{{Infobox royalty |title = | name =Nicholas Caradja | image =Caradja Coat of arms.gif | caption = | succession =Prince of Wallachia | reign1 =15 January 1782 – 17 July 1783 | predecessor1 =Alexander Ypsilantis | successor1 =Michael Drakos Soutzos | succession2 = | reign2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | reign3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | spouse = | issue = | house = | house-type = | father = | mother = | birth_date =1737 | birth_place =Istanbul | death_date =1784 | death_place =Istanbul | religion =Orthodox |}} '''Nicholas Caradja''' ({{langx|el|Νικόλαος Καρατζάς}}, {{langx|ro|Nicolae Vodă Caragea}}; 1737<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rhangabé |first1=Eugène Rizo |title=Livre d'or de la noblesse Phanariote en Grèce, en Roumanie, en Russie et en Turquie par un phanariote |date=1892 |publisher=Imprimerie S. G. Vlastos |page=38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Btoj9Fl5CV0C&dq=Nicholas+Caradja+%221737%22&pg=PA38 |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>–1784<ref>{{cite book |last1=de Lanautte Hauterive |first1=Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte Hauterive |title=Memoriu asupra vechei şi actualei stari a Moldovei: presentat Lui Alexandru Voda Ipsilante Domnul Moldovei, roumain; moldave |date=1902 |publisher=L'Institut d'arts graphiques "C. Göbl," |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZ6BAAAAIAAJ&dq=Nicholas+Caradja+%221784%22&pg=PA343 |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>) was a Phanariote Prince of Wallachia, who reigned between 5 January 1782 and 6 July 1783.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Karadja Family in the History of Romania |url=https://biblacad.ro/Karadja%20Family.pdf |website=biblacad.ro |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
== Early life == He was born as the son of Prince Konstantin Caradja (d. 1771) and his wife, Zefira Soutzos (d. 1791).
== Biography == Prior to his reign, he was the Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople (1777–1782).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Philliou |first1=Christine M. |title=Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution |date=7 December 2010 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-94775-7 |page=184 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcRedRqbfmkC&q=1777 |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
== Reign == Under his reign, police provisions taken concerned public hygiene such as chimney sweeping and the control of coffeehouses, inns, and ways. Unauthorized carrying of uniforms and weapons was prohibited, in order to avoid mutiny by those opposed to his taxation policy. Passports were introduced during his reign. Both to control the entry of foreigners and the exit of the discontented.
== Marriage and issue == He was married to Tarisa Michalopoulos and had:
* Eufrosona Caradja; married Prince Dimitrius Ghica * Zamfira Caradja; married Prince Alexander Mavrocordato * Smaragda Caradja; married Prince Nicholas Mavrocordato (1744-1818) * Maria Caradja; married Boyar Demetrius Manos, Postelnic of Wallachia<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mano |first1=Constantin George |title=Documente din secolele al XVI-lea--XIX-lea privitoare la Familia Mano |date=1907 |publisher=F. Göbl |page=XXIX |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZBDAQAAMAAJ&dq=Nicolas+Caradja+Konstantin+Caradja&pg=PR29 |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=ro}}</ref> * Constantin Caradja; married Princess Ralu Mourouzi and had issue * Alexandru Iorgu Caradja; married Marghioala Slatineanu and had issue * Ioan Caradja (1770-1829), Dragoman of the Fleet 1799-1800; married Ecaterina Rodomani and had issue
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