# Nicholas Caradja

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| name               =Nicholas Caradja
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| succession         =[Prince of Wallachia](/source/List_of_rulers_of_Wallachia)
| reign1             =15 January 1782 – 17 July 1783 
| predecessor1       =[Alexander Ypsilantis](/source/Alexander_Ypsilantis_(1725%E2%80%931805))
| successor1         =[Michael Drakos Soutzos](/source/Michael_Drakos_Soutzos)
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| birth_date         =1737
| birth_place        =[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul)
| death_date         =1784
| death_place        =[Istanbul](/source/Istanbul)
| religion           =[Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church)
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'''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](/source/Phanariotes) [Prince](/source/List_of_rulers_of_Wallachia) of [Wallachia](/source/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](/source/Caradja) (d. 1771) and his wife, Zefira [Soutzos](/source/Soutzos_family) (d. 1791).

== Biography ==
Prior to his reign, he was the [Grand Dragoman](/source/Grand_Dragoman) of the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) in [Constantinople](/source/Istanbul) (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 sweep](/source/chimney_sweep)ing and the control of [coffeehouses](/source/coffeehouses), inns, and ways. Unauthorized carrying of uniforms and weapons was prohibited, in order to avoid [mutiny](/source/mutiny) by those opposed to his taxation policy. [Passports](/source/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](/source/Ghica_family)
* Zamfira Caradja; married Prince [Alexander Mavrocordato](/source/Alexander_Mavrocordatos_Firaris)
* Smaragda Caradja; married Prince Nicholas [Mavrocordato](/source/Mavrocordatos_family) (1744-1818)
* Maria Caradja; married [Boyar](/source/Boyars_of_Moldavia_and_Wallachia) Demetrius Manos, [Postelnic](/source/Postelnic) of [Wallachia](/source/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](/source/Mourouzis_family) and had issue
* Alexandru Iorgu Caradja; married Marghioala Slatineanu and had issue
* Ioan Caradja (1770-1829), [Dragoman of the Fleet](/source/Dragoman_of_the_Fleet) 1799-1800; married Ecaterina Rodomani and had issue

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[Constantine Mourouzis](/source/Constantine_Mourouzis)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Grand Dragoman of the Porte](/source/Grand_Dragoman_of_the_Porte)|years=1777–1782}}
{{s-aft|after=[Michael Drakos Soutzos](/source/Michael_Drakos_Soutzos)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Alexander Ypsilantis](/source/Alexander_Ypsilantis_(1725%E2%80%931805))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Prince of Wallachia](/source/List_of_Wallachian_rulers)| years=1782–1783}}
{{s-aft|after=[Michael Drakos Soutzos](/source/Michael_Drakos_Soutzos)}}
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