Caradja
Caradja or Karadja ( Greek Καρατζάς Karatzas , Romanian Caragea ) is the name of a Greek - Phanariotic noble family that provided princes of Wallachia . Descendants of the male line live in Germany today.
Origin and meaning
The Caradja house is of Greek- Byzantine origin, probably from Constantinople .
The book Alexiad by the Byzantine historian Anna Komnena contains the earliest sources on the history of the family:
Argyros Karadja (Caratzas) was sent to Dalmatia by Alexios I (Byzantium) in 1091, where he was appointed Duke of Durazzo and in 1094 as Duke of Philippopolis .
In 1453 Eustache Karadja was the mediator between the Patriarch and the Sultan.
In 1591 Constantin Caradja was the “Grand Postelinc” (Lord Chamberlain) in the Principality of Moldova and thus the first known family member in the Romanian principalities. The genealogy of the family has been completely documented since this generation. His grandson Jean Caradja founded the monastery of Slobozia (Wallachia) as "Postelnic" (chamberlain) of Wallachia and in 1625 initiated the restoration of St. Sava Church in Iași . The two main branches of the family go back to the second grandson Constantin (Kostas) Caradja, also "Grand Postelnic" in Moldova in 1653. The branch of his son Dumitrasco Caradja is known among other things for Nicolae Caradja (1737–1784), Prince of Wallachia from 1782–1783 and expires in 1918 with Prince Georges Caradja in Greece. The branch that currently still exists can be traced back to his second son Georges Caradja. Receives its firstborn Scarlat (Charles) caradja (1695-1780) as "Grand Dragoman " the Sublime Porte by Sultan Abdulhamid I. on September 26, 1774 entitled "Prince Honoraire" of the Principality of Moldova (Moldo-Valachia). His brother Jean Caradja (1700–1793) is from 1761–1763 as Joannicios III. Patriarch of Constantinople . The grandson of Scarlat (Charles), Jean Georges Caradja (1754–1844), Prince of Wallachia from 1812–1818, left behind two sons ("Beyzadés" ie sons of the ruler), Georges and Constantin, of whom the current members of the family descend in Germany.
Descendants of Beyzadé Georges Caradja and Smaragda Bibica Rosetti
Prince Aristide Caradja (1861–1955) married to Mathilde Grecianu (1862–1945), daughter of the Univ. Professors Alexandre Grecianu (1828-1894) from Iași :
They had five children:
- Prince Constantin Nicolas Caradja (1892–1961) married to Catherine Krezulescu (1893–1993); their children:
- Princess Irène Mathilde Catherine Caradja (1915–1940) married to Constantin Emandi († 1940)
- Princess Marie Constance Lucie Caradja (1916–1933)
- Princess Alexandra (Tanda) Caradja (1920–1997)
- Princess Marguerite Marie Catherine Caradja (1893–1933), married to Leon Sculy Logotheti
- Princess Lucie Caradja (1894–1950) married to Carl Alfred Alioth
- Princess Marcelle Hélène Caradja (1896–1971), married to Prince Constantin Jean Lars Anthony Démetre Karadja (1889–1950)
- Prince Alexandre Caradja (1900–1930)
Descendants of Beyzadé Constantin Caradja and Adèle Condo-Dandolo
- Prince Jean Constantin Alexandre Othon Karadja Pascha (1835–1894), Ministre Plénipotentiaire, married to Marie-Louise Smith (1868–1943), daughter of the Swedish senator and industrialist Lars Olsson Smith. Children:
- Prince Constantin Jean Lars Anthony Démetre Karadja (1889–1950), Consul General of Romania, married to Princess Marcelle Hélène Caradja (1896–1971), daughter of Prince Aristide Caradja (see above).
- Prince Jean (Ion) Aristide Caradja (1917–1993), married to Minna Frieda Auguste Starke (1911–1992) and second marriage to Georgeta Cătănescu (* 1915).
- Prince Constantin Jean Lars Anthony Démetre Karadja (1889–1950), Consul General of Romania, married to Princess Marcelle Hélène Caradja (1896–1971), daughter of Prince Aristide Caradja (see above).
Well-known namesake (chronological structure)
- Joannikios III. (1700–1793), Archbishop of the Patriarchal Monastery in Peć, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1739–1746), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1761–1763);
- Nicolae Caradja (1737–1784), Prince of Wallachia from 1782–1783;
- Jean George Caradja (1754–1844), Prince of Wallachia from 1812–1818, founder of the first modern code of law in the Principality of Wallachia, financier of the Greek Revolution as a member of the Filiki Eteria ;
- Ralou Caradja (1778–1870) - art patron and founder of the first theater in Bucharest , named "Cişmeaua Roşie", participant in the Greek Revolution (1821–1829);
- Constantin Caradja (1795-1860) - Greek diplomat
- Adèle Caradja, b. Condo- Dandolo (1814–1890) - descendant of the famous Venetian Doge family, Dandolo;
- Katharina Caradja, b. Botzaris - lady-in-waiting of Queen Amalie of Greece , daughter of the Greek freedom fighter Markos Botzaris ;
- Jean Karadja Pasha (1835-1894) - officer and diplomatic special envoy of the Ottoman Empire for the Nordic countries;
- Aristide Caradja (1861–1955) - natural scientist ( entomologist ), lawyer, honorary member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences ;
- Marie Karadja , b. Smith (1868–1943) - spiritualist and anti-Semite; Daughter of Lars Olsson Smith , founder of Absolut Vodka ;
- Constantin Karadja (1889–1950) - diplomat, lawyer, historian, Righteous Among the Nations , honorary member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences ;
- Catherine Caradja (born Ecaterina Olimpia Creţulescu , 1893–1993), philanthropist and human rights activist.
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bibliography
- Eugène Rizo Rangabé, Livre d'Or de la Noblesse Phanariote et de Familles Princières de Valachie et de Moldavie , Athens, 1892
- V. Laurent, “Argyros Karatzas, protokuropalates et duc de Philippopolis”, Revista Istorica 29 (1943), 203-210