Ana Ipătescu

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Ana Ipătescu ( 1805 - March 13, 1875 ) was a participant in the Romanian Revolution of 1848 .

Life

Ana Ipătescu was born in 1805 in a suburb of Bucharest into a middle-class family. Her parents were the merchant and cavalry officer Atanasie Ghiulerasa and his wife Catinca. Her father remarried after Catinca's death. Her stepmother tried to prevent her from going to school, but managed to get her way and get a good education. At the age of 22, she left home and married the homeowner Ivancea Dimitriu. However, he was mainly interested in her dowry , so she divorced in 1831. Her father died that same year, and several plaintiffs litigated for his property. Threatened by poverty, she married Nicolae Ipătescu, an official in the Wallachian Foreign Ministry, in 1832 , and took his name. She accompanied him to meetings of the Frăţia secret society , which gathered students and intellectuals interested in the progressive development of Wallachia, including Ion Heliade-Rădulescu , Nicolae Bălcescu , Christian Tell, Nicolae Golescu , Ion Ghica and CA Rosetti.

Participation in the revolution

After Prince Bibescu had fled the popular uprising in June 1848, the intellectuals and officials gathered in the Frăţia formed the provisional government. On June 19, the new government was arrested by a conspiracy led by Conservative officers Odobescu and Solomon. Ana Ipătescu, armed with a pistol in each hand, managed to break into the royal palace at the head of a crowd and free the detainees. As reported by Bavarian and Austrian newspapers, the revolution in Wallachia was initially saved. It is possible that her love for the revolutionary Nicolae Golescu was a motive for her actions.

After the suppression of the revolution, her husband was banished to the Ottoman Empire in 1850 , but released in 1851 at her request. He died in 1869. Ana Ipatescu continued to lead an inconspicuous life and died on March 13, 1875. Her request to be buried in the Orthodox monastery Pasărea was not granted . Her grave is unknown.

Various Romanian streets, squares and schools are named after her.

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Barbata" care ia salvat pe pasoptisti , Alexandru Nastase, jurnalul antena3.ro, March 1, 2004 (Romanian)
  2. ↑ a b PORTRAIT: Ana Ipătescu - simbolul feminin al Revoluţiei de la 1848 , Razvan Moceanu, Radio România Cultural, March 13, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Ipătescu, Ana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1875