Ioan II Mavrocordat

Ioan II Mavrocordat (12 March 1712 – 29 July 1747) was prince of Moldva from 1743 to 1747.

Ioan II Mavrocordat
Prince of Moldavia
Reign29 June 1743 – May 1747
PredecessorConstantine Mavrocordatos
SuccessorGrigore II Ghica
Born12 March 1712
Istanbul
Died29 July 1747
Istanbul
SpouseMaria Giuliano, Sultana Mano
IssueAlexander II Mavrocordato
DynastyMavrocordatos
FatherNicholas Mavrocordatos
ReligionOrthodox

Life

Younger son of Nicolas Mavrocordato he remains in the shadow of his elder brother Constantin Mavrocordato. He replaces the latter in Moldova on the occasion of one of his many changes of office as Hospodar of Moldova from July 1743 to May 1747.

Ioan II Mavrocordat had married Maria Giuliano and Sultana Mano successively, of whom he had:

  • Alexander II Mavrocordato said 'Phyrares (1754-1819), Great Drogman of the Sublime Porte, then Hospodar of Moldavia and finally Prince Russian.

Sources

  • Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Histoire des Roumains de la Dacie trajane : Depuis les origines jusqu'à l'union des principautés. E Leroux Paris (1896).
  • Alexandre A.C. Sturdza L'Europe Orientale et le rôle historique des Maurocordato (1660-1830) Librairie Plon Paris (1913) p. 130-221.
  • Nicolas Iorga Histoire des Roumains et de la romanité orientale. (1920)
  • (in Romanian) Constantin C. Giurescu & Dinu C. Giurescu, Istoria Românilor Volume III (depuis 1606), Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, Bucureşti, 1977.
  • Mihail Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire historique et généalogique des grandes familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, M.-D. Sturdza, Paris, chez l'auteur, 1983 ASIN B0000EA1ET.
  • Jean-Michel Cantacuzène, Mille ans dans les Balkans, Éditions Christian, Paris, 1992. ISBN 2-86496-054-0
  • Gilles Veinstein, Les Ottomans et la mort (1996) ISBN 9004105050.
  • Joëlle Dalegre Grecs et Ottomans 1453-1923. De la chute de Constantinople à la fin de l’Empire Ottoman, L’Harmattan Paris (2002) ISBN 2747521621.
  • Jean Nouzille La Moldavie, Histoire tragique d'une région européenne, Ed. Bieler (2004), ISBN 2-9520012-1-9.
  • Traian Sandu, Histoire de la Roumanie, Perrin (2008).
Preceded by
Constantine Mavrocordatos
Prince of Moldavia
1743–1747
Succeeded by
Grigore II Ghica



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