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Dimitrius Cantemir (Composer)

Born: 26th October 1673, Western Moldavia, Romania

Died: 21st August 1723, Dmitrovsk, Oryol Oblast, Russia

Nationality: Moldavian

Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters, regarded as one of the most significant early Enlightenment figures. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711). During his second term he allied his state with Russia in a war against Moldavia's Ottoman overlords; Russia's defeat forced Cantemir's family into exile and the replacement of the native voivodes by Greek phanariots. Cantemir was also a prolific writer, variously a philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer. His son Antioch, Russia's ambassador to Great Britain and France and a friend of Montesquieu and Voltaire, would become known as "the father of Russian poetry".

Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrie_Cantemir

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