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Constantin Alexandru Rosetti (2 June 1816–8 April 1885) was a Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
n literary and political leader, born in Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
 into a Phanariot Greek
Phanariotes

Phanariotes, Phanariots, or Phanariote Greeks were members of those prominent Greeks families residing in Fener, the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople, where the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is situated....
 family.

In 1845, Rosetti went to Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, where he met Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a France writer, poet and politician.Born in M?con, Burgundy into French provincial nobility, he spent his youth at the family property at Milly-Lamartine....
, the patron of the Society of Romanian Students in Paris. In 1847, he married Mary Grant
Maria Rosetti

Maria Rosetti was an England-born Wallachian and Romanian political activist, journalist, essayist, philanthropist and socialite. The sister of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland diplomat Effingham Grant and wife of Liberalism and radicalism in Romania leader C....
, the sister of the English consul to Bucharest, Effingham Grant.






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Rosetti
Constantin Alexandru Rosetti (2 June 1816–8 April 1885) was a Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
n literary and political leader, born in Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
 into a Phanariot Greek
Phanariotes

Phanariotes, Phanariots, or Phanariote Greeks were members of those prominent Greeks families residing in Fener, the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople, where the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is situated....
 family.

In 1845, Rosetti went to Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, where he met Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a France writer, poet and politician.Born in M?con, Burgundy into French provincial nobility, he spent his youth at the family property at Milly-Lamartine....
, the patron of the Society of Romanian Students in Paris. In 1847, he married Mary Grant
Maria Rosetti

Maria Rosetti was an England-born Wallachian and Romanian political activist, journalist, essayist, philanthropist and socialite. The sister of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland diplomat Effingham Grant and wife of Liberalism and radicalism in Romania leader C....
, the sister of the English consul to Bucharest, Effingham Grant. The consul was married to Zoia Racovita, the daughter of Alexandru Racovita; the Grant Bridge (Podul Grant) near Gara de Nord
Gara de Nord

Gara de Nord Bucuresti is the main railway station in Bucharest and the largest railway station in Romania. The vast majority of mainline trains to/from Bucharest originate from Gara de Nord....
 in Bucharest is named after him.

Rosetti took part in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Wallachian Revolution of 1848

The 'Wallachian Revolution of 1848' was a Romanians Liberalism and Romantic nationalism uprising in the principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of 1848, and closely connected with the 1848 Moldavian Revolution in Moldavia, it sought to overturn the administration imposed by Russian Empire authorities under the Regulamentul Organic...
. He was among the first arrested by Prince Gheorghe Bibescu
Gheorghe Bibescu

Gheorghe Bibescu , was a hospodar of Wallachia between 1843 and 1848. His rule coincided with the Revolutions of 1848 that culminated in the 1848 Wallachian revolution....
, who accused Rosetti of plotting to kill him. After the provisional government came to power on June 11, 1848, he held the post of chief of police
Romanian Police

The Romanian Police is the National police and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform ....
. He was also the editor of the first newspaper of the Muntenian revolution, Pruncul Romān. He served with Nicolae Balcescu
Nicolae Balcescu

Nicolae Balcescu was a Romanians Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution....
, Alexandru G. Golescu
Alexandru G. Golescu

Alexandru G. Golescu was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania in 1870 ....
 and Ion C. Bratianu as a secretary of the Provisional Government until the end of June. In August, he was appointed director of the Ministry of the Interior.

After the bloody crushing of the revolution on September 13, 1848, Rosetti was arrested along with the other leaders of the revolution. His wife's intervention was crucial in their release. Rosetti, along with the Bratianu brothers, Balcescu, and others, went into exile in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. While in France, he published a review favouring the creation of a national unitary state.

In 1861, he returned to Romania, and was elected deputy
Chamber of Deputies of Romania

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house in Romania's bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 315 seats, to which Chamber of Deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms....
, and in 1866 was minister of public instruction. Between 15 July and 16 July 1866, he was the temporary Prime Minister of Romania.

He supported the deposition
Deposition (politics)

Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion or forced abdication....
 of Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza

Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the Danubian Principalities between 1859 and 1866....
 in 1866. He headed the Chamber of Deputies in 1877, and was Minister of the Interior between 1881 and 1882.

A street (Strada C. A. Rosetti) and a square (Piata Rosetti
Piata Rosetti

Piata Rosetti is a small square in Sector 2 of Bucharest, 250 meters from Piata Universitatii. It is named after former mayor, politician, and Wallachian Revolution of 1848 C....
) in central Bucharest are named after him, as well as a high school.

Further reading

  • Vasile Netea, C. A. Rosetti (Bucuresti, 1970).
  • Marin Bucur, C. A. Rosetti, Mesianism si Donquijotism revolutionar (Bucuresti, 1970).