Gheorghe Cantacuzino
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Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (22 September 1833 – 22 March 1913) was a Conservative Romanian politician who twice served as the Prime Minister of Romania
: between 23 April 1899 and 19 July 1900 and between 4 January 1906 and 24 March 1907. He resigned from office after failing to put down a peasants' revolt
.
He was born into the Romanian noble Cantacuzino family
and was a descendant of Romanian voivods and Byzantine Emperors. The Cantacuzino Palace of Bucharest
(nowadays the George Enescu Museum) and the Cantacuzino Castle
of Buşteni
were built by him.
He had five sons. The third son, Nicolae Cantacuzino was the richest man in Romania before the land reform that followed World War I. Nicolae had three sons and two daughters — Stefan, Marga, Andronic, Senta and George Henri.
Prime Minister of Romania
The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers , when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers...
: between 23 April 1899 and 19 July 1900 and between 4 January 1906 and 24 March 1907. He resigned from office after failing to put down a peasants' revolt
1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt
The 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt took place in March 1907 in Moldavia and it quickly spread, reaching Wallachia. The main cause was the discontent of the peasants about the inequity of land ownership, which was in the hands of just a few large landowners....
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He was born into the Romanian noble Cantacuzino family
Cantacuzino family
The Cantacuzino or Cantacuzène family is an old boyar family of Wallachia and Moldavia, a branch of Greek Kantakouzinos family, allegedly descended from the Byzantine Emperor John VI Cantacuzenus. No definite genealogical links between Byzantine Greek and Romanian Cantacuzinos have been established...
and was a descendant of Romanian voivods and Byzantine Emperors. The Cantacuzino Palace of Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
(nowadays the George Enescu Museum) and the Cantacuzino Castle
Cantacuzino Castle
Cantacuzino Castle is situated in Busteni in Zamora street. The building, whose construction works were completed in 1911, was conducted by the architect Gregory Cerchez at the request of Prince George Grigore Cantacuzino. The Castle belonged to the family Cantacuzino until nationalization of 1948,...
of Buşteni
Busteni
Buşteni is a small mountain town in the north of the county Prahova, in the center of Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi mountains, that have a maximum altitude of 2505 m. Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. One village, Poiana Ţapului, is...
were built by him.
He had five sons. The third son, Nicolae Cantacuzino was the richest man in Romania before the land reform that followed World War I. Nicolae had three sons and two daughters — Stefan, Marga, Andronic, Senta and George Henri.