Prince Dimitrie Cantemir

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Prince Dimitrie Cantemir was a Moldavian ruler, scholar, and polymath known for his political alliance with Russia against the Ottoman Empire and his influential works on history, geography, and music.

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instanceOf Prince of Moldavia
composer
human
musicologist
philosopher
ruler
scholar
alternateName Dimitrie Constantin Cantemir
Dimitrios Kantemiris
birthDate 1673-10-26
birthPlace Iași
Principality of Moldavia
burialPlace Moscow
child Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir
linked to: Dmitry Kantemir
countryOfCitizenship Principality of Moldavia
Russian Empire
deathDate 1723-08-21
deathPlace Dmitrovka
Russian Empire
described geography of Moldavia
history and institutions of Moldavia
political and military structure of the Ottoman Empire
educatedAt Constantinople
father Constantin Cantemir
fieldOfWork Oriental studies
geography
history
music
philosophy
influenced Ottoman music theory
Romanian Enlightenment
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
Latin
Romanian
Russian
Turkish
memberOf Royal Academy of Berlin
name Dimitrie Cantemir
notableAchievement formed a political and military alliance with Russia against the Ottoman Empire in 1711
notableWork Descriptio Moldaviae
Divanul sau Gâlceava Înțeleptului cu Lumea
Historia incrementorum atque decrementorum Aulae Othomanicae
Kitâbu ‘Ilmi’l-Mûsikî ‘alâ Vechi’l-Hurûfât
The History of the Growth and Decay of the Ottoman Empire
participantIn Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711)
positionHeld Prince of Moldavia
reignEnd 1693
1711
reignStart 1693
1710
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
residence Constantinople
Iași
Moscow
sibling Antioh Cantemir

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Battle of Pruth hasCommander Prince Dimitrie Cantemir
Principality of Moldavia notableRuler Dimitrie Cantemir
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Ottoman–Russian War of 1710–1711 commander Dimitrie Cantemir
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Moldavia hasEthnicGroup Dimitrie Cantemir
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Battle of Stănilești commander Dimitrie Cantemir
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Battle of Stănilești involvedRuler Prince Dimitrie Cantemir of Moldavia
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Pruth River Campaign hasAlly Moldavian ruler Dimitrie Cantemir (on the Russian side)
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Prince Dimitrie Cantemir name Dimitrie Cantemir
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Prince Dimitrie Cantemir alternateName Dimitrie Constantin Cantemir
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Battle of Cecora (Ţuţora) commander Kantemir of Moldavia
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Dmitry Kantemir name Dimitrie Cantemir
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