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Alexandru Ioan Cuza

First ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1820–1873)

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Source revisionSep 16, 2026
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza was the first domnitor (prince) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as Prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and Prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted in the unification of the two states. He was a prominent figure of the Moldavian Revolution of 1848. Following his double election, he initiated a series of liberal and progressive reforms that contributed to the modernization of Romanian society and of state structures.

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“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” enters the record as first ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1820–1873). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Alexandru, Ioan and Cuza can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.