throne of both countries...
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    I donated 1,500 golden ducats for the repairs, to which Prince Nicholas Mavrocordatos contributed a further 280 ducats, and the work was finished in 1741...
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    Council. He was in turn succeeded in 1673 by another Greek, Alexander Mavrocordatos. These men began a tradition where almost all subsequent Grand Dragomans...
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    – 21 January 1716 Predecessor Constantin Brâncoveanu Successor Nicholas Mavrocordatos Born ca. 1675 Died 7 June 1716 Istanbul House Cantacuzino family...
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