The testament of the Housekeeper Marica, the daughter of the swordbearer Diicu Buicescu and the wife of the great cupbearer Staico Bucşanu (Merişanu)
The testament of the Housekeeper Marica, the daughter of the swordbearer Diicu Buicescu and the wife of the great cupbearer Staico Bucşanu (Merişanu)

Summary/Abstract: This paper is based on the content of an inedited document from January 25th 1704, the testament of Marica’s, the daughter of the great swordbearer Diicu Buicescu and the second wife of the great cupbearer Staico Bucşanu (Merişanu), one of the biggest intriguers of the second half of the 17th century, who also was a pretender to the throne of Wallachia for almost 15 years during the reigns of the voivodes Şerban Cantacuzino and Constantin Brâncoveanu. The document published here completes the biography of this character; it includes information unknown till now: he and very probably his wife, too, were buried in Strâmbu Convent, today Găiseni Parish, Giurgiu County.

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