Mavrokordatos
Mavrokordato (s) ( Greek Μαυροκορδάτος ), according to other transcription rules also Maurokordatos or Mavrocordat , often also transcribed with voiced Velar Mavrogordato (s) or Maurogordato , is the name of an old-established noble family from Chios and in particular a merchant from the island of Chios Mavrokordatos (Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος; 17th century) declining Phanariotic family. The family originally comes from Kefalonia .
Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1641–1709), first a doctor, then an interpreter in Constantinople, acted as a Grand Logothet, mediating between the patriarchate and the Ottoman government. On behalf of the Sultan, he was instrumental in shaping the Peace of Karlowitz , which he signed for the Ottoman side in 1699, for which Emperor Leopold I raised him to the rank of imperial count. His son Nikolaos Mavrokordatos (1670–1730) was elected from 1709 by the boyars ( dependent on the Sublime Porte ) Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia . His sons Konstantinos and Ioannis also held these offices at times . Constantin's great-nephew, Prince Alexandros (1791-1865), was elected first prime minister after Greece's independence in 1822 and held this office, as well as that of foreign and finance ministers, several times.
Name bearer Mavrokordatos
Well-known namesake of the Phanariotic family in the name form Mavrokordatos are:
- Alexandros Mavrokordatos (Dragoman) Ἀλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος , also: Alexandru Mavrocordat (1641–1709), Dragoman of the Sultan Mehmed IV during the Great Turkish War
- Nikolaos Mavrokordatos Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος, also: Nicolae Mavrocordat (1670–1730), son of the Dragoman Alexandros Mavrokordatos and the first phanariotic gospodar of the Danube principalities
- Konstantinos Mavrokordatos Κωνσταντῖνος Μαυροκορδάτος , also: Constantin Mavrocordat (1711–1769), son of the Dragoman Alexandros Mavrokordatos and Gospodar of Wallachia and Moldova
- Ioannis Mavrokordatos Ἰωάννης Μαυροκορδάτος , also: Ioan Mavrocordat (18th century), Kaymakam of Moldova, Prince of Wallachia and financier of the Philocalie
- Alexandros Mavrokordatos (Prime Minister) Ἀλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος (1791–1865), grandson of Konstantinos Mavrokordatos' half-brother and Greek politician and multiple Prime Minister
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Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph Thomas: The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology , Vol. 3, Cosimo, New York 2009 (reprint of the 1887 edition), p. 1552 ( preview from Google Books , accessed June 2, 2014).