Greek-Moldavian noble family
Coat of arms of Princes Callimachi[ 1]
The House of Callimachi , Calimachi , or Kallimachi (Greek : Καλλιμάχη , Russian : Каллимаки , Turkish : Kalimakizade ; originally Calmașul or Călmașu ), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian (Romanian ) and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia , Romania and the Ottoman Empire .
History
Originating in the boyardom of Orhei County , it gave Moldavia four reigning princes . The family remains present today in modern Romania .
Family tree of the Callimachi family
Notable members
Agnatic
Vasile Călmașul , Moldavian landowner
Teodor Calmășul , Moldavian boyar
Ioan Teodor Callimachi , Prince of Moldavia (1758–1761)
Gavriil Callimachi , Orthodox monk, Metropolitan 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 1807–1810; 1812–1819); Prince of Wallachia (de jure 1821)
Alexandros Kallimachis , Ottoman diplomat, Governor of Samos (1850–1854)
Scarlat Callimachi , Romanian communist activist (1896–1975)
Matrilineal
By marriage
References
^ Rizo Rangabé, Eugène (1892). Livre d'or de la noblesse phanariote en Grèce, en Roumanie, en Russie et en Turquie / par un phanariote (in French). S. C. Vlastos. p. 11.