During his brief political activity, Alexandru was repeatedly described as a Russophile or more specifically an agent of the Russian Empire, resembling in this Maria and her father, Costin Catargi.Īlexandru Ioan's reign marked the first political union between the two Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), which was to form the Kingdom of Romania in 1881. Through Catargi, Alexandru and Dimitrie were half-brothers of Milan I Obrenović, the King of Serbia, and of General Radu Catargi. His biological and his adoptive mother both belonged to the boyar aristocracy of Moldavia. Public opinion and historians generally agree that both Cuza brothers were Cuza's natural sons from his mistress Maria Catargi-Obrenović, though another hypothesis has them as born to Maria from her liaison with Cezar Librecht, the Postmaster General and spy chief. He was the eldest of the sons adopted by Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza and his consort, Elena Rosetti-Cuza. Cuza, or Sașa Cuza 1862 or 1864 – April 4, 1890) was a Romanian aristocrat and politician. Maria Catargi-Obrenović (officially, Elena Rosetti-Cuza)Īlexandru Al. Romanian pretender and newspaperman Alexandru Al.
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