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The origins of the Soutzos family are unclear. Some authors theorize [[Albania|Albanian]],<ref>{{Cite book |last1=A ́goston |first1=Ga ́bor |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |last2=Masters |first2=Bruce Alan |date=2008 |publisher=Infobase Publishing, NY |isbn=978-0-8160-6259-1 |page=458}} "...the Ghikas and Soutsos families were of Albanian origin..."</ref> or [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantine Greek]] descent<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newman |first=Peter C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flEMQoDtZtkC |title=The Canadian Establishment |date=1989 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-6778-5 |pages=474 |language=en |quote=The Soutzo family were Phanariots , Greeks of Byzantine descent}}</ref> for the family. Its first members appear in the 17th century in Constantinople, while it is assumed that it descended from the |
The origins of the Soutzos family are unclear. Some authors theorize [[Albania|Albanian]],<ref>{{Cite book |last1=A ́goston |first1=Ga ́bor |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |last2=Masters |first2=Bruce Alan |date=2008 |publisher=Infobase Publishing, NY |isbn=978-0-8160-6259-1 |page=458}} "...the Ghikas and Soutsos families were of Albanian origin..."</ref> or [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantine Greek]] descent<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newman |first=Peter C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flEMQoDtZtkC |title=The Canadian Establishment |date=1989 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-6778-5 |pages=474 |language=en |quote=The Soutzo family were Phanariots , Greeks of Byzantine descent}}</ref> for the family. Its first members appear in the 17th century in Constantinople, while it is assumed that it descended from the [[Drakos family]] of [[Epirus]]. It is speculated that one of the members had an important role in the plumbing of Constantinople. Since then the [[Turks]] called the Drakos ''Soutzides'' and the Greeks used the more Greek ''Soutsos''.<ref>Πολυχρόνης Ενεπεκίδης, ''Οι Σούτσοι εις το Παρίσι'', στο: Ρήγας-Υψηλάντης-Καποδίστριας. Έρευναι εις τα αρχεία της Αυστρίας, Γερμανίας, Ιταλίας, Γαλλίας και Ελλάδας, ed. Βιβλιοπωλείον της Εστίας, Athens, 1965, p. 268</ref> |
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Konstantinos Drako, son of a rhetor of the patriarchate (Diamantaki Drako), was the man who was first Soutzos to rise to prominence.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} He married in 1714 princess Maria Rusetaina, daughter of a long-established Phanariote family (her mother was Helena Mavrokordataina and her paternal grandfather Antonie had under Ottoman overlordship even held the princely rule in the Danubian countries).{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} Konstantinos' in-laws raised Konstantinos to high positions in Danubian principalities, and his sons were kin with everybody who mattered in Phanar. Later, in 1780s..1790s, one of the sons (Mihai Draco-Sutzu) rose to the thrones of Walachia and Moldavia and was the first Prince of their surname.{{Citaiton needed|date=August 2022}} |
Konstantinos Drako, son of a rhetor of the patriarchate (Diamantaki Drako), was the man who was first Soutzos to rise to prominence.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} He married in 1714 princess Maria Rusetaina, daughter of a long-established Phanariote family (her mother was Helena Mavrokordataina and her paternal grandfather Antonie had under Ottoman overlordship even held the princely rule in the Danubian countries).{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} Konstantinos' in-laws raised Konstantinos to high positions in Danubian principalities, and his sons were kin with everybody who mattered in Phanar. Later, in 1780s..1790s, one of the sons (Mihai Draco-Sutzu) rose to the thrones of Walachia and Moldavia and was the first Prince of their surname.{{Citaiton needed|date=August 2022}} |
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The House of Soutzos or Soutsos (Template:Lang-el or Σούτζος, Template:Lang-ro or Sutzu) is a Greek Phanariote family originally from Chios,[1] which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several hospodars to the Danubian Principalities, like Alexandros Soutzos, Michael (I) Drakos Soutzos and Michael (II) Soutzos.[2][3][4]
History
The origins of the Soutzos family are unclear. Some authors theorize Albanian,[5] or Byzantine Greek descent[6] for the family. Its first members appear in the 17th century in Constantinople, while it is assumed that it descended from the Drakos family of Epirus. It is speculated that one of the members had an important role in the plumbing of Constantinople. Since then the Turks called the Drakos Soutzides and the Greeks used the more Greek Soutsos.[7]
Konstantinos Drako, son of a rhetor of the patriarchate (Diamantaki Drako), was the man who was first Soutzos to rise to prominence.[citation needed] He married in 1714 princess Maria Rusetaina, daughter of a long-established Phanariote family (her mother was Helena Mavrokordataina and her paternal grandfather Antonie had under Ottoman overlordship even held the princely rule in the Danubian countries).[citation needed] Konstantinos' in-laws raised Konstantinos to high positions in Danubian principalities, and his sons were kin with everybody who mattered in Phanar. Later, in 1780s..1790s, one of the sons (Mihai Draco-Sutzu) rose to the thrones of Walachia and Moldavia and was the first Prince of their surname.[citation needed]
After prince Mihai, his nephew Alexandru Suțu, and his namesake grandson Mihail Suțu also ruled as Princes.
Significant members of the family include the two brother poets Panagiotis Soutsos and Alexandros Soutsos, of whom the first set the cornerstone for the revival of the Olympic Games and the latter was the founder of the Greek Romantic school of poetry. The main branch of the above family is found now in Athens, Greece. Alexandru A. Suțu and Mihail C. Suțu both became members of the Romanian Academy in the 1880s.
References
Alexandre Negresco-Soutzo (ro), Livre d’Or de la Famille Soutzo, chez l'auteur, Paris, 2005.
- ^ Fermor, Patrick Leigh (2021). Μάνη (in Greek). Metaichmio Publications. pp. Οι πιο αντιπροσωπευτικοί από τους Φαναριώτες είναι οι οικογένειες Γκίκα (νοτιοαλβανικής καταγωγής), Μαυροκορδάτου και Σούτσου (από τη Χίο). ISBN 978-618-03-2837-0.
- ^ http://ghika.org/Familles/Soutzo/Sutzu_01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Livre d'or de la noblesse phanariote et des familles princières de Valachie et de Moldavie. Par E. R. R. [i.e. E. Rhizos Rhankabej.] Deuxième édition. Athenes, 1904
- ^ Dictionnaire historique et généalogique des grandes familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: L'Auteur, 1983
- ^ A ́goston, Ga ́bor; Masters, Bruce Alan (2008). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing, NY. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-8160-6259-1. "...the Ghikas and Soutsos families were of Albanian origin..."
- ^ Newman, Peter C. (1989). The Canadian Establishment. McClelland & Stewart. p. 474. ISBN 978-0-7710-6778-5.
The Soutzo family were Phanariots , Greeks of Byzantine descent
- ^ Πολυχρόνης Ενεπεκίδης, Οι Σούτσοι εις το Παρίσι, στο: Ρήγας-Υψηλάντης-Καποδίστριας. Έρευναι εις τα αρχεία της Αυστρίας, Γερμανίας, Ιταλίας, Γαλλίας και Ελλάδας, ed. Βιβλιοπωλείον της Εστίας, Athens, 1965, p. 268
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