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Michael Drakos Soutzos

Prince of Moldavia from 1792 to 1795

Prince of Moldavia from 1792 to 1795

FieldValue
nameMichael Drakos Soutzos
imageLe Prince de Moldavie - Choiseul-gouffier Gabriel Florent Auguste De - 1822.jpg
captionSoutzos in ceremonial attire at his 1792 investiture as Prince of Moldavia
successionPrince of Wallachia
*(1st reign)*
reign117 July 1783 – 6 April 1786
predecessor1Nicholas Caradja
successor1Nicholas Mavrogenes
succession2Prince of Wallachia
*(2nd reign)*
reign2March 1791 – 10 January 1793
predecessor2Nicholas Mavrogenes
successor2Alexander Mourouzis
succession3Prince of Moldavia
reign310 January 1793 – 5 May 1795
predecessor3Alexander Mourouzis
successor3Alexandru Callimachi
succession4Prince of Wallachia
*(3rd reign)*
reign49 October 1801 – 22 May 1802
predecessor4Alexander Mourouzis
successor4Alexandros Soutzos
houseSoutzos family
birth_date1730
death_date1803
death_placeConstantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
religionOrthodox

(1st reign) (2nd reign) (3rd reign) | house-type = (now Istanbul, Turkey)

Michael Drakos Soutzos (; ; 1730 – 1803) was a Prince of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. A member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes (descended from the Drakos family), he was the grandfather of Michael Soutzos, himself a ruler of Moldavia between 1819 and 1821.

Early life

Michael was born as the youngest son and youngest child of Boyar Constantin Drakos-Soutzos (d. 1757) and his wife, Princess Maria Rossetti (b. 1702).

Third rule in Wallachia

His predecessor, Alexander Mourouzis, frightened by the incursions of Osman Pazvantoğlu asked to be dismissed and for that, he paid money to the Ottoman authorities. In April 1801, Pazvantoğlu's troops continued their raids in Wallachia under the command of Manef Ibrahim, defeating the Ottoman Army despite having only a thousand horsemen, compared to the Ottoman side which had 8,000 troops.

They took Râmnicu Vâlcea, Govora and moved toward Bucharest. By May 15, 1802 most of the inhabitants of the city fled toward Brașov and Vălenii de Munte.

On May 18, the Albanian and Turkish troops of Bucharest asked for their payment and Suțu promised them to pay in two days, after which he left for Colentina, outside the city. The boyars, who were supposed to wait for Soutzos, heard rumours about unrest at the Royal Court and thought that Suțu was killed, so they left toward Moldavia. Suțu, having not found the boyars at the Ghica house of Colentina, left for Transylvania.

As Bimbașa Sava, the commander of the Bucharest garrison, saw that Soutzos had left without paying them, he started following Soutzos. This left Bucharest without any troops, allowing tramps to organize in gangs, which robbed the Royal Court. Their leader, Melanos, took the royal hat and marched on the streets of Bucharest, wanting to set Bucharest on fire, which was prevented by the intervention of a Turkish unit from Cotroceni.

Due to his exile, Soutzos was deposed by the Ottomans in the summer of 1802.

Notes

References

  • Ștefan Ionescu, Bucureștii în vremea fanarioților ("Bucharest in the Time of the Phanariotes"), Editura Dacia, Cluj, 1974.

before= Nicolae Caradja| title=Prince of Wallachia| years=1783–1786| after= Nicolae Mavrogheni before= Habsburg occupation| title=Prince of Wallachia| years=1791–1793| after= Alexander Mourouzis before= Alexander Mourouzis| title=Prince of Wallachia| years=1801–1802| after=Alexandros Soutzos before= Alexander Mourouzis| title=Prince of Moldavia| years=1792–1795| after=Alexandru Callimachi

References

  1. Ionescu, p.255
  2. Ionescu, p.255-256
  3. Ionescu, p.257
  4. Ionescu, p.258
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