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Biography
Alexander Mavrocordatos Delibey (1742 – 27 March 1812) was Prince of Moldavia from 1782 to 1785.
Life
Son of Constantine Mavrocordato and Catherine Rosetti, he succeeded in May 1782 to Constantin Mourousi, deposed by the "Sublime Porte" following the intrigues of the Russian ambassador in Constantinople. He owes his appointment to this same ambassador.
He was dismissed in January 1785 at the request of Rajtschewitsch, consul of Austria in Moldova, who complained to the Ottoman government to have been badly received by Alexander I Mavorocordato, while he represented "His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Apostolic and Roman Kaiser ", Emperor Habsburg. But it is possible that in fact this is only one aspect of the Austro-Russian struggle for influence in Moldova: the Habsburgs already had Bucovina since 1775, the Russian czars coveted the Boudjak and the mouths of the Danube, and each Empire advanced its pawns.
According to Alexandre A.C. Sturdza: Alexander I Mavorocordato was known for his "versatility and difficult character" which gave rise to his Turkish nickname.
Sources
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- Nicolas Iorga Histoire des Roumains et de la romanité orientale. (1920)
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- Jean Nouzille La Moldavie, Histoire tragique d'une région européenne, Ed. Bieler (2004), ISBN 2-9520012-1-9.
- Traian Sandu, Histoire de la Roumanie, Éditions Perrin (2008).
| Preceded by Constantine Mourouzis | Prince of Moldavia 1782–1785 | Succeeded by Alexander Mavrocordatos Firaris |