Văcărescu family

The House of Văcărescu was a boyar family of Phanariote Greek descent in Wallachia (now part of Romania).

The family produced the first poets in Romanian literature.

Notable members

 * Enache Văcărescu (1654–1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia (killed with his master, Prince Brâncoveanu)
 * Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1730–1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammar
 * Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1798), poet
 * Nicolae Văcărescu (1786–1825), poet
 * Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great Ban of Craiova
 * Iancu Văcărescu (1786–1863), poet
 * Marițica Bibescu (1815–1859), poet and Princess-consort of Wallachia
 * Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu) (c. 1843–1903), journalist
 * Maurice Paléologue (1859–1944), writer and French diplomat
 * Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet