thumb|Coat of arms of noble Catargiu family The '''Catargiu family''' ({{IPA|ro|katarˈd͡ʒi.u}}) is an old and influential Moldavian noble family of the Tupilați region, whose members played important political role in the history of Wallachia, Moldavia and Romania.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOXnCwAAQBAJ&dq=Catargiu+moldavian+family&pg=PA383 | isbn=978-0-19-873714-8 | title=A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe | date=2016 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>
== Notable members == * Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (1825{{spaced ndash}}1897), a Romanian politician * Barbu Catargiu (1807{{spaced ndash}}1862), a conservative Romanian journalist and politician * Eva Callimachi-Catargi (1855 –1913), Parisian heiress and subject of two paintings by Henri Fantin-Latour. * Lascăr Catargiu (1823{{spaced ndash}}1899), a Romanian conservative statesman from Moldavia * Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu (1830{{spaced ndash}}1882), a conservative Romanian politician * Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović ({{langx|sr|Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић}}; 1831{{spaced ndash}}1879), mother of King Milan I of Serbia
== See also == * Catargiu River, a tributary of the Jijioara River in Romania
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{{surname|Catargiu}} Category:Moldavian families Category:Romanian families Category:Romanian-language surnames