Ioannis Mavros

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Mavros family

1. The Phanariot branch of the Mavros family

The Mavros family, hailing from the Cyclades, was divided into two branches towards the end of the 18th century. The first one, also known as the Phanariot branch, was founded by Ioannis Mavros, merchant inOdessa, Bukovina and Moldavia from the late 18th century, who managed to enter Phanariot circles through his marriage with Maria, daughter of Nikolaos Ventouras and Victoria Soutsou. Their son Nikolaos (1781, Constantinople – 1868, Bucharest) was married twice, in 1820 to Pulcheria, daughter of Dimitrios Gikas, grand notable of Craiova, and later to Sevasti Soutsou. From these two marriages he had five children. Between 1830 and 1851, Nikolaos served as general inspector of the lazarets (quarantine stations) organized by Russians in several Danubian cities. He was also in charge of the Russian intelligence service in the Danubian Principalities and generally closely associated with the Russophile boyars of Wallachia.1