Cantacuzino

CANTACUZINO, son of Constantine, prince of Walachia, 1714-1716. (3) DEMETRIUS CANTACUZINO, prince of Moldavia, 1674-1676. He left an unsatisfactory record. Descendants of Demetrius and Sherban have emigrated to Russia, and held high positions there as governors of Bessarabia and in other responsible posts. (4) Of the Moldavian Cantacuzinos, THEODORE is well known as a chronicler of his times (c. 1 749). (5) GHEORGE CANTACUZINO (b. 1837), son of GREGORI (1800-1849). He was appointed in 1870 minister of public instruction in Rumania; in 1889, president of the chamber; in 1892, president of the senate; from 1899 he was head of the Conservative party, and from 1905 to 1907 prime minister (see also RUMANIA: History). (M. G.)

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