{{Short description|Romanian historian (1923–2021)}} {{expand Romanian|topic=bio|Dan Berindei|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} '''Dan Berindei''' (3 November 1923 – 23 December 2021) was a Romanian historian. He was a titular member of the Romanian Academy from 1992 until his death.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.acad.ro/bdar/armembriLit.php?vidT=B Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent], at the Romanian Academy site</ref>
==Biography== A descendant of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu,<ref name="HN"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jurnalul.ro/vechiul-site/old-site/suplimente/editie-de-colectie/boierimea-si-boieria-32145.html|title=Boierimea și boieria|lang=ro|first=Cristina|last=Diac|newspaper=Jurnalul Național|date=6 December 2005|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> he was born in Bucharest on 3 November 1923.<ref name="Catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb127238480_2020-05-19">{{Citation | url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb127238480| title=BnF Catalogue général| newspaper=Catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb127238480| access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref> After attending the Clemența School, Berindei completed his secondary education at the {{ill|Spiru Haret National College|lt=Spiru Haret High School|ro|Colegiul Național „Spiru Haret” din București}}. He then studied history at the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1945.
In February 1945 he married Ioana Berindei (1922–2008), the daughter of historian and politician {{ill|Ion Hudiță|ro}}. The two had a son, noted historian Mihnea Berindei (1948–2016). Their daughter, Ruxandra, was born in 1951 at Văcărești Prison, while her mother was incarcerated there by the communist authorities;<ref name="Sighet">{{cite web|url=https://www.memorialsighet.ro/ioana-hudita-berindei/|title=Ioana Hudiță Berindei|lang=ro|publisher=Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance|website=www.memorialsighet.ro|date=June 2016|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> Berindei only saw his daughter after 11 months, while her mother was still detained at Mislea Prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.observatorcultural.ro/articol/in-memoriam-ioana-berindei-2/|title=In memoriam Ioana Berindei|lang=ro|first=Liana|last=Saxone-Horodi|magazine=Observator Cultural|date=9 July 2012|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
He obtained a doctorate in history from the University of Bucharest in 1969, with thesis "Orașul București, reședință și capitală a Țării Românești (1459–1862)". From 1955 to 1990 he was a researcher at the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, after which he was a professor at the University of Bucharest and at Politehnica University of Bucharest.
Berindei died in Bucharest on 23 December 2021, at the age of 98,<ref name="HN">{{cite news |title=Academicianul Dan Berindei a murit la vârsta de 98 de ani. Academia Română: Descendent al familiei Brâncoveanu, a avut un rol capital în istoria și cultura românească |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-25259646-academicianul-dan-berindei-murit-varsta-98-ani-academia-romana-descendent-familiei-brancoveanu-avut-rol-capital-istoria-cultura-romaneasca.htm |lang=ro|access-date=23 December 2021 |publisher=HotNews.ro |date=23 December 2021}}</ref> and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basilica.ro/academicianul-dan-berindei-a-fost-inmormantat-tuturor-celor-din-jur-le-a-insuflat-dragostea-fata-de-semeni-si-tara/|title=Academicianul Dan Berindei, trecut la cele veșnice la vârsta de 98 de ani, a fost înmormântat marți în Cimitirul "Șerban Vodă"-Bellu din Capitală"|publisher=Basilica News Agency|lang=ro|date=28 December 2021|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
===Honours=== * {{flagicon|Romania}} Romanian Royal Family: Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/ordine-si-decoratii/crucea-casei-regale-a-romaniei|title=Casa Majestății Sale}}</ref>
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