Grigore IV Ghica

Names
	Grigore Dimitrie Ghica

Grigore IV Ghica
Grigore IV Ghica
	Oil painting of Prince Grigore IV Ghica
Prince of Wallachia
Reign	June 30, 1822 – April 29, 1828
Predecessor	Scarlat Callimachi
Successor	Alexandru II Ghica
Born	June 30, 1755; Wallachia
Died	April 29, 1834 (aged 78); Wallachia
Spouse	Maria Hangerly; Eufrosina Săvescu
Issue; Detail	Costache Ghica; Iorgu Ghica; Scarlat Ghica; Grigore Ghica; Panait Ghica; Dimitrie Ghica; Maria Ghica; Alexandrina Ghica
Names
Names
	Grigore Dimitrie Ghica
House	House of Ghica
Father	Dimitrie Ghica
Mother	Maria Vacarescu

Grigore IV Ghica or Grigore Dimitrie Ghica (Albanian : Gjika) (June 30, 1755 – April 29, 1834) was Prince of Wallachia between 1822 and 1828. A member of the Albanian Ghica family, Grigore IV was the brother of Alexandru II Ghica and the uncle of Dora d'Istria.

While many of his relatives had occupied the throne in both Wallachia and Moldavia as Phanariotes, the regime change after the Greek War of Independence, Tudor Vladimirescu's 1821 uprising and the Philikí Etaireía's brief rule in the two Danubian Principalities, led to Grigore IV being considered the first in a succession of non-Phanariote rulers. The elections for Prince in the Divan, although prescribed by the Akkerman Convention of 1826, were not to be organized, due mainly to precipitating events. As a Prince, Grigore watched after the development of agriculture in his region.^{[citation needed]} He also assisted in the development of a national Romanian literature.^[1]

The Prince was ousted by the Russian occupation (see Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829).

Grigore IV Ghica was first married to Maria Hangerly or Chantzeres (relative of Ecumenical Patriarch Samuel I Chatzeres),^[2] with whom he had six sons (Costache, Iorgu, Scarlat, Grigore, Panait, and Dimitrie), and then to Eufrosina Săvescu, with whom he had two daughters (Maria and Alexandrina).^[3]

Ancestry edit

Ancestors of Grigore IV Ghica

16. Grigore I Ghika, prince of Valachia

8. Matthaios Ghikas

17. Maria Sturdza

4. Alexandru Ghika, prince of Valachia and Moldavia

18. Alexander Mavrocordatos, Reichsgraf of the Holy Roman Empire

9. countess Roxana Mavrokordataina

19. Sultana Chrysoskoulaina

2. Dimitrie Ghika, ban of Valachia

20. Ioannes Euphragiotis

10. Demetrios Euphragiotis

21.

5. Helena Euphragiotissa

22.

11.

23.

1. Grigore IV Ghika, prince of Wallachia

24.

12. Ioan Vacarescu, martyr, treasurer of Valachia

25.

6. Barbu Vacarescu, boyar of Tei

26.

13. Stanca Cojescu

27.

3. Maria Vacarescu, heiress of Tei

28. Constantin Cantacuzino, seneschal of Valachia

14. Radul Cantacuzino, chancellor of Valachia

29. Elisabeta Buhus

7. Elisabeta Cantacuzina

30.

15. Stanca Brezoianu

31.

References edit

^ Gaster, Moses (1911). "Ghica s.v. Gregory (Grigorie)" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 921.
^ Σύγχρονος Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Ελευθερουδάκη,τόμος 6ος,σελ 933 και τόμος 24ος,σελ 827,revised edition,1963(greek)
^ "Family tree" (PDF) (in French). Ghyka.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.

Preceded by Scarlat Callimachi	Ruler of Wallachia 1821–1828	Succeeded by Alexandru II Ghica

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[1] Gaster, Moses (1911). "Ghica s.v. Gregory (Grigorie)" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 921.

[wife-2] Σύγχρονος Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Ελευθερουδάκη,τόμος 6ος,σελ 933 και τόμος 24ος,σελ 827,revised edition,1963(greek)

[tree-3] "Family tree" (PDF) (in French). Ghyka.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.

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