Safta Brâncoveanu

Safta Brâncoveanu (1776-1857), was a Romanian noble and philanthropist.

She was the daughter of Teodor Balș and Zoe Rosetti-Balș and married in 1793 to Grigore Brâncoveanu, lord of Craiova. She became famed as a great benefactor of hospitals, monasteries, churches and charitable projects. After being widowed in 1832, she withdrew with her mother to Văratec Monastery, were she became a nun in 1840. In 1835-38, she founded the famous charity hospital Spitalul Brâncovenesc for the poor in Bucharest.