Radio Romania International
Briefly mentioned by documents and history books and rarely part of collective memory, the wives, mothers and daughters of Romanian boyars of the past have raised the interest of researchers. Some of them have found that these women had contributed a lot to the political, cultural and religious life of their time. Such an example is Lady Elena Cantacuzino, born in 1611, daughter of the ruler of Wallachia, Radu Serban, mother of ruler Serban Cantacuzino, of scholar Constantin Cantacuzino, of army chief Mihai Cantacuzino and the grandmother of ruler Constantin Brancoveanu. Lady Elena and two of ...
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