Callimachi family

The House of Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (Greek: Καλλιμάχη, Russian: Каллимаки, Turkish: 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.

Coat of arms of Princes Callimachi^[1]

History

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

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