Alexandru Callimachi

Alexandru Callimachi
Callimachi in 1797
Born	1737 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	12 December 1821 Bolu, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Moldavian
Known for	Prince of Moldavia
Predecessor	Mihai Suţu, brother-in-law
Successor	Constantine Ypsilantis
Spouse(s)	Elena Ghika
Children	Ralu, wife of Ypsilantis Scarlat Callimachi, hospodar Eufrosina Ioan
Parent(s)	Ioan Teodor Callimachi and Raliţa Chrisoscoleo
Relatives	Alexandros Kallimachis, grandson Gavriil Callimachi, uncle Scarlat Ghika Vodǎ, father-in-law

Alexandru Callimachi (1737 – 12 December 1821) was Prince of Moldavia during the period of 6 May 1795 through 18 March 1799.

Alexandru Callimachi was born in Constantinople. His family were an established Moldavian-Greek Phanariote boyar and princely house. He was the son of Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Prince of Moldavia, and Raliţa Chrisoscoleo. Alexandru had three siblings: Grigore Callimachi (1735–1769), Prince of Moldavia; sister, Sevastiţa (born 1736), who married Mihai Suţu, Prince of Moldavia; and sister, Maria (1740–1831). His uncle Gavriil Callimachi (1689–1786) was a monk at Putna Monastery before he founded the St. George Cathedral in Iaşi.

Callimachi served as Grand Dragoman of the Sublime Porte from 1785 to 1794. He gained the title of Prince of Moldavia in 1795. After Callimachi was deposed, he was succeeded by son-in-law Constantine Ypsilantis.

With his reign over, Callimachi retired to Constantinople.

Callimachi sealed a matrimonial alliance with his marriage to Elena Ghika, daughter of Scarlat Ghika Vodǎ, Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia. They had four children. Their oldest was daughter, Ralu (1769–1797), who married Ypsilantis in 1783. Their first son, the hospodar Scarlat Callimachi, was Prince of Moldavia at three different times, while Scarlat's son Alexandros was conferred the Ottoman title of Bala in June 1861, the first Christian to be so honored. They had two younger children, daughter, Eufrosina (1776–1835), and son, Ioan (1775–1821).