Karatheodori

The Karatheodori family (further spellings of the name: Karatheodori, Caratheodory, Carathéodori) has a long diplomatic tradition and various family members held important government posts in Constantinople. She belongs to the so-called Phanariotes , the Greek upper class of the Ottoman Empire. The family originally comes from the village of Vosnochori (Βοσνοχώρι) today Nea Vyssa (Νέα Βύσσα) near Orestiada .

Important representatives

• Alexander Carathéodory Pasha (1833–1906), Ottoman diplomat of Greek descent
• Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950), German mathematician of Greek-Phanariotic origin

literature

• Maria Georgiadou: Expert knowledge between tradition and reform. The Carathéodorys: a Neo-Phanariot Family in 19th Century Constantinople. In: Méropi Anastassiadou-Dumont (ed.): Médecins et ingénieurs ottomans à l'âge des nationalismes. Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7068-1762-6 , pp. 243-294. (English)