Prince Nicolae Vogoride (

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version; Bulgarian: Никола or Николай Богориди, ''Nikola'' or ''Nikolay Bogoridi''; Greek: Νικόλαος Βογορίδης, ''Nikolaos Vogoridis''; tr, Nikolaki Bey), (1820, Iași,

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...

– 12 April 1863,

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, Romanian United Principalities) was a caimacam (temporary replacement of

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; from tr,

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) who ruled

between 1857–1858, following the

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Biography

He was the son of Stefan Bogoridi, an Ottoman high official of Bulgarian ethnicity who also served as Moldavia's governor in 1820–1821, and brother of Alexander Bogoridi. His mother was Ralou Skilitzi. In 1856, as

Grigore Alexandru Ghica was removed by the Treaty of Paris, although Moldavia remained technically under the

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of the Ottoman Empire, Vogoride was appointed as finance minister under the new government of caimacam Teodor Balş. When Balş died on March 1, 1857, Vogoride replaced him. He showed himself to be an ultra-conservative, and was against the union of Moldavia with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality — the union project was advanced by the

liberals who had taken part in the 1848 Moldavian revolution and, returning from exile, were organizing themselves as '' Partida Naţională''. The Treaty of Paris also required elections for the Moldavian Assembly, to be supervised by the Ottoman ambassadors of the signing parties. When these were held on July 19 of that year, Vogoride rigged the election lists to ensure a conservative majority with a strong Ottoman bias. When Sultan Abdülmecid I, with the assurances of Imperial Austria, did not void the election, Moldavia's other overseers ( French Empire, Imperial Russia,

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

and the Kingdom of Sardinia) broke diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire on August 4; by August 9, a compromise had been reached, the first election was annulled, and a new one was held on September 22. Not unsurprisingly, the majority of those elected were in favor of the union of the two principalities. Vogoride was removed from office in October 1858.

Personal life

Vogoride studied in the Greek Orthodox College in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

and later married into the wealthy Conachi family (1846), and sometimes thereafter used the name ''Nicolae Conachi-Vogoride''. His wife was Princess Ecaterina Conachi, and they had four children: Prince Emanoil, Prince Constantin, Princess Maria and Princess Lucia.Vogoride
He died in

. His burial was in 1863 at Brăila. One year later, his wife Princess Ecaterina married Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa.

References

External links

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''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vogoride, Nicolae Bulgarian nobility Romanian people of Bulgarian descent Nobility from Iași Rulers of Moldavia 1820 births 1863 deaths