CUZA, ALEXANDER JOHN

kooˈzä, or Alexander John I, 1820–73, first prince of Romania (1859–66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848 revolution and in the political struggle for the union of the principalities, he was elected prince of both Moldavia and Walachia in 1859, and in 1862 he was recognized by the Ottoman Empire as sovereign of the united principalities, thenceforth known as Romania. In 1864 he emancipated the serfs and allowed peasants to acquire land, thereby alienating the powerful landlords. His educational and legal reforms included the founding of the universities of Bucharest and of Iaşi and the promulgation of penal and civil codes. In 1866, conspirators, taking advantage of the country's financial difficulties, discontent over the agrarian policy, and Cuza's scandalous personal life, forced him to abdicate. He went into exile, first to Paris, later to Vienna, Florence, and Heidelberg.

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A History of the Jewish People
Book by Max L. Margolis, Alexander Marx; The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1927
Subjects: Jews--History
...procurator of Palestine, 190 , 191 . Curagao, 604 . Cuza, Alexander, prince of Rumania, 687 - 688 . Cyaxares, king of...Zaccai, exilarch, 264 , 268 , 269 , 276 . Davila, John Arias, bishop of Segovia, 461 , 468 . Davis, Jefferson...
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Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping
Book by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross; United Nations University Press, 2003
Subjects: Former Soviet Republics--Military Relations--Russia (Federation), Peacekeeping Forces--Former Soviet Republics, Peacekeeping Forces--Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation)--Military Relations--Former Soviet Republics
...Bill 117 Congo, UN peacekeeping operations 2 Croatia Dayton Accords 44 46 UN peacekeeping operations 37 44 Cuza, Prince Alexander 134 Cyprus, UN peacekeeping operations 2 Dayton Accords 34 , 43 , 44 46, 50 , 53 55, 58 de Waal, Thomas 116...
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The Russian Empire and the World, 1700-1917: The Geopolitics of Expansion and Containment
Book by John P. LeDonne; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Geopolitics--Russia, Russia--Foreign Relations--1689-1801, Russia--Foreign Relations--1801-1917
...unexpected turn. The election of Alexander Cuza as hospodar of Moldavia in January...the support of Britain and France, Cuza and the men of power who supported...elected successor would no more than Cuza be a channel of Russian influence...
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A History of the Great War - Vol. 4
Book by John Buchan; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Cowans, Lieut.-Gen. Sir John, 4, 165 . Cowdray, Lord, 3, 323...WILLIAM, Prince; of Serbia, see under ALEXANDER, Prince. Crows Wood, 2, 560, 561...Blenheim, 2, 300 . Cuxhaven, 1, 463 . Cuza, Colonel, 3, 137 . Czecho-Slovaks...
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The History of the Balkan Peninsula: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Book by Ferdinand Schevill; Harcourt Brace, 1922
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--History, Eastern Question (Balkan)
...Montenegro Crusades, First, 128 , 129 ; Fourth, 131 -35 Cuza, Alexander John, 370 , 371 , 372 ; liberates peasantry, 373 ; obliged...475 Dodekanese Islands , 469 , 473 , 478 , 514 Don John of Austria, 245 Draga, Queen of Serbia, 458 Drin...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 73, 2011
Subjects: Honor societies--Membership
...Corry E. Doyle, John Carl Epperson, Joseph...Mary C. Hoyle, Alexander J. Kirby, Tara...Jamie E. Wolfe, Alexander N. Wong, Nicholas...Gabriella L. Hornbeck, John W. Nelson, Rebekah...17 February 2011: John D. Ard, Ian W...April 2011: Amber Alexander, David Panowicz...
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"Lose the Name of Action": Stillness in Post-1989 Romanian Hamlets
Journal article by Nicoleta Cinpoes; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 25, 2007
Subjects: Elizabethan drama--Performances, Hamlet (Play)--Performances, Sapdaru, Ion--Works, Theater production, Theater--Production and direction, Theatrical directors--Works, Theatrical producers and directors--Works, Theatrical production, Tompa, Gabor--Works
...Gibson and Kenneth Branagh, not to mention John Barrymore and Sarah Bernhardt. (Gurewitsch...Semiotics of the Theatre. Iasi: Al. I. Cuza University Press Iasi, 1990. Cinpoes...University Press, 1935. Shurbanov, Alexander and Boika Sokolova, Eds. Introduction...


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encyclopedia articles on: Cuza Alexander John  - 9 results

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Cuza, Alexander John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CUZA, ALEXANDER JOHN koo za, or Alexander John I, 1820 73, first prince of Romania (1859 66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848 revolution and in the political struggle for the union of the principalities, he was elected...
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Alexander John I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALEXANDER JOHN I prince of Romania: see Cuza, Alexander John . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Romania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Walachia. When, in 1821, Alexander Ypsilanti raised the Greek...The election (1859) of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia...principalities as Romania. Cuza freed (1864) the peasants...party, headed first by John Bratianu (see under Bratianu...
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Moldavia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1822) after the Greek insurrection instigated by Alexander Ypsilanti, and native hospodars were appointed...Paris, Congress of ). With the accession (1859) of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Walachia the history...
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Walachia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the principalities virtual independence under the nominal suzerainty of Turkey. With the accession (1859) of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Walachia, the history of modern Romania began...
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