Cocuța Conachi
| Ecaterina Cocuța Conachi | |
|---|---|
| Princess Ecaterina Conachi | |
| Born | 2 April 1829[1] Țigănești, Moldavia |
| Died | 22 February 1870 (aged 40) Genoa, Italy |
| Burial | Țigănești, Romania |
| Spouse | Prince Nicolae Vogoride Prince Emanuele Ruspoli |
| Issue | Prince Emanoil Vogoride-Conachi Prince Constantin Vogoride-Conachi Princess Maria Vogoride-Conachi Princess Lucia Vogoride-Conachi Prince Costantino Ruspoli Prince Eugenio Ruspoli Prince Mario Ruspoli Princess Caterina Ruspoli Princess Margherita Ruspoli |
| Father | Costache Conachi |
| Mother | Smaranda Negri |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox, upon second marriage Roman Catholicism |
Ecaterina Cocuța Conachi (1829–1870) was a Romanian princess and revolutionary. She is known for her activism and work for the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia.[2]She died of paludism.
Personal life
Ecaterina Conachi married firstly in 1846, in Iași, Prince Nicolae Vogoride. They had four children:[1]
- Emanoil Vogoride-Conachi (10 April 1847, Iași – 19 August 1935, Paris).
- Constantin Vogoride-Conachi (1849 – ?).
- Maria Vogoride-Conachi (1851 – 1931, Iași).
- Lucia Vogoride-Conachi (26 October 1855, Iași – March 1938, Iași).
In 1864, she remarried in Rome, Prince Emanuele Ruspoli, with whom she had five children:
- Costantino Ruspoli (14 January 1865, Rome – 29 April 1889, Rome).
- Eugenio Ruspoli (6 January 1866, Țigănești – 4 December 1893, Somalia)
- Mario Ruspoli (16 October 1867, Țigănești – 16 January 1963, Florence).
- Caterina Ruspoli (15 November 1868, Țigănești – 12 August 1912, Bern).
- Margherita Ruspoli (7 February 1870, Genoa – 5 June 1970).
See also
References
- ^ a b Families
- ^ Arina Avram (10 September 2014). Femei celebre din România (Romanian edition). Grupul Editorial ALL. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-973-724-848-0.
External links
- George Marcu (coord.), Enciclopedia personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, Bucureşti, 2012.
- Ecaterina Conachi a salvat Unirea Principatelor Române împiedicându-şi soţul să devină domnitor at adevarul.ro
- Copoul poetului Costache Conachi at ziarullumina.ro