Mourousis family
The Mourousis or Moruzi are a family which was first mentioned in the Empire of Trebizond. Its origins have been lost, but the two prevalent theories are that they were either a local family originating in a village which has a related name or else one that arrived with the Venetians during the Fourth Crusade (since there are records of a Venetian family with a similar name a generation earlier). They became one of the leading families of Greek Phanariotes. The family moved to present-day Romania (the Danubian Principalities) in the 17th century, became Dragomans and boyars, and gave Wallachia and Moldavia two hospodars – Princes Constantine and Alexander. Great grandson of Constantine — Dmitri after appraisal of Greeks in 1821 fled to Russia. His progeny was permitted to use Prince title in 1893 и 1905. Members of the family remained in Romania and Bessarabia until the Soviet occupation post-World War II.
[edit] Other members
- Nicholas Morousis (d. 1821) Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Fleet
- Alexandru Constantin Moruzi (1815–1878), economist and politician
- Dumitru C. Moruzi (1850–1914), folkorist and writer
- Maria Moruzi-Cuza (d.1921), wife of Ion I. C. Brătianu, and mother of Gheorghe I. Brătianu
[edit] References
- (Romanian) Iurie Colesnic, Reîntoarcerea pribeagului (on Dumitru C. Moruzi and his family).
- Petre Out, "«Adevărul rămâne oricare ar fi soarta celor care l-au servit». Gh.I.Brătianu — un istoric printre politicieni", in Dosarele Istoriei, 1/VI, 2001.
[edit] External links
- (Romanian) The Moruzi Family Manor
