Ștefan Cantacuzino

Ștefan Cantacuzino, (c. 1675 – 7 June 1716) was a Prince of Wallachia between April 1714 and January 21, 1716, the son of stolnic Constantin Cantacuzino. He was married to Păuna Greceanu-Cantacuzino.

Ștefan Cantacuzino
Prince of Wallachia
Reign	April 1714 – 21 January 1716
Predecessor	Constantin Brâncoveanu
Successor	Nicholas Mavrocordatos
Born	ca. 1675
Died	7 June 1716 Istanbul
House	Cantacuzino family
Father	Constantin Cantacuzino
Religion	Orthodox

Ștefan Cantacuzino (to the left)

Life

Ștefan was involved in his father's intrigue against Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu, denouncing him to the Ottoman Empire (Wallachia's overlord), and surrendering Brâncoveanu's secret correspondence with the Habsburg monarchy, enemies of the Porte in the Great Turkish War. After obtaining the Prince's deposition, he took the throne in Bucharest as an Ottoman appointee.

His rule coincided with the Habsburg attack led by Prince Eugene of Savoy, during which the Cantacuzinos shook off Ottoman tutelage, informing Stephan Graf Stainville on the Porte's war preparations. A kapucu was sent to depose Prince Ștefan in January 1716, and arrested him together with his father and uncle (the spătar Mihai Cantacuzino). The three of them were executed in Constantinople.

Following Ștefan Cantacuzino's death, the Phanariote rule in Wallachia was established as a way to ensure a tighter Ottoman control over Wallachia.

See also

• Cantacuzino family

References

• Neagu Djuvara, Între Orient și Occident. Țările române la începutul epocii moderne, Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995, p. 31, 336

Preceded by Constantin Brâncoveanu

Prince of Wallachia 1714–1716

Succeeded by Nicholas Mavrocordatos