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Voivode of Moldavia Dimitrie Cantemir

(Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723)

Portrait of Moldavian ruler Dimitrie Cantemir, from the first edition of his Latin work Descriptio Moldaviae

Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir (Romanian pronunciation: [diˈmitri.e kanteˈmir] ; Russian: Дмитрий Кантемир, romanized: Dmitry Kantemir; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711). During his second term, he allied his state with Russia in a war against Moldavia's Ottoman overlords; Russia's defeat forced Cantemir's family into exile and the replacement of the native voivodes by Greek phanariots. Cantemir was also a prolific writer, variously a: philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer. His son, Antioch, Russia's ambassador to Great Britain and France and a friend of Montesquieu and Voltaire, would become known as "the father of Russian poetry". (From Wikipedia)

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Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723: Historisch-, Geographisch- und Politische Beschreibung der Moldau, nebst dem Leben des Verfassers und einer Landcharte (in German; 1771), ed. by Anton Friedrich Büsching and Gerard Fridrikh Miller
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Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723: The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire (2 volumes in 1; London: Printed for J. J., and P. Knapton, 1734-1735), ed. by N. Tindal
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Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723: Khronikul Romano-Moldo-Vlakhilor (2 volumes, in Moldavian; Iashii: S. Mitrpoliei, 1835-1836)

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Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723: Histoire de l'Empire othoman, où se voyent les causes de son aggrandissement et de sa decadence. Avec des notes très-instructives. (Chez Savoye, 1743) (page images at HathiTrust)
Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723: Operele principelui Demetriu Cantemiru. Typarite de Societatea Academica Româna. (Typografia Curtii, 1872), also by Societatea Academică Română (page images at HathiTrust)
Dimitrie Cantemir, Voivode of Moldavia, 1673-1723: Viaṭa lui Constantin-Vodă Cantemir. Traducere românească de N. Iorga. Ediṭie nouă, îngrijită de Liliana N. Iorga. (Editura "Scrisul Romanesc", 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)

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