See also:

• BRATIANU (or BRATIANO), ION C

BRATIANU (or BRATIANO), See also:

• ION

ION C  . (1821—1891), Rumanian statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PITESCI (Pitesti)

Pitesci in See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia on the 2nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1821 . He entered the Walachian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1838, and visited See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1841 for purposes of study . Returning to Walachia, he took See also:

• PART

part, with his friend C . A . Rosetti and other prominent politicians, in the Rumanian See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1848, and acted as See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police in the provisional See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government formed in that See also:

• YEAR

year . The restoration of See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian and See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish authority shortly afterwards drove him into See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile . He took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in Paris, and endeavoured to See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion in favour of the proposed See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union and See also:

• AUTONOMY (Gr. abr6s, self, and v6pos, law)

autonomy of the Danubian principalities . In 18J4, however, he was sentenced to a See also:

• FINE

fine of £120 and three months' imprisonment for See also:

• SEDITION (Lat. se or sed, apart, and ire, to go, a going apart, dissension)

sedition, and later confined in a lunatic See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum; but in 1856 he returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Dimitrie See also:

• BRATIANU (or BRATIANO), ION C

Bratianu, afterwards one of his foremost See also:

• POLITICAL

political opponents . During the reign of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• CUZA (or CouzA), ALEXANDER JOHN [Alexandru Joan] (1820-1873)

Cuza (1859—1866), Bratianu figured prominently as one of the Liberal leaders . He assisted in 1866 in the deposition of Cuza and the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of Prince See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles of See also:

• HOHENZOLLERN

Hohenzollern, under whom`. he held several ministerial appointments during the next four years . He was arrested for complicity in the revolution of 187o, but soon released .

In 1876, aided by C . A . Rosetti, he formed a Liberal See also:

• CABINET

cabinet, which remained in See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power until 1888 . For an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• WORK

work in connexion with the Russo-Turkish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1877, the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress, the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Rumanian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, the revision of the constitution, and other reforms, see See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

RUMANIA . After 1883 Bratianu acted as See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Liberals, owing to a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with C . A . Rosetti, his friend and political ally for nearly See also:

• FORTY

forty years . His See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, without parallel in Rumanian See also:

• HISTORY

history, rendered Bratianu extremely unpopular, and at its See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close his See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment appeared inevitable . But any proceedings taken .against the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister would have involved charges against the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, who was largely responsible for his policy; and the impeachment was averted by a See also:

• VOTE

vote of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 189o . Bratianu died on the 16th of May 1891 . Besides being the leading statesman of Rumania during the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical years 1876—1888, he attained some See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence as a writer . His French political See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets, Memoire sur l'See also:

• EMPIRE

empire d'Autriche dans la question d'Orient (1855), Reflexions sur la situation (1856), Memoire sur la situation de la Moldavie depuis le traite de Paris (1857), and La Question religieuse en Roumanie (1866), were all published in Paris .

For his other writings and speeches see Din Scrierile ,si cuvintarile lui I . C . Bratianu, 1821–1891 (See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest, 1903, &c.), edited with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical introduction by D . A . Sturza . A brief See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography, See also:

• ION

Ion C . Bratianu, appeared at Bucharest in 1893 .