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Prince (KnyazKnyaz

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or BeyBey

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) Stefan Bogoridi (born ?????? ?????? ???????, Stoyko Tsonkov Stoykov; BulgarianBulgarian language

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: ???? ?????? ????????; GreekGreek language

Greek has a documented history of 3,500 years, the longest of any single language within the Indo-European family....
: St?fa??? ??????d??; RomanianRomanian language

Romanian is the fifth of the Romance languages in terms of number of speakers....
: Stefan Vogoride; TurkishTurkish language

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: Stefanaki Bey; 1775 or 1780—August 1, 1859) was a high ranking OttomanOttoman Empire

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 statesman of BulgarianBulgarians

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 origin, grandson of Sophronius of VratsaSophronius of Vratsa

Sophronius of Vratsa, born Stoyko Vladislavov, was a Bulgarian cleric and one of the leading figures of the early Bulg...
 and father of Alexander BogoridiAlexander Bogoridi

Prince Alexander Stefanov Bogoridi was an Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin....
 and Nicolae VogorideNicolae Vogoride

Prince Nicolae Vogoride was the Ottoman-nominated caimacam of Moldavia following the Crimean War....
. Stefan and his brother Athanas were named Bogoridi after Boris IBoris I of Bulgaria

Boris I or sometimes Boris-Mihail, Bulgarian: ????? I, known also as Bogoris was the ruler of Bulgaria 852&n...
, the first ChristianChristianity

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 ruler of Bulgaria (who was also known under the name Bogoris).

Biography

Born in KotelKotel, Bulgaria

Kotel is a town in central Bulgaria, part of Sliven Province....
, Bogoridi studied in the Greek-language Saint Sava CollegeSaint Sava College

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 in BucharestBucharest

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, WallachiaWallachia

Wallachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania; it was a principality founded by Basarab I in the late Middle...
, where he changed his Bulgarian name Stoyko for the Greek Stefan. After finishing his studies, Bogoridi joined the Ottoman fleet as DragomanDragoman

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and, under the command of Seid Mustafa Pasha (future SultanOttoman Dynasty

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 Mustafa IVFacts About Mustafa IV

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), took part in the Second Battle of AbukirBattle of Abukir (1799)

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 against Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon I of France Summary

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 in EgyptHistory of Ottoman Egypt

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, making a miraculous escape after the defeat of the Ottoman forces.

In 1812, Stefan Bogoridi went to MoldaviaMoldavia

Moldavia is a geographical and historical region in north-eastern Romania....
 with Prince Scarlat CallimachiScarlat Callimachi

Two related men in Moldavian/Romanian history:...
, who appointed him governor of GalatiGalati

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 (1812-1819). In 1821, during the local uprisingWallachian uprising of 1821

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 of Tudor VladimirescuTudor Vladimirescu

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 and the invasion of Filiki EteriaFiliki Eteria

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 as part of the Greek War of IndependenceGreek War of Independence Overview

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, Bogoridi was nominal CaimacamKaymakam

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of Wallachia; the following year, after the sweeping Ottoman offensive against Alexander YpsilantisAlexander Ypsilantis (1792-1828) Overview

Alexander Ypsilantis, Ypsilanti, or Alexandros Ypsilantis, was a Greek military commander and national hero....
, he held the actual position of Caimacam in Moldavia 1822, and then returned as Dragoman of the Ottoman fleet. Between 1825 and 1828, he was exileExile

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d in AnatoliaAnatolia

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.

After the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 and the Treaty of AdrianopleTreaty of Adrianople

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, he was an advisor of Mahmud IIMahmud II

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, who gave him the title of prince (bey, ??eµ??a?) and appointed him governor of the island of SamosSamos Island

Samos Island is a Greek island in the Eastern Aegean sea, localizated between the island of Chios to the North and the archi...
. He visited Samos only once in 1839 and ruled the island from IstanbulIstanbul

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. Bogoridi, who renamed the capital of the islandVathy, Samos

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 Stefanopolis after himself, was hated by the local GreekGreeks

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 population due to his arbitrary rule. The Samians revolved against him in 1849 and had the Sultan dismiss him in 1850.

Under AbdülmecidAbdülmecid

Abdl-Mecid I was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on July 2 1839....
, Bogoridi was a member of the TanzimatTanzimat

...
 Council and an imperial counsellor. His was the only Christian who after the fall of ConstantinopleFall of Constantinople Overview

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 in 1453 had welcomed an Ottoman sultan as a guest in his house. He obtained permission from Abdülmecid for building a Bulgarian OrthodoxBulgarian Orthodox Church

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 church in Istanbul, and donated his house in FenerFener

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. On that spot, the famous Bulgarian iron churchBulgarian St Stephen Church

The Bulgarian St Stephen Church in Istanbul, also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church i...
 was later erected, and named Saint Stephen in memory of him. He died in Istanbul.