Craiova is the largest city in southwestern Romania, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia.

Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei, also written as Stirbey,, a member of the Bibescu boyar family, was a hospodar on two occasions, between 1848 and 1853, and between 1854 and 1856.