NamePrince Scarlatos ‘Charles’ (Alexander) Callimachi of Moldavia +, 6C7R
Birth1773
MemoSturdza says he died aged 48.
Death12 Dec 1821, Bolu/Claudiopolis/Paphlagonia, Turkey
MemoOr 16 Oct 1821 or 26 Oct 1821. Claudiopolis of Paphlagonia. Died poisoned in 1821, under suspicion of being pro Greek.
Note 1Ruling Prince of Moldavia (1806, 1812-19). Grand Drogoman of the Sublime Porte (1801-06). Hospidar of Wallachia 12 Mar 1821 but under house arrest by 28 May 1821 and poisoned on the orders of the Sultan during the Greek War of Independence.
Note 2Prince of Moldavia between August 24 1806 - October 26 1806, August 4 1807 - June 13 1810, September 17 1812 - June 1819 and of Prince of Wallachia between February 1821 - June 1821.
Note 3In 1810, during the Russo-Turkish war, he was imprisoned by the Russians, and taken to Kharkiv. He regained the Moldovan throne in 1812.
Note 4Instigated new laws, cut taxes for the boyars, acted against the plague, introduced potatoes, maintained upkeep of wood paved streets, supported Gheorghe Asachi's Romanian-language movement.
Note 5Taken to Constantinopole 1819 to be executed for collaborating with Russia, had the sentence cancelled and in 1821 appointed Hospodar of Wallachia.
Flags***, Callimachi, Caradja, Ghika, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo