Mihai Suţu
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Mihai Draco Suţu was a Prince of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. A member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes, he was the uncle of Mihail Suţu, himself a ruler of Moldavia between 1819 and 1821.
[edit] Third rule of Wallachia
His predecessor, Alexandru Moruzi, frightened by the incursions of Osman Pazvantoğlu asked to be dismissed and for that, he paid money to the Ottoman authorities. In April 1801, Pazvantoğlu's troops continued their raids in Wallachia under the command of Manef Ibrahim, defeating the Ottoman Army despite having only a thousand horsemen, compared to the Ottoman side which had 8,000 troops.[1]
They took Râmnicu Vâlcea, Govora and moved toward Bucharest. By May 15, 1802 most of the inhabitants of the city fled toward Braşov and Vălenii de Munte.[2]
On May 18, the Albanian and Turkish troops of Bucharest asked for their payment and Suţu promised them to pay in two days, after which he left to Colentina, outside the city. The boyars, who were supposed to wait for Suţu, heard rumours about unrest at the Royal Court and thought that Suţu was killed, so they left toward Moldavia. Suţu, having not found the boyars at the Ghica house of Colentina, left for Transylvania.[3]
As Bimbaşa Sava, the commander of the Bucharest garrison, saw that Suţu left without paying them, he started following Suţu. This left Bucharest without any troops, allowing tramps to organize in gangs which robbed the Royal Court. Their leader, Melanos, took the royal hat and marched on the streets of Bucharest, wanting to set Bucharest on fire, which was prevented by the intervention of a Turkish unit from Cotroceni.[4]
Due to his exile, Suţu was deposed by the Ottomans in the summer of 1802.
| Preceded by Nicolae Caragea |
Prince of Wallachia 1783 - 1786 |
Succeeded by Nicolae Mavrogheni |
| Preceded by Habsburg occupation |
Prince of Wallachia 1791 - 1793 |
Succeeded by Alexandru Moruzi |
| Preceded by Alexandru Moruzi |
Prince of Wallachia 1801 - 1802 |
Succeeded by Alexandru Suţu |
| Preceded by Alexandru Moruzi |
Prince of Moldavia 1792 - 1795 |
Succeeded by Alexandru Callimachi |
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Ştefan Ionescu, Bucureştii în vremea fanarioţilor ("Bucharest in the Time of the Phanariotes"), Editura Dacia, Cluj, 1974.
