Mavrocordatos family

The House of Mavrokordatos (also Mavrocordato, Mavrocordatos, Mavrocordat, Mavrogordato or Maurogordato; Μαυροκορδάτος) is the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks originally from Chios, a branch of which was distinguished in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, and modern Greece.

History
The family, whose members given the title of Imperial Count by Leopold I in 1699 later became Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia, was founded by the late-Byzantine noble (and merchant) Nikolaos Mavrokordatos (1522–1570) from the island of Chios. In 1875 the Mavrocordatoi were also recognized as Princes of the Russian Empire by the Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

Notable members

 * Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605–1684), spouse of the founder, intellectual and salonnière, mother of Alexander Mavrocordatos (1636–1709)
 * Alexander Mavrocordatos (1636–1709), son of the founder and of Alexandra Mavrokordatou, styled prince ("Serene Highness") in 1699 by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
 * Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670–1730), Alexander's son, ruler of Wallachia (two times) and Moldavia (two times)
 * Constantine Mavrocordatos (1711–1769), Nicholas' son, ruler of Moldavia (four times) and Wallachia (six times)
 * Alexander I Mavrokordatos "Delibey", ruler of Moldavia (1782–1785)
 * Alexander Mavrokordatos, Nicholas' son
 * Nicholas Mavrokordatos, ban of Wallachia
 * Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791–1865), Prime Minister of Greece (four times)
 * John Mavrokordatos, Nicholas' son, ruler of Moldavia (1743–1747)
 * Alexander II Mavrokordatos "Firaris", ruler of Moldavia (1785–1786)
 * John Mavrocordatos (1684–1719), Alexander's son, ruler of Wallachia, caimacam of Moldavia