Văcărescu family
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The Văcărescu family was a boyar family of Wallachia (now part of Romania).
According to tradition it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia. Its mythical founder is said to have been a certain Kukenus, of Spanish origin, settled in Transylvania as lord over Făgăraş. Others connect the family with Ugrin, count of Făgăraş.
- Enache Văcărescu (1654 - 1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia
- Ienăchiţă Văcărescu (1730 - 1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammar
- Alecu Văcărescu (died 1798), poet
- Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet
- Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great Ban of Craiova
- Iancu Văcărescu, (1786 - 1863), poet
- Maurice Paléologue (1859 - 1944), writer and French diplomat
- Elena Văcărescu, (1864 - 1947), poet
 Alecu Văcărescu |
 Nicolae Văcărescu |
 Iancu Văcărescu |
 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu |
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
