Katharina Caradja Botzaris

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Joseph Stieler's painting by Katharina, 1841

Katharina "Rosa" Botzaris , married Caradja (Greek: Κατερίνα Μπότσαρη) (* 1818 or 1820 in Ioannina ; † 1875 ) was a daughter of the Greek freedom fighter Markos Botzaris and by marriage a member of the Caradja family . She was the maid of honor of Amalie, Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Greece .

Katharina Caradja, painted by Pietro Luchini, 1845

Life

Katharina Botzaris was born in Ioannina in 1818 or 1820 and comes from the soulioten family Botzaris. Her father, Markos Botzaris, was a respected military leader in the Greek Revolution . With the outbreak of this revolution, Katharina was captured by the Ottomans and taken to a remote part of the Ottoman Empire . Here she was placed in the care of Ottoman women of the upper class, one of whom wanted to adopt her.

After an exchange of prisoners, however, she returned to her family and chose the new Greece as her home. Her brother Demetrios was a wing adjutant and later became Minister of War of King Otto I of Greece. Catherine was appointed lady-in-waiting by Queen Amalie. In this role, Katharina accompanied the Queen to numerous receptions at the royal courts of Europe. In 1844 King Ludwig I of Bavaria awarded her  the Order of Ludwig . The portrait painted by Joseph Karl Stieler was created in 1841 and is now in the beauty gallery of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.

In 1845 she married the Greek general Prince George Caradja , son of Jean Georges Caradja , prince of Wallachia . The marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters.

The rose variety "Botzaris" was named after her.

Web links

Commons : Katerina Botsaris  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eleni Bistika: "Αικατερίνη - Ρόζα Μπότσαρη, στη σκιά του ονόματος" μυθιστορηματική βιογραφία από την Κατερίνα Αγραφιώτη, εκδόσεις Πάπυρος, Της Ελενης Μπιστικα | Kathimerini. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e House of Bavarian History - Kingdom - Katharina Botzaris (1841). Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Harvard University: Poikilē stoa: ethnikē eikonographēnenē epetēris ... Etos 1-16, 1881-1914 . Estia, 1881 ( archive.org [accessed November 9, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Γιάννης Καιροφύλας: Η Αθήνα στου Όθωνα τα χρόνια . Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη, 2011, ISBN 978-960-03-5312-9 ( google.gr [accessed November 9, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Botzaris, Katharina Caradja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caradja, Katharina; Caradja, Rosa (nickname); Botzaris (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of the revolutionary hero Markos Botzaris and a member of the Caradja family
DATE OF BIRTH 1818 or 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Ioannina
DATE OF DEATH 1875