Constantin G. Cantacuzino, also known as Costache Cantacozino or Costandin Cantacuzino, was the Caimacam of Wallachia in September 1848–June 1849, appointed directly by the Ottoman Empire. A member of
Mihail Töpler's portrait of Maricuța Cantacuzino
The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and nationalist uprising in the Principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of 1848, and closely connected with the unsuccessful revolt
Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877)
…princely election of December 1842. After years in self-imposed exile, Cantacuzino returned with the Ottoman Army in September 1848, helping to quell the 1848 Revolution—although his own son, Ion C. Cantacuzino, had been active within the revolutionary movement. Supervised by Fuad Pasha, Constantin sent the revolutionary…
People in Bucharest during the 1848 events, carrying the Romanian tricolor, by Costache Petrescu
Resistance of the firemen on Dealul Spirii
Lithograph of a group portrait by Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, showing Paris-based revolutionaries during the early 1840s. From left: Rosenthal (wearing a Phrygian cap), C. A. Rosetti, anonymous Wallachian
The Proclamation of Islaz