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Rodocanachi Family
The Rodocanachi family () is the name of an old Greek Phanariots, Phanariote family, originated from the island of Chios, whose members played important political role in the history of modern Greece, the Danubian Principalities and later in the United Kingdom. Mihail Dimitri Sturdza, ''Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople'', self-published, Paris, 1983, pp. 398-9. Notable members * Constantine Rodocanachi (1635–1687), Ottoman-Greek physician, chemist, lexicographer and academic * Demetrius Rhodocanakis (1840–1902), British-Greek merchant and pretender * George Rodocanachi (1875-1944), British-born physician, World War II escape line leader. * Jacques Rodocanachi (1882-1925), French fencer * Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi (1821-1901), Greek trader and banker of London * Pavlos Rodokanakis, Paolo Rodocanachi (1891-1958), Italian-born Greek painter * Pierre Rodocanachi (born 1938), French fencer References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodocanachi Mausoleum, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, West Norwood Cemetery - Geograph
Rodocanachi ( el, Ροδοκανάκη) is a Greek surname originating on the island of Chios, Mihail Dimitri Sturdza, ''Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople'', self-published, Paris, 1983, pp. 398-9. and may refer to: * Constantine Rodocanachi (1635–1687), Ottoman-Greek physician, chemist, lexicographer and academic * George Rodocanachi (1875-1944), British-born physician * Jacques Rodocanachi (1882-1925), French fencer * Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi (1821-1901), Greek trader and banker of London * Pavlos Rodokanakis, Paolo Rodocanachi (1891-1958), Italian-born Greek painter * Pierre Rodocanachi (born 1938), French fencer References {{surname Greek-language surnames Surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phanariots
Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots ( el, Φαναριώτες, ro, Fanarioți, tr, Fenerliler) were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar (Φανάρι, modern ''Fener''), the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is located, who traditionally occupied four important positions in the Ottoman Empire: Voivode of Moldavia, Voivode of Wallachia, Grand Dragoman, and Grand Dragoman of the Fleet. Despite their cosmopolitanism and often-Western education, the Phanariots were aware of their Greek ancestry and culture; according to Nicholas Mavrocordatos' ''Philotheou Parerga'', "We are a race completely Hellenic". They emerged as a class of wealthy Greek merchants (of mostly noble Byzantine descent) during the second half of the 16th century, and were influential in the administration of the Ottoman Empire's Balkan domains in the 18th century. The Phanariots usually built their houses in the Phanar quarter to be near the court of the Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chios
Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of Mastic (plant resin), mastic gum and its nickname is "the Mastic Island". Tourist attractions include its medieval villages and the 11th-century monastery of Nea Moni of Chios, Nea Moni, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Chios (regional unit), Chios regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean modern regions of Greece, region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Chios, North Aegean, Chios. Locals refer to Chios town as ''Chora'' ( literally means land or country, but usually refers to the capital or a settlement at the highest point of a Greek island). The island was also the site of the Chios massacre, in which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Greece
The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — United Kingdom, Britain, France and Russian Empire, Russia — of its Greek War of Independence, independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day. Background The Byzantine Empire had ruled most of the Greek-speaking world since late Antiquity, but experienced a decline as a result of Early Muslim conquests, Muslim Arab and Seljuk Empire, Seljuk Turkish invasions and was fatally weakened by the Fourth Crusade, sacking of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, Latin Crusaders in 1204. The establishment of Catholic Latinokratia, Latin states on Greek soil, and the struggles of the Orthodox Byzantine Greeks against them, led to the emergence of a distinct Greek national identity. The Byzantine Empire was restored by the Palaiologos dynasty in 1261, but it was a shadow of its former self, and constant civil wars and foreign attacks in the 14th century brought about it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danubian Principalities
The Danubian Principalities ( ro, Principatele Dunărene, sr, Дунавске кнежевине, translit=Dunavske kneževine) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg monarchy after the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774) in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common geopolitical situation.Heppner Harald, ''Österreich und die Donaufürstentümer 1774–1812. Ein Beitrag zur habsburgischen Südosteuropapolitik'', Habilitationsschrift, Graz, 1984, p.8-9 The term was largely used then by foreign political circles and public opinion until the union of the two principalities in 1859. Alongside Transylvania, the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia became the basis for the Kingdom of Romania, and by extension the modern nation-state of Romania. In a wider context, the concept may also apply to the Principality of Serbia as one of ''The Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many List of islands of the United Kingdom, smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Rodocanachi
Constantine Rodocanachi (1635–1687) (also known as Constantine Rhodocanaces, Constantine Rhodocanakis and Konstantinos Rhodokanakis) was an Ottoman Greek physician to Charles II of England, chemist, lexicographer and academic. Rodocanachi was born on the island of Chios on 5 December 1635 and lived much of his life in London. Rodocanachi worked on the 1685 version of ''Lexicon manuale Græco-Latinum, & Latino-Græcum'' with Cornelis Schrevel and Joseph Hill (lexicographer). Rodocanachi also compounded his own medicines and sold them in London and abroad. He published a pamphlet titled ''Alexicacus, Spirit of Salt of the World'' in 1664, which promoted his panacea (medicine) salt solution. Personal life Rodocanachi was the son of Dimitrios Rodocanachi (1592–1664) and Theodora. In 1667, Rodocanachi married Arietta Coressi (1653–1693), daughter of Antonio Coressi and Viera Visconti. The couple had at least three children: Constantine (1667–1689), who died in Cambridge; Loula (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demetrius Rhodocanakis
Demetrius Rhodocanakis ( el, Δημήτριος Ῥοδοκανάκης, Dēmētrios Rhodokanakēs; 3 December 1840 – 2 September 1902) was a London-based 19th-century Greek merchant, forger and pretender. Demetrius was the last great Byzantine pretender, claiming to be a prince directly descended from the Palaiologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire from the 1860s onwards, and then the rightful Emperor of Constantinople, as Demetrios II Dukas Angelos Komnenos Palaiologos Rhodokanakis, from 1895 to his death. Though he lost support after 1895 due to his claims of Byzantine descent having been exposed as forgeries, Demetrius was at one point widely recognized as a Byzantine prince, achieving the recognition of not only the British Foreign Office, but also Pope Pius IX. Demetrius' claim to represent Byzantine royalty rested on a claimed connection between the Rhodocanakis family and the ancient Byzantine Doukas family, as well as on one of his supposed ancestors, also named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rodocanachi
George Rodocanachi (27 February 1875 – 1944) was a British-born physician of Greek descent who helped Allied escapees and Jewish refugees in Vichy France. Biography Rodocanachi was born in Liverpool, England, to a Greek family. He studied in Marseille, received his medical degree in Paris in 1903, and opened a pediatric practice in Marseille. In 1907 he married Fanny Vlasto in London and they settled in Marseille. Their only child Constantine was born in 1908. At the outbreak of World War I, Rodocanachi was working in a children's hospital in Marseille. In 1915 he gained French citizenship and joined the '' Chasseurs Alpins''. He served in Alsace and at the Somme, was once gassed and twice wounded, and received the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'Honneur. After the war he returned to his practice. During World War II, after Vichy France had accepted an armistice with Nazi Germany, Rodocanachi made contact with the British Seaman's Mission in Marseille and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Rodocanachi
Jacques Rodocanachi (14 April 1882 – 7 November 1925) was a French fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... A French Army officer, he was also a pistol shooter. He was injured during World War I and left the Army after the war, to become a steel engraver. References External links * 1882 births 1925 deaths French male épée fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics French military personnel of World War I Rodocanachi family {{France-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi
Michel-Emmanuel Rodocanachi (1821 - 1901) was an influential Greek trader and banker of London. Rodocanachi's parents were wealthy merchants in their home at Chios, related to the influential Vlasto and Mavrogordato families. They escaped the Chios massacre, settling in Marseilles where they rebuilt their shipping and trading business as Rodocanachi Sons & Co. Recognising the importance of having a presence on the London market, in 1830 they sent their son Michael there to cover their interests and work with other family members who traded grain in Odessa, St Petersburg, Italy and Marseille. In 1853 he returned to Marseilles to marry Ariadne Michael Petrocochino. In London he obtained membership of the Baltic Exchange and, assisted by other members of the Greek diaspora, notably the Ralli Brothers, he bought ships to transport the grain that he traded, and developed a property portfolio, including the Royal Automobile Club Buildings Co. This financial foundation enabled him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlos Rodokanakis
Pavlos Rodokanakis ( Greek: Παύλος Ροδοκανάκης, Italian: Paolo Rodocanachi; 29 May 1891 – 16 May 1958) was an Italian-born Greek painter. Biography Rodokanakis was born in Genoa in 1891 and came from a large wealthy family.Alexatos, Gerassimos: ''Die Griechen von Görlitz 1916–1919'', Berlin 2018, , p. 67. He started his artistic education as a student of Giuseppe Pennasilico (1861–1940) in his hometown.Vollmer, Hans (Editor): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts'', part 4, Quaghebeur – Uzelac, Leipzig 1992, , p. 85. Later on he studied painting under Giulio Bargellini (1875–1936) and graphics under Vittorio Grassi (1878–1958) at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Academy of Fine Arts Rome).National GalleryRodokanakis Pavlos Retrieved 17 February 2020. In 1911 Rodokanakis made his debut at an exhibition of the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti (Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts) in Genoa. He later moved to G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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