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Callimachi family

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Coat of arms of Princes Callimachi[1]

The House of Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (Greek: Καλλιμάχη, Russian: Каллимаки, Turkish: Kalimakizade; originally Calmașul or Călmașu), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian (Romanian) and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.

History

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Originating in the boyardom of Orhei County, it gave Moldavia four reigning princes. The family remains present today in modern Romania.

Family tree of the Callimachi family

Notable members

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Agnatic

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Matrilineal

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By marriage

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References

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  1. ^ Rizo Rangabé, Eugène (1892). Livre d'or de la noblesse phanariote en Grèce, en Roumanie, en Russie et en Turquie / par un phanariote (in French). S. C. Vlastos. p. 11.