The Hurmuzachi brothers,
Alexandru
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Origin
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(1823–1871),
Constantin
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(1811–1869),
Eudoxiu (1812–1874),
Gheorghe Gheorghe is a Romanian and Aromanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to:
Given name
* Gheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), Romanian literary historian and bibliographer
* Gh ...
(1817–1882), and
Nicolae (1826–1909), were members of an old
Hurmuzachi family of
Romanian
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nobles in
Austrian
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Bukovina
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[Chastain] with an estate in
Cernăuca. They were activists in the Romanian national movement in Bukovina and elsewhere.
Their estate was a center of activity for Romanians during the
Revolutions of 1848
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, and they were later a key source of material and financial support to nationalist exiles, as well as a point of contact through whom the ideas of the exiles reentered the country.
Their father was
Doxachi (Doxache, Doxaki) Hurmuzachi (Hurmuzaki).
[Preotesoiu]
Eudoxiu and Alexandru Hurmuzachi were members of the
Romanian Academy
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.
Notes
References
* James Chastain
Hurmuzachi Brothers in online "Encyclopedia of 1848 revolutions"
*{{in lang, ro Carmen Preotesoiu
("Patriots in heart and deed"), ''
Jurnalul Național
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Buchares ...
'', 5 December 2005 — article about the Hurmuzachi family
Bukovina
Ethnic Romanian politicians in Bukovina
People of the Revolutions of 1848