GHICA FAMILY

The Ghica Palace in Comăneşti

The House of Great Ban Mihai Ghica in Bucharest (early 19th century)

The 'Ghicas' were a noble family, ruling Wallachia and Moldavia for much of the period from the 17th century through the 19th century. The family became Hellenized at an early stage in order to join the Phanariote Greek society.
Likely of Aromanian heritage, the Ghicas originated in the region of modern Albania and came north to Wallachia during the Ottoman period (''Ghica'' is a very common last name in Albania). The Ghica family in modern Romania originates from the Ghicas of the Ottoman period.

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Princes of Wallachia
Princes of Moldavia
Prime Ministers of Romania
Others

Princes of Wallachia



Gheorghe Ghica: 1659-1660 and 1673-1678

Grigore I Ghica: 1660-1664 and 1672-1673

Grigore II Ghica: 1733-1735 and 1748-1752

Matei Ghica: 1752-1753

Scarlat Ghica: 1758-1761 and 1765-1766

Alexandru Ghica: 1766-1768

Grigore III Ghica: 1768-1769

Grigore IV Ghica: 1822-1828

Alexandru II Ghica: 1834-1842

Princes of Moldavia



Gheorghe Ghica: 1658-1659, 1735-1741 and 1747-1748

Matei Ghica: 1753-1756

Scarlat Ghica: 1757-1758

Grigore III Ghica: 1764-1767 and 1774-1777

Grigore Alexandru Ghica: 1849-1853 and 1854-1856

Prime Ministers of Romania



Ion Ghica: 1866-1867 and 1870-1871

Dimitrie Ghica: 1868-1870

Others



Elena Ghica (1828-1888), writer

Pantazi Ghica (1831-1882), writer, politician and financier

Dimitrie Ghica-Comăneşti (1840-1923), politician, explorer of Africa, hunter, member of Parliament

Nicolae Ghica-BudeÅŸti (1869-1943), architect

Albert Gjika (late 19th century), pretender to the Albanian throne

Vladimir Ghika (1873-1954), Roman Catholic archbishop

Alexandrina Pallady (1876-1944), adopted Ghica and married Cantacuzino, feminist and fascist activist

Matyla Ghyka (1881-1965), writer

Dimitrie Ghyka (?-1967?), diplomat and memoirist

Alexandru Ghika (1902-1964), mathematician

Åžerban Ghica (1919-2006), rugby union player and anti-communist activist

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