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[[File:Muruzi.jpg|thumb|250px|House of Muruzi in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]]]

[[File:Muruzi.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''House of Muruzi in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]'']]The '''Mourousis''' or '''Moruzi''' are a family which was first mentioned in the [[Empire of Trebizond]]. Its origins have been lost, but the two prevalent theories are that they were either a local family originating in a village which has a related name or else one that arrived with the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] during the [[Fourth Crusade]] (since there are records of a Venetian family with a similar name a generation earlier). They became one of the leading families of [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Phanariotes]]. The family moved to present-day [[Romania]] (the [[Danubian Principalities]]) in the 17th century, became [[Dragoman]]s and [[boyars]], and gave [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]] two ''[[hospodars]]'' – Princes [[Constantine Mourousis|Constantine]] and [[Alexander Mourousis|Alexander]]. Great grandson of Constantine — Dmitri after appraisal of Greeks in 1821 fled to [[Russia]]. His progeny was permitted to use Prince title in 1893 and 1905. Members of the family remained in Romania and [[Bessarabia]] until the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation post-World War II.▼

▲[[File:Muruzi.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''House of Muruzi in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]'']]The '''Mourousis''' or '''Moruzi''' are a family which was first mentioned in the [[Empire of Trebizond]]. Its origins have been lost, but the two prevalent theories are that they were either a local family originating in a village which has a related name or else one that arrived with the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] during the [[Fourth Crusade]] (since there are records of a Venetian family with a similar name a generation earlier). They became one of the leading families of [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Phanariotes]]. The family moved to present-day [[Romania]] (the [[Danubian Principalities]]) in the 17th century, became [[Dragoman]]s and [[boyars]], and gave [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]] two ''[[hospodars]]'' – Princes [[Constantine Mourousis|Constantine]] and [[Alexander Mourousis|Alexander]]. Great grandson of Constantine — Dmitri after appraisal of Greeks in 1821 fled to [[Russia]]. His progeny was permitted to use Prince title in 1893 and 1905. Members of the family remained in Romania and [[Bessarabia]] until the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation post-World War II.

==Other members==

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==References==

*{{ro icon}} [http://www.bnrm.md/publicatii/files/1/2005_3-4_16.pdf Iurie Colesnic, ''Reîntoarcerea pribeagului'' (on Dumitru C. Moruzi and his family)] {{ro icon}}.

*Petre Out, "«Adevărul rămâne oricare ar fi soarta celor care l-au servit». Gh.I.Brătianu — un istoric printre politicieni", in ''Dosarele Istoriei'', 1/VI, 2001.

==External links==

*{{ro icon}} [http://www.archweb.cimec.ro/Arheologie/Targsor/istoric/moruzi/moruzi.html The Moruzi Family Manor] {{ro icon}}

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