Ion C. Bratianu

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Ion C. Bratianu

Ion Constantin Brătianu (born June 2, 1821 in Piteşti , † May 16, 1891 in Florica ), called Iancu or "the elder", was Romanian Prime Minister in 1867 and from 1876 to 1888 .

Life

Ion was the son of Constantin "Dincă" Brătianu and the younger brother of Theodor Brătianu (1812-1884) and Dimitrie Brătianu . After fifteen years of training in Paris , interrupted by a short revolutionary agitation career in Bucharest in 1848, Ion Brătianu returned to Romania in 1857. The year before, the Third Paris Treaty ended the Crimean War and largely robbed Russia of its influence in Romania. This enabled the formation of a nation state from the previous principalities of the region. Brătianu and his like-minded fellows drove this development forward and in 1859 they took the first step towards the emergence of Romania with the unification of the principalities of Moldova and Wallachia .

Brătianu, who was still decidedly republican in 1848, had developed along with the majority of the national movement in a monarchist direction. In 1866 he established the noble Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family as the ruling dynasty. When his Liberal Party ruled for a short time in 1867 and from 1876 to 1888, Brătianu became Prime Minister. In 1877 he led his country on the Slavic side in the Serbian-Ottoman War and was the Romanian negotiator in the subsequent Berlin Treaty of 1878, which meant the international recognition of his country, but also the loss of territory. The elevation to the Kingdom of 1881 was also significantly influenced by the Prime Minister. In terms of foreign policy, Brătianu turned away from Russia after the Serbian-Turkish War and leaned against Germany and Austria.

In the last year of his tenure as prime minister, the ultra-conservative opposition allied with his brother Dimitrie opposed Brătianu. Opposition members penetrated the royal palace and the parliament in Bucharest . There was bloodshed when the summoned military drove the insurgents out. As a result of the uprisings and street riots and a lack of support, Brătianu resigned in March 1888.

With his wife Caliopia (Pia) Brătianu, geb. Pleșoianu (1841-1920), he had three sons. His sons Ion IC Brătianu and Vintilă Brătianu were also Romanian heads of government, his son Constantin Brătianu was the last chairman of the Partidul Național Liberal . His daughter Sabina Brătianu-Cantacuzino (1863-1944) was a historian.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 1, page 225
  2. ↑ The week of March 22-28. March 1888. Articles from the German weekly magazine (Fvn-rs.net) accessed on January 5, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Brătianu, Ion C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brătianu, Ion Constantin (full name); Brătianu, Iancu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Pitesti
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1891
Place of death Florica