Grigore Ureche (; 1590–1647
Biography
Grigore Ureche was the son of the influential Moldovan boyar Nestor Ureche,
who was an advisor to a prince in
Poland. Ureche spent his childhood in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, where he studied at the Jesuit College in L'viv.
After returning to the Principality of Moldavia, he held many high-ranking offices in the courts of several Moldovan
Hospodars. During the reign of
Vasile Lupu (from 1634) Ureche became the administrator of Lower Moldavia.
Significance
Ureche is the first to assert the existence of the Romanian language and its Romance character. He also acknowledges the common
Roman Empire origin of the
Romanians from
Moldavia,
Wallachia and
Transylvania.
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