Prince Constantine (Dimitrios) Soutzo & Nathalie (Petros) Mavroyeni

Family Group Sheet

NamePrince Constantine (Dimitrios) Soutzo, 6C7R

Birth2 Aug 1837, Bucharest, Romania

Death15 May 1914, Bucharest, Romania

Note 1He killed Prince Nicolai Ghika in a notorious duel at Belle Croix, Fontainebleau on 26 Nov 1873, believing Ghika to be his wife’s lover. Ghika died of a thigh injury the following day.

Note 2Sentenced to four years in prison. This was the last fatal duel in Paris and figured in a film by the Lumières brothers: ‘Duel aux Pistolets’ (1898).

Note 3His wife Nathalie, daughter of the Romanian finance minister, wanted a divorce and took their young son to Romania. Soutzo tried to abduct the three year-old but was stopped at the border.

Flags CALRel, Hellenic, Callimachi, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Soutzo

FatherPrince Dimitrios (George) Soutzo (?-1865)

MotherSmaragda (Constantine) Soutzo (?-1874)

Other spousesMarie Romalo

Marriage17 May 1869, Bucharest, Romania

Divorce28 Jan 1874, Athens, Greece/Hellenes

SpouseNathalie (Petros) Mavroyeni, 8C5R

Birth4 Nov 1848, Jassy/Iasi, Romania

Death1 Mar 1904, Jassy/Iasi, Romania

Note 1Or Mavrojeni.

Flags CALRel, Hellenic, Callimachi, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo

FatherPetros ‘Petraki’ (Petros) Mavroyeni (1818-1887)