Grigore I Ghica

{{Short description|Prince of Wallachia (r. 1660–1664, 1672–1673)}}

{{Infobox royalty

|title =

| name =Grigore I Ghica

| image =116 - Grigore Ghica.jpg

| caption =

| succession =Prince of Wallachia
(1st reign)

| reign1 =1 September 1660 – December 1664

| predecessor1 =George Ghica

| successor1 =Radu Leon

| succession2 =Prince of Wallachia
(2nd reign)

| reign2 =March 1672 – November 1673

| predecessor2 =Antonie Vodă din Popești

| successor2 =George Ducas

| reign3 =

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

| spouse =Maria

| issue =Matei Ghica

| house =Ghica family

| house-type =

| father =George Ghica

| mother =

| birth_date =1628

| birth_place =

| death_date =1675

| death_place =Istanbul

| religion =Orthodox

|}}

Grigore I Ghica (1628 – 1675), a member of the Ghica family, was the prince of Wallachia between September 1660 and December 1664 and again between March 1672 and November 1673.

His father was George Ghica, ruler of Moldavia (1658–59) and ruler of Wallachia (1659–60).

In 1661 he established a monastery in Focșani.{{in lang|ro}} [https://focsani-turism.info/index.php/ro/?option=com_objectiv&id=107 Description] at the Focșani tourist office site

Family

He married Maria, daughter of Matei Sturdza.

His son was

Matei Ghica, father of
Grigore II Ghica and
Alexandru Ghica, father of
Grigore III Ghica and
Ecaterina Ghica. Her great-grandson is Grigore Alexandru Ghica.

References

External links

[http://who-was-who.com/data/en/211039 Grigore Ghika: ancestors and descendants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065535/http://who-was-who.com/data/en/211039 |date=2016-03-04 }}

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before=Gheorghe Ghica|

title=Prince of Wallachia|

years=1660–1664|

after=Radu Leon

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{{Succession box|

before=Antonie Vodă din Popeşti|

title=Prince of Wallachia|

years=1672–1673|

after=George Ducas

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