Rosetti family

The House of Rosetti (also spelled Ruset, Rosset, Rossetti) was a Moldavian boyar princely family of Byzantine and Italian (Genoese) origins. There are several branches of the family named after their estates: Roznovanu, Solescu, Bălănescu, Răducanu, Ciortescu, Tescanu, and Bibica. The Rosetti family in Wallachia is another branch of the family who initially settled in Moldavia.

Notable members

List by birthday.

• Lascaris Rusetos (Rosetti; before 1580 - after 1646), father of Antonie, founder of the Moldavian branch of the family
• Antonie Ruset (Rosetti; c. 1615-1685), Prince of Moldavia
• Emanuel Giani Ruset (1715-1794), Prince of Wallachia and later of Moldavia
• C. A. Rosetti (1816-1885), Prince of Wallachia and later Romanian revolutionary, statesman, and writer
• Lascăr Rosetti [ro] (1816-1884), Prince and politician
• Maria Rosetti (née Marie Grant; 1819-1893), Princess, political activist, journalist, philanthropist and socialite
• Elena Cuza (née Rosetti-Solescu; 1825-1909), philanthropist; the Princess consort of the United Principalities and the wife of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
• Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu (1827–1884), Prince, lawyer and politician
• Theodor Rosetti (1837-1923), Prince, writer, journalist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania
• Dimitrie R. Rosetti [ro] aka Dimitrie Rosetti-Max (1850-1934), Prince, politician, journalist, and playwright
• Radu D. Rosetti (1874-1964), Prince and poet
• Radu R. Rosetti (1877-1949), Prince, general and historian
• Maria Tescanu Rosetti (1879–1968), Princess and lady-in-waiting
• Elena Rosetti-Solescu [ro] (1889–1949), Princess, wife of field marshal of the 3rd Reich, Friedrich Paulus
• Alexandru Rosetti (1895-1990), Prince and linguist

See also

• Roznovanu Palace

References

External links

Media related to Rosetti family at Wikimedia Commons

• Rosetti, Radu R. (1938). Familia Rosetti. Vol. 1: Coborîtorii moldoveni ai lui Lascaris Rousaitos (in Romanian). Bucharest: Imprimeria națională. OCLC 895113055.
• Rosetti, Radu R. (1940). Familia Rosetti. Vol. 2: Celelalte ramuri (in Romanian). Bucharest: Imprimeria națională. OCLC 895335808.
• Palatul Primăriei, în vâltoarea istoriei (in Romanian)