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Cocuța Conachi

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Ecaterina Cocuța Conachi
Princess Ecaterina Conachi
Born(1829-04-02)2 April 1829[1]
Țigănești, Galați County, Moldavia
Died22 February 1870(1870-02-22) (aged 40)
Genoa, Italy
Burial
Țigănești, Romania
SpousePrince Nicolae Vogoride
Prince Emanuele Ruspoli
IssuePrince Emanoil Vogoride-Conachi
Prince Constantin Vogoride-Conachi
Princess Maria Vogoride-Conachi
Princess Lucia Vogoride-Conachi
Prince Costantino Ruspoli
Prince Eugenio Ruspoli
Prince Mario Ruspoli
Princess Caterina Ruspoli
Princess Margherita Ruspoli
FatherCostache Conachi
MotherSmaranda Negri
ReligionEastern Orthodox, upon second marriage Roman Catholicism

Ecaterina Cocuța Conachi (2 April 1829 – 22 February 1870) was a Romanian princess and revolutionary. She is known for her activism and work for the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia.[2]

She belonged to the Conachi family. Ecaterina Conachi married firstly in 1846, in Iași, Prince Nicolae Vogoride. They had four children. In 1864, she remarried in Rome, Prince Emanuele Ruspoli, with whom she had five children, among them Eugenio Ruspoli ((1866-01-06)6 January 1866, Țigănești(1893-12-04)4 December 1893, Somalia) and Mario Ruspoli ((1867-10-16)16 October 1867, Țigănești – (1963-01-16)16 January 1963, Florence).

She died of paludism.

References

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  1. ^ Families
  2. ^ Arina Avram (10 September 2014). Femei celebre din România (Romanian ed.). Grupul Editorial ALL. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-973-724-848-0.
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