PRINCE ALEXANDER MAVROCORDATO (17911865)

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PRINCE ALEXANDER MAVROCORDATO (17911865) , Greek statesman, a descendant of the hospodars, was horn at

Constantinople

CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

on the r rth of February 1791. In 1812 he went to the court of his uncle Ioannes Caradja, hospodar of Walachia, with whom he passed into

exile

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap,
consul
- CONSUL
- CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)
, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

in Russia and Italy (1817). He was a member of the Hetairia Philike and was among the Phanariot Greeks who hastened to the Morea on the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1821. He was active in endeavouring to establish a regular government, and in January 1822 presided over the first Greek national assembly at Epidaurus. He commanded the advance of the Greeks into western Hellas the same year, and suffered a defeat at Peta on the 16th of July, but retrieved this disaster somewhat by his successful resistance to the first siege of Missolonghi (Nov. 1822 to Jan. 1823). His English sympathies brought him, in the subsequent strife of factions, into opposition to the " Russian " party headed by Demetrius Ypsilanti and Kolokotrones; and though he held the

portfolio

PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

of foreign affairs for a short while under the

presidency

PRESIDENCY

of Petrobey (Petros Mavromichales), he was compelled to with-draw from affairs until February 1825, when he again became a secretary of state. The landing of Ibrahim Pasha followed, and

Mavrocordato

MAVROCORDATO, MAVROCORDAT

again joined the army, only escaping capture in the disaster at Sphagia (Spakteria), on the 9th of May 1815, by

swimming

SWIMMING (from " swim," A.S. swimman, the root being common in Teutonic languages)

to Navarino. After the fall of Missolonghi (April 22, 1826) he went into retirement, until President Capo d'Istria made him a member of the committee for the administration of war material, a position he resigned in 1828. After Capo d'Istria's murder (Oct. 9, 1831) and the resignation of his brother and successor, Agostino Capo d'Istria (April 13, 1832),

Mavrocordato

MAVROCORDATO, MAVROCORDAT

became minister of finance. He was vice-president of the National Assembly at Argos (July, 1832), and was appointed by King Otto minister of finance, and in 1833 premier. From 1834 onwards he was Greek

envoy

ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

Munich

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

, Berlin, London andafter a short interlude as premier in

Greece

GREECE

in 1841Constantinople. In 1843, after the revolution of September, he returned to Athens as minister without

portfolio

PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

in the Metaxas cabinet, and from April to August 1844 was head of the government formed after the fall of the " Russian " party. Going into opposition, he distinguished himself by his violent attacks on the Kolettis government. In 18541855 he was again head of the government for a few months. He died in Aegina on the 18th of August 1865.
See E. Legrand, Genealogic des Mavrocardato (Paris, 1886).

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