Mavrocordatos family

Mavrocordatos (also Mavrocordato, Mavrokordatos, Mavrocordat, Mavrogordato or Maurogordato; Greek: Μαυροκορδάτος) is the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks originally from Chios, a branch of which was distinguished in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, and modern Greece.[1] The family – whose members were given a status equal to a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and later became Hospodars – was founded by the late-Byzantine noble (and merchant) Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1522–1570) from the island of Chios. In 1875 Marvrocordato family members also became recognized as Princes of the Russian Empire by the Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

Coat of arms of the prince Mavrocordatos

Notable members of the family

Portrait of Mavrocordatos family, 19th-century.

• Alexander Mavrocordatos (1636–1709), son of the founder, styled prince ("Serene Highness") in 1699 by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

• Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670–1730), Alexander's son, ruler of Wallachia (two times) and Moldavia (two times)

• Constantine Mavrocordatos (1711–1769), Nicholas' son, ruler of Moldavia (four times) and Wallachia (six times)

• Alexander I Mavrokordatos "Delibey", ruler of Moldavia (1782–1785)

• Alexander Mavrokordatos, Nicholas' son

• Nicholas Mavrokordatos, ban of Wallachia

• Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791–1865), Prime Minister of Greece (four times)

• John Mavrokordatos, Nicholas' son, ruler of Moldavia (1743–1747)

• Alexander II Mavrokordatos "Firaris", ruler of Moldavia (1785–1786)

• John Mavrocordatos (1684–1719), Alexander's son, ruler of Wallachia, caimacam of Moldavia

• Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605–1684), intellectual and salonnière at Athens (relationship unclear)

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh (1911). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. [Cambridge] University Press. p. 917. MAVROCORDATO, Mavrocordat or Mavrogordato, the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks, distinguished in the history of Turkey, Rumania and modern Greece.

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mavrocordato" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 917.