Callimachi family

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Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (originally Calmaşul or Călmaşu) was a Moldavian-Greek Phanariote boyar and princely family, originating with a group of free peasants living in the Orhei area of Bessarabia. It still remains present today in modern Romania.

Members

Vasile Călmaşul: b. 1640, Landowner in Bucovina

Teodor Călmaşul: (1660–1740) vornic (headman) of Câmpulung, father of Ioan and Gavriil

Ioan Teodor Callimachi: Prince of Moldavia 1758-1761

Gavriil Callimachi: Orthodox monk, Mitropolite of Moldavia ?-1786

Grigore Callimachi: Prince of Moldavia 1761-1764; 1767-1769

Alexandru Callimachi: Prince of Moldavia 1795-1799

Scarlat Callimachi: Prince of Moldavia 1806; de jure only, under Imperial Russian occupation, 1807-1810; 1812-1819); Prince of Wallachia, 1821 de jure only - prevented from reaching his throne by Vladimirescu's Pandur uprising

Alexandros Kallimachis: Ottoman diplomat, governor of Samos Island 1850-1854

Scarlat Callimachi: communist activist

Andrew Calimach: author

Rukmini Maria Callimachi journalist

References

Callimachi family Wikipedia

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