Mavrokordatos Μαυροκορδάτος | |
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Country | Byzantine Empire Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire Russia Greece |
Current region | Danubian Principalities |
Place of origin | Chios, Byzantine Empire (now Greece) |
Founded | 16th century |
Founder | Nikolaos Mavrokordatos |
Titles | Imperial Count of the Holy Roman Empire Prince of Wallachia Prince of Moldavia Prince of Russia |
The House of Mavrokordatos (also Mavrocordato, Mavrocordatos, Mavrocordat, Mavrogordato or Maurogordato; Greek: Μαυροκορδάτος) is the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks originally from Chios, a branch of which was distinguished in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, and modern Greece.[1]
The family, whose members given the title of Imperial Count by Leopold I in 1699 later became Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia, was founded by the late-Byzantine noble (and merchant) Nikolaos Mavrokordatos (1522–1570) from the island of Chios. In 1875 the Mavrocordatoi were also recognized as Princes of the Russian Empire by the Emperor Alexander II of Russia.