Alexandru II Ghica
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Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica, a member of the Ghica family, was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam from July 1856 to October 1858.
Alexander II. Ghika
Dora d'Istria
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Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica, was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian origin. She was an advocate for the Albanian national cause of
Alexandru II Ghica
…October 1858. He was son of Demetriu Ghica and Eufrosine Caradja. His brothers were Grigore IV Ghica and Michai Ghica, father of Elena Ghica (pen-name Dora d'Istria). Alexandru was appointed jointly by the Ottoman Empire and Russia (1834–1842) as hospodar of Wallachia. Under him the so-called règlement organique…
Portrait of Dora d'Istria by Petre Mateescu (1876)
Lithographed portrait of Dora d'Istria