BRANCOVAN, CONSTANTINE

brän-kōvänˈ, 1654–1714, prince of Walachia (1688–1714). A skillful politician who secured domestic peace, he furthered Walachia's economic and cultural development. Under his rule, the "Brancovan" artistic style was created, an example of which can be seen in the palace at Mogoşoaia, near Bucharest. In 1709 he negotiated with Czar Peter I of Russia an alliance against his suzerain, Sultan Ahmed III, but he later withdrew. Accused of treason, he was deposed and, with his four sons, was beheaded at Constantinople.

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books on: Brancovan Constantine  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Persephone Unbound: Dionysian Aesthetics in the Works of Anna de Noailles
Book by Catherine Perry; Bucknell University Press, 2003
Subjects: Noailles, Anna Elisabeth De Brancovan--Comtesse De--1876-1933--Criticism And Interpretation
...extension, to public buildings where art and phi- losophy were discussed. 127. In 1917 the conservative government of King Constantine of Greece had to give way to the liberal party headed by Eleuth6rios V6niz6los, who obtained the countrys en- trance into...
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
Book by Thomas De Quincey, Grevel Lindop; Oxford University Press, 1985
Subjects: Authors, English--19th Century--Biography
...University of Manchester whose specialized knowledge helped me to annotate De Quinceys remarkably allusive texts: Mr Constantine Brancovan, Mr Lance Cousins, Mr John Fisher, Dr Crawford Howie and Dr Gerald Hammond. Thanks are due also to Dr Charles...
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The Making of Modern Europe, 1648-1780
Book by Geoffrey Treasure; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Europe--History--1648-1789
...anti-Muslim. Peter could also count on Demetrius Cantemir, prince of Moldavia, who promised to provide forage for the invading Russians in return for recognition as hereditary prince. His rival Constantine Brancovan of Wallachia was
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The Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe: An Introduction
Book by Richard F. Staar; Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1971
Subjects: Communism--Europe, Eastern, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...Professor L. A. D. Dellin Bulgaria , Dr. Zdenek Krystufek Czechoslovakia , Mrs. Edith Wyden East Germany , Mr. Janos Radvanyi Hungary , Professor Witold S. Sworakowski Poland , Mr. Constantine Brancovan Romania , Professor Alex Dragnich
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White Crow: The Life and Times of the Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov : 1859-1919
Book by Jamie H. Cockfield; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Intellectuals--Russia--Biography, Nobility--Russia--Biography, Romanov, N. M--(Nikolai Mikhailovich), Romanov, N. M--(Nikolai Mikhailovich)--Grand Duke Of Russia--1859-1919, Russia--History--Nicholas Ii, 1894-1917
...The Real Romanovs. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1931. Brancovan, C. E. Grand Duke Nikolay Mikhailovich on the Ministerial...Class. Lon- don : Sedgwick and Jackson, 1975. Brummer, Constantine. Les derniers jours du Grand-due Nicholas Mikhailovich...


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encyclopedia articles on: Brancovan Constantine  - 4 results

 
 
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Brancovan, Constantine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRANCOVAN, CONSTANTINE bran-kovan , 1654 1714, prince of Walachia (1688 1714). A skillful...Walachias economic and cultural development. Under his rule, the "Brancovan" artistic style was created, an example of which can be seen in...
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Walachia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Moldavia. His death delivered Walachia back into the hands of the Turks. The alliance (1711) of Prince Constantine Brancovan with Peter I of Russia and his subsequent downfall resulted in a tightening of Turkish control. Instead of native...
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Northern War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...intrigues at Constantinople induced the sultan to declare war on Russia (1710). Peter I, allied with Prince Constantine Brancovan of Walachia and Prince Demetrius Cantemir of Moldavia, invaded these two vassal principalities of Turkey and...
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Bucharest
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...princes and changed its name (15th cent.) to Bucharest. In 1698 the city became the capital of Walachia under Constantine Brancovan; after the union (1859) of Walachia and Moldavia it was made (1861) the capital of Romania. The Treaty of...


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