Domnitor

Domnitor of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (Romania)
Former Monarchy
Coat of arms of the Principality of Romania during the reign of Carol I
Carol I
First monarch	Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Last monarch	Carol I
Official residence	Royal Palace in Bucharest
Monarchy started	24 January 1859
Monarchy ended	1 March 1881

Domnitor (pl. domnitori) was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866.

Derived from the Romanian word "domn" (lord or ruler) and, in turn, from the Latin "Dominus", Domnitor had been in use since the Middle Ages.

Wallachian and Moldavian rulers had sometimes been referred to by the term, though their official titles had been voievod or hospodar, especially after they were officially nominated by the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire.

The title acquired an officially recognized meaning only after the 1862 union of Wallachia and Moldavia under Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The title was held by Cuza and his successor, Carol I, until the proclamation of the Kingdom of Romania in 1881.

External links

• "Reminiscences of the King of Roumania", Edited from the original with an Introduction by Sidney Whitman, Authorized edition, Harper & Brothers: New York and London, 1899, pp. 275–277.