Callimachi family

{{Short description|Greek-Moldavian noble family}} thumb|Coat of arms of Princes Callimachi<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rizo Rangabé |first=Eugène |title=Livre d'or de la noblesse phanariote en Grèce, en Roumanie, en Russie et en Turquie / par un phanariote |publisher=S. C. Vlastos |year=1892 |pages=11 |language=French}}</ref> The '''House of Callimachi''', '''Calimachi''', or '''Kallimachi''' ({{langx|el|Καλλιμάχη}}, {{langx|ru|Каллимаки}}, {{langx|tr|Kalimakizade}}; originally ''Calmașul'' or ''Călmașu''), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian (Romanian) and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.

== History == Originating in the boyardom of Orhei County, it gave Moldavia four reigning princes. The family remains present today in modern Romania.

thumb|300px|Family tree of the Callimachi family

== Notable members== ===Agnatic=== *Vasile Călmașul, Moldavian landowner *Teodor Calmășul, Moldavian boyar *Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1758–1761) *Gavriil Callimachi, Orthodox monk, Metropolitan of Moldavia (?–1786) *Grigore Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1761–1764; 1767–1769) *Alexandru Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1795–1799) *Scarlat Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia (1806; ''de jure'' 1807–1810; 1812–1819); Prince of Wallachia (''de jure'' 1821) *Alexandros Kallimachis, Ottoman diplomat, Governor of Samos (1850–1854) *Scarlat Callimachi, Romanian communist activist (1896–1975)

===Matrilineal=== *Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah, Romanian cabinet minister and scholar *Rukmini Callimachi, American journalist

===By marriage=== *Dida Solomon-Callimachi, Romanian actress and writer

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