Dincă Brătianu

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Constantin Brătianu (*  1768 , 1788 or 1795 in Curtea de Argeş ; Wallachia ; †  February 10, 1844 in Tigveni near Piteşti , Wallachia), called "Dincă" (from Constandin , a rarer transcription of the name originally written in Cyrillic), was a Wallachian boyar and politicians. He was the father of the future Romanian Prime Ministers Dumitru Brătianu and Ion Brătianu .

By the Organic Regulations one was boyars - "parliament" was created in Bucharest, also Constantin "Dincă" Brătianu sat in the

There are different traditions about the origin of the Brătianus . On the mother's side, the Vlădescu grand boyars from Argeş were among their ancestors, into whose clan Constantin's father (or grandfather) Iane (or Ene) Brătianu, a small boyar (Șătrar), is said to have married in the 18th century. National liberal historians and politicians in particular (e.g. Dincă's granddaughter Sabina Brătianu-Cantacuzino, Dincă's great-grandson Gheorghe Brătianu or Ion Duca ) emphasized the autochthony of the family dynasty, which has become a myth. In contrast, a certain Dr. Georgiev, linguist at the Oriental Academy in Vienna, said Constantin Brătianu was of Bulgarian descent and immigrated (only during the Russo-Turkish War ) from Gorna Orjachowiza in Turkish-ruled northern Bulgaria to the then Russian-occupied Wallachia. After another war against the Turks , the Russians reoccupied Wallachia and in 1829 (as in Moldova) established a parliament-like assembly of boyars there (as in Moldova) through the Organic Regulations . Also Constantin Brătianu, thanks to the connection with the Vlădescus meanwhile the richest boyar in the Argeş district , was elected in 1831 as a representative for Argeş in this assembly. In addition, Constantin Brătianu 1,835 judges and prefect of the district Arges was in 1839 awarded him the Wallachian Prince Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica the honorary title Clucer (Treasurer or house Meier ). Allegedly, Constantin Brătianu was not yet able to read and write, or at least only poorly. ( According to the Viennese linguist, instead of reading or writing Romanian , he was said to have spoken Bulgarian .)

With his wife Anastasia (called Anica or Sica ) Tigveanu, who died in 1838 (or 1839) , Constantin Brătianu had three sons and four daughters. The eldest son (Teodor) became a general, the other two sons (Dumitru and Ion) founded the National Liberal Party (Partidul Național Liberal) despite their boyar origins , with the help of which they initially ended the rule of the conservative Boyar Party - until Dumitru allied with the boyar party and overthrew his brother Ion.

Remarks

  1. ↑ This charge was made in 1916 when Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria were at war with Romania. Possibly it was war propaganda with which the then Romanian Prime Minister Ionel Brătianu (a son of Ion and grandson of Constantin Brătianu) should be discredited.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Sabina Cantacuzino: Din viaţa familiei Ion C. Brătianu 1821–1891 , volume 1, pages 19f? and 196 ?. Humanitas, Bucharest 2014
  2. ↑ a b c d Familia Bratienilor si rolul hotarator jucat de aceasta famile si Partidul Liberal
  3. ↑ a b c Alex Drace-Francis: Making of Modern Romanian Culture - Literacy and the Development of National Identity , pp. 43f. IBTauris, London / New York 2006
  4. ↑ a b c d Keith Hitchins: Makers of the Modern World - Ionel Bratianu , page 18ff, Haus Publishing, Bucharest 2011
  5. ↑ Lucian Boia : History and Myth - About the presence of the past in Romanian society , page 236ff. Böhlau, Cologne 2003
  6. ↑ a b Kölnische Zeitung of September 20, 1916: Brătianu - a Bulgarian parent!
personal data
SURNAME Brătianu, Constantin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brătianu, Constandin; Brătianu, Dincă
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wallachian boyar
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1844
Place of death Pitesti