CANTACUZEN See also:

• CANTACUZEN CANTACUZINO

CANTACUZINO  Or CANTACUZENE, the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family which traces its origin to the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine emperors and writers of the same name (see under See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN V., Cantacuzene) . The founder of the family, Andronik, migrated to See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania in 1633, and from his two sons See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine and Gheorge sprang the two See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal lines which afterwards branched into numerous families of nobles and high dignitaries, including hospodars (rulers) of See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia and See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia . The Cantacuzinos were represented in every See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and in the See also:

• WORLD

world of letters . Under their See also:

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

influence the Rumanian See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and literature in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century reached their highest development . Among the more prominent members of the family the following may be mentioned . (I) SHERBAN See also:

• CANTACUZINO, CANTACUZEN

CANTACUZINO (164o-1688), appointed See also:

• HOSPODAR

hospodar of Walachia in 1679 . He served under the See also:

• TURKS

Turks in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and when they were defeated it is alleged that he conceived the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of marching on See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople to drive the Turks out of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, the western See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers having promised him their moral support . In the midst of his preparations he died suddenly, poisoned, it is said, by the boyars who were afraid of his vast plans . Far more important was his activity in economic and See also:

• LITERARY

literary directions . He introduced the See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize into Rumania; it is now the See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . He founded the first Rumanian school in See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest; he assisted liberally in 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 various See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing offices; and under his auspices the famous Rumanian See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible appeared in Bucharest in 1688 . Through his influence also the See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic language was officially and finally abolished from the See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy and the Rumanian language substituted for it .

(2) STEFAN CANTACUZINO, son of Constantine, See also:

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

prince of Walachia, 1714-1716 . (3) See also:

• DEMETRIUS

DEMETRIUS CANTACUZINO, prince of Moldavia, 1674-1676 . He See also:

• LEFT

left an unsatisfactory See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record . Descendants of Demetrius and Sherban have emigrated to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and held high positions there as See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of See also:

• BESSARABIA

Bessarabia and in other responsible posts . (4) Of the Moldavian Cantacuzinos, See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

THEODORE is well known as a chronicler of his times (c . 1749) . (5) GHEORGE CANTACUZINO (b . 1837), son of GREGORI (1800-1849) . He was appointed in 1870 See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of public instruction in Rumania; in 1889, See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the chamber; in 1892, president of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate; from 1899 he was See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Conservative party, and from 1905 to 1907 See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister (see also RUMANIA: See also:

• HISTORY

History) . (M .