Alexandru II Ghica

Ruler of Wallachia

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Alexandru II Ghica

Prince of Wallachia
Reign	April 1834 – 7 October 1842
Predecessor	Grigore IV Ghica
Successor	Gheorghe Bibescu

Born	(1796-05-01)May 1, 1796
Died	January 1862 (1862-02) (aged 65) Naples
House	Ghica family
Father	Demetriu Ghica
Mother	Eufrosine Caradja
Religion	Orthodox

Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica^[1] (1 May 1796^[2] – January 1862), a member of the Ghica family, was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam (regent) from July 1856 to October 1858.^{[citation needed]}

Family

He was son of Demetriu Ghica and Eufrosine Caradja.^[3] His brothers were Grigore IV Ghica^[1] and Michai Ghica, father of Elena Ghica (pen-name Dora d'Istria).^[4]

Biography

Alexandru was appointed jointly by the Ottoman Empire and Russia (1834–1842) as hospodar of Walachia. Under him the so-called règlement organique had been promulgated; an attempt was made to codify the laws in conformity with the institutions of the country and to secure better administration of justice.^[5]

At the end of his reign as Prince of Wallachia, he was replaced by the Russian-backed Gheorghe Bibescu.^[6]

He died in Naples in 1862.^[3]^[7]

Preceded by Russian occupation	Prince of Wallachia 1834–1842	Succeeded by Gheorghe Bibescu
Preceded by Austrian occupation	Caimacan of Wallachia 1856–1858	Succeeded by Ioan Manu Emanoil Băleanu Ioan A. Filipide

References

^ ^a ^b Ghica (1905, p. 591)
^ Iorga (1906, p. 3)
^ ^a ^b Xenopol (1897, p. 307)
^ de Haan, Daskalova & Loutfi (2006, p. 158)
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gaster, Moses (1911). "Ghica s.v. Prince Alexander Ghica". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 921.
^ Ghica (1905, pp. 592–593)
^ Sturdza (1904, p. 461)

Bibliography

Ghica, Ion (1905). Scrisori către V. Alecsandri (in Romanian). Leon Alcalay. Retrieved 27 November 2021 – via Google Books.
Xenopol, Alexandru Dimitrie (1897). Istoria și genealogia casei Callimachi (in Romanian). Tip. Curții Regale, F. Göbl FII.
de Haan, Francisca; Daskalova, Krasimira; Loutfi, Anna (2006-01-01). Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-7326-39-4.
Iorga, Nicolae (1906). Studiĭ și documente cu privire la Istoria romînilor (in Romanian, German, Latin, and Italian). Vol. 11–12. Editura Ministeriuluĭ de Instruct̨ie Publică.
Sturdza, Alexandru A. C. (1904). La terre et la race roumaines depuis leurs origines jusqu'à nos jours (in French). L. Laveur.