Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza

Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza
Pretender
Born	1862 or 1863
Died	1889 Madrid, Spain
Title(s)	aspiring Domnitor
Royal House	Cuza
Father	Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Mother	Maria Catargi-Obrenović (officially, Elena Rosetti-Cuza)
Spouse	Maria Moruzi

Alexandru Al. Ioan Cuza (also known as Alexandru A. Cuza or Sașa Cuza; 1862 or 1864 – 1889) was a Romanian aristocrat and politician. He was the eldest son of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza, by his mistress Maria Catargi-Obrenović, and adopted by Cuza's wife Elena Rosetti-Cuza. His father's rule was the earliest political union between the two Danubian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia), which was to form the Kingdom of Romania in 1881. When Alexandru Ioan was ousted and replaced with Carol of Hohenzollern (1866), Alexandru Al. Ioan followed him into exile. He settled back in Romania after his father's death, attempting to create a current of opinion against Carol. He later helped journalists Alexandru Beldiman and Grigore Ventura in founding the anti-Carlist newspaper Adevărul.

Through their biological mother, Alexandru and his brother Dimitrie were half-brothers of Milan I Obrenović, the King of Serbia, and of General Radu Catargi. Beginning 1888, when Dimitrie Cuza died, Alexandru was the last surviving direct male heir of the Cuza family. After his death, the Cuza estate, including the manor of Ruginoasa, passed through his widow onto the Moruzis and the Brătianus.

Sașa Cuza and his younger brother Dimitrie were born from a liaison between the Domnitor and his mistress Maria, the Moldavian-born aristocrat, previously married into the House of Obrenović. Their maternal grandfather was Costin Catargi(u), a great landowner and Moldavian separatist, who had opposed Cuza's arrival to the throne in 1859. They were also half-brothers of Milan, the future Serbian King, who was Maria's eldest son. On the Catargiu side, their uncle Alexandru and cousin Alexis were noted career diplomats.

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