The House of Văcărescu was a boyar family of Wallachia (now part of Romania). According to tradition, it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia. Notable members Enache Văcărescu (1654–1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia (killed with his master, Prince Brancovan) Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1730–1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammar Alecu Văcărescu (died 1798), poet Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great Ban of Craiova Iancu Văcărescu (1786–1863), poet Marițica Bibescu (1815–1859), poet and Princess-consort of Wallachia Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu) (ca. 1843–1903), journalist Maurice Paléologue (1859–1944), writer and French diplomat Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet See also Phanariotes Văcărești (disambiguation) References Romanian boyar families Wallachian nobility