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Dimitrie Cantemir was a male anthropologist, linguist, historian, and philosopher born in 1673 in Silișteni. He was a member of the Cantemirești family and the son of Constantin Cantemir. His siblings included Antioh Cantemir, and he married Anastasia Ivanovna Trubetskaya. They had children named Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna, Maria Dimitrievna Cantemirova, and Antiochus Kantemir. Cantemir held the noble title of knyaz and was educated at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College.
He was a citizen of the Principality of Moldavia and the Russian Empire. Cantemir spoke Latin, Arabic, French, and Turkish, and wrote in French. His native language was Romanian. He was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. Notable works include *Scurtă povestire despre stârpirea familiilor lui Brâncoveanu și a Cantacuzinilor*, *Divanul su galciava inteleptuliu cu lumia*, *Khronikul romano-moldo-vlakhilor*, *Operele principelui Demetriu Cantemiru*, and *L'image infigurable de la science sacro-sainte*. He died in 1723 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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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Romania
- Active from
- 1673
- Active to
- 1723
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- Total plays
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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
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dimitri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Principality of Moldavia
- Place of birth
- Silișteni
- Place of death
- Dmitrovsk
- Father
- Constantin Cantemir
- Sibling
- Antioh Cantemir
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Phanar Greek Orthodox College
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Native language
- Romanian
- Family
- Cantemirești
- Noble title
- knyaz
- Conflict
- Russo-Persian War of 1722–23
- Image
- Dimitrie Cantemir - Portrait from Descriptio Moldaviae, 1716 (crop).jpg
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- Commons category
- Dimitrie Cantemir
- date of birth
- 1673-10-26
- date of death
- 1723-09-01
- member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- Commons Creator page
- Dimitrie Cantemir
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- writing language
- French
- name in native language
- Dimitrie Cantemir
- ethnic group
- Romanians
- replaced by
- Constantine Ducas
- civil rank
- Privy Councillor
Sources (6)
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Works in European collections
17 objects attributed to Dimitrie Cantemir, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
History of the Ottoman Empire after its growth and decline
Histoire de l'empire othoman où se voyent les causes de son aggrandissement et de sa decadence, avec des notes très instructives
Histoire de l'empire othoman où se voyent les causes de son aggrandissement et de sa decadence, avec des notes très instructives
Histoire de l'empire othoman où se voyent les causes de son aggrandissement et de sa decadence, avec des notes très instructives
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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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