Prince Constantin Racoviţă (1699 – 28 January 1764) was twice monarch of

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from Ottoman government: 31 August 1749 – 3 July 1753 and 29 February 1756 – 14 March 1757; and also twice of

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: July 1753 – and 9 March 1763 – 28 January/8 February 1764. He struggled against the powerful boyars in Wallachia, exiling their leaders to

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. Due to continued opposition he asked for a transfer to Moldavia. He was the son of Mihai Racoviță and Ana Codreanu. During his second Moldavian reign, Racoviță established the Church of the Prophet Samuel in

Focșani Focșani (; ) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. , it has a population of 66,719. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of ...

.Church description
at the Focșani tourist office site

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1699 births 1764 deaths 18th-century princes of Wallachia Monarchs of Moldavia

Constantin Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, ...

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