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Dimitrie Cantemir

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Also known as Dimitrie Cantermir

Prince of Moldavia

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Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723) was a Moldavian nobleman who served as an anthropologist, linguist, historian, and philosopher. Born in Silișteni, he held citizenship in the Principality of Moldavia and the Russian Empire. Cantemir was educated at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College and spoke Latin, Arabic, French, and Turkish. He was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and wrote in French.

His literary output includes works such as *Khronikul romano-moldo-vlakhilor*, *Scurtă povestire despre stârpirea familiilor lui Brâncoveanu și a Cantacuzinilor*, and *L'image infigurable de la science sacro-sainte*. Cantemir was married to Anastasia Ivanovna Trubetskaya, and their children included Antiochus Kantemir, Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna, and Maria Dimitrievna Cantemirova. He died in Dmitrovsk.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1673
Died
1723
Works
53

Top works

  • Scurtă povestire despre stârpirea familiilor lui Brâncoveanu și a Cantacuzinilor
  • Dimitrīi︠a︡ Kantemira, byvshago Kni︠a︡zi︠a︡ v Moldavīi, Istoricheskoe, geograficheskoe i politicheskoe opisanīe Moldavīi s zhiznʹi︠u︡ sochiniteli︠a︡
  • Divanul su galciava inteleptuliu cu lumia
  • Khronikul romano-moldo-vlakhilor
  • Operele principelui Demetriu Cantemiru

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Romania
Active from
1673
Active to
1723

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,088
Total plays
6,998

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Dimitrie Cantemir (October 26, 1673 – August 21, 1723) was twice Prince of Moldavia (in March-April 1693 and in 1710–1711). He was also a prolific man of letters – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer. His name is spelled Dimitrie Cantemir in Romanian, Dmitri Konstantinovich Kantemir (Дмитрий Константинович Кантемир) in Russian, Dimitri Kantemiroğlu in Turkish, Dymitr Kantemir in Polish and Demetre Cantemir in several other languages. <a href="h

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Key facts

Reign
March 1693 – April 1693
Predecessor
Constantin Cantemir
Successor
Constantin Duca
Born
26 October 1673, Silișteni (now Dimitrie Cantemir), Vaslui County , Principality of Moldavia
Died
21 August 1723 (aged 49), Dmitrovsk , Oryol Oblast , Russian Empire
Burial
Trei Ierarhi Monastery , Iași
Spouse
Casandra Cantacuzino, Anastasiya Trubetskaya
Issue
Matei, Șerban, Maria Cantemir , Constantin , Antiochus Kantemir , Ekaterina Golitsyna
House
Cantemirești
Father
Constantin Cantemir

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Works in European collections

17 objects attributed to Dimitrie Cantemir, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir ( Romanian pronunciation: [diˈmitri.e kanteˈmir] ; Russian: Дмитрий Кантемир, romanized: Dmitry Kantemir; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711). During his second term, he allied his state with Russia in a war against Moldavia's Ottoman overlords; Russia's defeat forced Cantemir's family into exile and the replacement of the native voivodes by Greek phanariots. Cantemir was also a prolific writer, variously a: philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer. His son, Antioch, Russia's ambassador to Great Britain and France and a friend of Montesquieu and Voltaire, would become known as "the father of Russian poetry".

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