Vacarescu family

The Văcărescu family was a boyar family of Wallachia (now part of Romania).

According to tradition it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia. Its mythical founder is said to have been a certain "Kukenus", of Spanish origin, settled in Transylvania as lord over Făgăraş. Others connect the family with "Ugrin", count of Făgăraş.

• Enache Văcărescu (1654 – 1714) grand treasurer of Walachia
• Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, (1730 – 1796) poet, wrote first Romanian grammar
• Alecu Văcărescu (died 1798), poet
• Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet
• Iancu Văcărescu, (1786 – 1863), poet
• Elena Văcărescu, (1864 – 1947), poet

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.