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[[File:Muruzi.jpg|thumb|250px|House of Muruzi in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]]]
The '''MourousisMourouzis''' ({{lang-el|Μουρούζης}}) 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 [[Dragomandragoman]]s and [[boyars]], and gave [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]] two ''[[hospodars]]'' – Princes [[Constantine MourousisMourouzis|Constantine]] and [[Alexander MourousisMourouzis|Alexander]]. GreatConstantine's great grandson ofDemetrius Constantinefled —to Dmitri[[Russia]] after appraisalthe outbreak of Greeksthe in[[Greek 1821War fledof to [[RussiaIndependence]]., Hiswhere his progeny was permitted to use Princethe princely 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==
*[[Nicholas MorousisMorouzis]] (d. 1821) Grand [[Dragoman]] of the Ottoman Fleet
*[[Alexandru Constantin Moruzi]] (1815–1878), economist and politician
*[[Dumitru C. Moruzi]] (1850–1914), folkorist and writer
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