Callimachi family
The House of Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi, was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.
History
Originating in the Boyars of [Moldavia and Wallachia|boyardom] of Orhei County, it gave Moldavia four reigning princes. The family remains present today in modern Romania.Notable members
Agnatic
- Vasile Călmașul, Moldavian landowner
- Teodor Calmășul, Moldavian boyar
- Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia
- Gavriil Callimachi, Orthodox monk, Metropolitan of Moldavia
- Grigore Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia
- Alexandru Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia
- Scarlat Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia ; Prince of Wallachia
- Alexandros Kallimachis, Ottoman diplomat, Governor of Samos
- Scarlat Callimachi, Romanian communist activist
Matrilineal
- Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah, Romanian cabinet minister and scholar
- Rukmini Callimachi, American journalist
By marriage
- Dida Solomon-Callimachi, Romanian actress and writer