Callimachi_family

Callimachi family

Callimachi family

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The House of Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (Greek: Καλλιμάχη, Russian: Каллимаки, Turkish: Kalimakizade; originally Calmașul or Călmașu), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian (Romanian) and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.

Coat of arms of Princes Callimachi[1]

History

Originating in the boyardom of Orhei County, it gave Moldavia four reigning princes. The family remains present today in modern Romania.

Family tree of the Callimachi family

Notable members

Agnatic

Matrilineal

By marriage

  • Dida Solomon-Callimachi, Romanian actress and writer

References

  1. [1]
    Rizo Rangabé, Eugène (1892). Livre d'or de la noblesse phanariote en Grèce, en Roumanie, en Russie et en Turquie / par un phanariote (in French). S. C. Vlastos. p. 11.


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