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Stefan Cantacuzino , was a Prince of Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
 between April 1714 and January 21, 1716, the son of stolnic
Stolnic

Stolnic was a boier rank and the position at the Noble court in the history of Romania: in Moldavia and Wallachia. The title approximately corresponds to seneschal and is borrowed from the Slavic title stolnik a person in charge of the royal table....
 Constantin Cantacuzino
Constantin Cantacuzino

Constantin Cantacuzino may refer to several members of the Cantacuzino family:*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian stolnic, historian and diplomat...
.

an was involved in his father's intrigue against Prince Constantin Brāncoveanu
Constantin Brāncoveanu

Constantin Br?ncoveanu was List of Wallachian rulers of Wallachia between 1689 and 1714....
, denouncing him to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 (Wallachia's overlord), and surrendering Brāncoveanu's secret correspondence with the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austria branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918....
, enemies of the Porte
Porte

Ottoman Porte used to refer to the Divan of the Ottoman Empire where government policies were established....
 in the Great Turkish War
Great Turkish War

The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and contemporary European powers, then joined into a Holy League, during the second half of the 17th century....
. After obtaining the Prince's deposition, he took the throne 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....
 as an Ottoman appointee.

His rule coincided with the Habsburg attack led by Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy

Fran?ois-Eug?ne, Prince of Savoy-Carignan , was one of the most prominent and successful military commanders in European history. Born in Paris to aristocratic Italian parents, Eugene grew up around the French court of Louis XIV of France....
, during which the Cantacuzinos shook off Ottoman tutelage, informing Stephan, comte de Steinville on the Porte's war preparations.






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Stefan Cantacuzino , was a Prince of Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
 between April 1714 and January 21, 1716, the son of stolnic
Stolnic

Stolnic was a boier rank and the position at the Noble court in the history of Romania: in Moldavia and Wallachia. The title approximately corresponds to seneschal and is borrowed from the Slavic title stolnik a person in charge of the royal table....
 Constantin Cantacuzino
Constantin Cantacuzino

Constantin Cantacuzino may refer to several members of the Cantacuzino family:*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian stolnic, historian and diplomat...
.

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Stefan was involved in his father's intrigue against Prince Constantin Brāncoveanu
Constantin Brāncoveanu

Constantin Br?ncoveanu was List of Wallachian rulers of Wallachia between 1689 and 1714....
, denouncing him to the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 (Wallachia's overlord), and surrendering Brāncoveanu's secret correspondence with the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austria branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918....
, enemies of the Porte
Porte

Ottoman Porte used to refer to the Divan of the Ottoman Empire where government policies were established....
 in the Great Turkish War
Great Turkish War

The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and contemporary European powers, then joined into a Holy League, during the second half of the 17th century....
. After obtaining the Prince's deposition, he took the throne 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....
 as an Ottoman appointee.

His rule coincided with the Habsburg attack led by Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy

Fran?ois-Eug?ne, Prince of Savoy-Carignan , was one of the most prominent and successful military commanders in European history. Born in Paris to aristocratic Italian parents, Eugene grew up around the French court of Louis XIV of France....
, during which the Cantacuzinos shook off Ottoman tutelage, informing Stephan, comte de Steinville on the Porte's war preparations. A kapucu
Kapucu

Kapucu designated the official envoy of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman dynasty in medieval Wallachia and Moldovia. His missions are mostly associated with, but not limited to, the recalling of subject Hospodars ....
 was sent to depose Prince Stefan in January 1716, and arrested him together with his father and uncle (the spatar Mihai Cantacuzino). The three of them were executed in Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
.

Following Stefan 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
    Cantacuzino family

    The Cantacuzino family is an old boyar family of Wallachia which they claim to get their roots from the Byzantine Emperor John VI Cantacuzenus....