Văcărescu family
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.
- Enache Văcărescu (1654 - 1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia
- Ienăchiță 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
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
See also
- Phanariotes
- Văcărești (disambiguation)