Grigore Alexandru Ghica
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Grigore Alexandru Ghica or Ghika was a Prince of Moldavia between 14 October 1849, and June 1853, and again between 30 October 1854, and 3 June 1856. His wife was Helena, a member of the Sturdza famil
Ghica in 1850
Grigore Alexandru Ghica on a 2008 Moldavian post card
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza was the first domnitor of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as Prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and Prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted
Grigore Alexandru Ghica
…Ottoman authorities agreed to overturn the elections sanctioned by Vogoride. When the Moldo-Wallachian union was effected by the 1859 double election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, who reigned as Domnitor, Ghica's law on censorship served as a model for new legislation, and was generalized throughout Romania. In recognition of…
Photograph by Carol Szathmari, 1859
Hungarian newspaper Vasárnapi Ujság commented "with sympathy and respect" (Carol C. Koka) Cuza's double election in Moldavia and Wallachia
Alexandru Ioan Cuza official portrait
The Al.I. Cuza family residence in Ruginoasa