Caradja

Caradja
Καρατζάς
Coat of arms of the Caradja family
Country Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
 Romania
 Greece
Current regionPhilippopolis
Dyrrhachium
Dalmatia
Danubian Principalities
Place of originConstantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Founded1091
FounderArgyros Karatzas
TitlesDoux of Philippopolis
Doux of Dyrrhachium
Grand Postelnic of Moldavia
Prince of Wallachia
Connected familiesRosetti family
Kretzulescu family

The House of Caradja (also spelt as Karadja, Karaca, Caragea) or Karatzas (also spelt Caratzas; Greek: Καρατζάς) is a princely house of Byzantine and Phanariote Greek origins, present as dignitaries in the Ottoman Empire, and established as boyars and hospodars in the Danubian Principalities from the late 16th century.