Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu

Prince Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania
In office 29 August 1863 – 29 October 1865
Monarch	Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Preceded by	Ioan Grigore Ghica
Succeeded by	Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah
Personal details
Born	(1827-12-06)6 December 1827 Iași, Moldavia
Died	11 May 1884(1884-05-11) (aged 56) Paris, France
Resting place	Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
Nationality	Romanian
Spouse	Princess Olga Rosetti-Bălănescu
Children	Princess Elena Rosetti-Bălănescu
Alma mater	University of Paris

Prince Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu (6 December 1827 – 11 May 1884) was a lawyer and Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania from 29 August 1863 until 29 October 1865.^[1][2]

Rosetti-Bălănescu was born in Iași, Moldavia. He came from a larger aristocratic Rosetti family, which to distinguish themselves split into four smaller families: Rosetti-Solescu, Rosetti-Roznovanu, Rosetti-Tescanu and Rosetti-Bălănescu.^[3] He studied in Paris at Lycée Henri-IV and then at the Paris Law Faculty, after which he returned to Romania.^[1] His wife, Olga, divorced him and then married another diplomat, Petre Mavrogheni.^[4] Towards the end of his life he went back to Paris, where he died.^[1][2] He is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.^[5]

See also

• Foreign relations of Romania

References

1. "Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu" (in Romanian). Retrieved July 12, 2020.
2. "Ctitori ai României – 150 de ani de la Unirea Principatelor Române". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). January 19, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
3. "There Are Noblemen and Noblemen…". Retrieved 2010-09-30.
4. "Romanian Aristocratic Families". 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
5. Iftimi, Sorin (2018), "Portretele familiei lui Antonie Vodă Ruset. De la frescă la șevalet", Cercetări Istorice, New Series (in Romanian), 37: 223–248