Callimachi family

Callimachi family

Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (originally "Calmaşul" or "Călmaşu") was a Moldavian-Greek Phanariote boyar and princely family, originating with a group of free peasants living in the Orhei area of Bessarabia. It remained present in modern Romania.

Members

*Vasile Călmaşul: b. 1640, Landowner in Bucovina
*Teodor Călmaşul: (1660—1740) vornic (headman) of Câmpulung, father of Ioan and Gavriil
*Ioan Teodor Callimachi: Prince of Moldavia 1758-1761
*Gavriil Callimachi: Orthodox monk, Mitropolite 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" only, under Imperial Russian occupation, 1807-1810; 1812-1819); Prince of Wallachia, 1821 "de-jure" only - prevented from reaching his throne by the Pandur uprising
*Alexandros Kallimachis: Ottoman diplomat, governor of Samos Island 1850-1854
*Scarlat Callimachi: communist activist
*Andrew Calimach: author

ources

*Nita Dan Danielescu. "Gavriil Callimachi, ctitorul Catedralei mitropolitane Sf. Gheorghe din Iasi" "Ziarul Lumina," 2006-02-20
*Narcis Dorin Ion. "Castele, palate şi conace din România," 2003
*Ghyka family website, genealogical tree [http://www.ghyka.com/Familles/Callimaki/Callimaki_01.pdf]


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