Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NamePrince Gregorios (Alexander) Ghika lll of Moldavia & Wallachia, 4C9R
Birth1724
Death1777
Note 1Drogman of the Turkish fleet (1758-64) Governor of Muntenia (1768-69) and Prince of Moldavia (1764-68, 1774-77). Paid with his life when he opposed Turkey’s cededing of Bukovina to Austria.
Note 2According to Sturdza he was the son of Mattheos (Gregorios) Ghika & Roxandra Mavrocordato (b. 1673). A Ghika family tree has him as the son of Alexander (Mattheos) Ghika (1698-1741).
Note 3Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 says that he spoke French and Latin and founded a school at Iasi/Jassy. Encouraged German protestant settlers, including watch-makers, to settle in Iasi who establised a church there.
Flags***, Caradja, Ghika, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo
FatherPrince Alexander (Mattheos) Ghika (1698-1741)
MotherElena Eupraghioti (?-?)
Marriage?
SpouseEcaterina (Jacob) Rizo Rangabé
Birth?
Death?
FlagsCalvocoressi, Mourouzis
FatherJacob (Manuel) Rizo Rangabé (1716-1779)
MotherSmaragda (Adamantios) Mourouzis (?-?)
Children
SpouseN. Bals (?-?)
Marriage?
SpousePhilip Catargi (?-?)
Marriage?
SpousePrincess Eufrosina (Nicolae) Caradja (?-1824)
Marriage?
ChildrenIon (Dumitrache) (?-1852)
Iorgu (Dumitrache) (?-?)
Costache (Dumitrache) (?-1870)
Gregory (Dumitrache) (?-1856)
Nicolas (Dumitrache) (?-?)
Smaranda (Dumitrache) (?-?)