Nicholas Mavrogenes

Nicholas Mavrogenes
Prince of Wallachia
Reign1786–1789
PredecessorMichael Drakos Soutzos
SuccessorMichael Drakos Soutzos
Born1735
Paros, Ottoman Empire
Died30 September 1790
Byala, Ottoman Empire
HouseMavrogenis family
ReligionOrthodox

Nicholas Mavrogenes (or Mavrogenous; Greek: Νικόλαος Μαυρογένης Nikolaos Mavrogenis (Greek: "Blackbeard"), Romanian: Nicolae Mavrogheni pronounced [nikoˈla.e mavroˈɡenʲ]), (1735 – 30 September 1790) was a Phanariote Prince of Wallachia (reigned 1786–1789). He was the great-uncle of Manto Mavrogenous, a heroine of the Greek War of Independence.