I would first like to say that, I think that I am a descendant of this family as my great grandmother was a (( Kantymir )) which i asume is just a different spelling of the original, I could be completely wrong but maybe someone on these forums could help me out with making the connection, basically there is a 134 years lost that i can not connect the dots sorta speak to relate my family line to the last Cantemir Prince that ruled in Moldova. Here is a lengthy little piece I wrote as to why i think my family is related.
The reason i wrote it the way it is was because I shared it with my other Kantymir relatives sorta as a family history lesson which i think is legit. Just as a extra note so far the different sellings of the name is Cantemir // Kantemir // Ketemer // Kantymir
I would like to give a little family history lesson , Our Kantymir ancestors are our not so distant ancestors from Ukraine. But our kantymir blood line goes farther back then some of you might know, with very interesting information, that I have learned thanks to Jeanine Lebsack, Now i was also told that there was 100 years or so of family information lost do to that i don't know but i have a strong feeling this information is true or could be true. As we have recently learned there is a different spelling of our last name Kantemir / Ketemer / and ours Kantymir in history there is also another spelling called Cantemir which originates from Moldova which is a Romanian speaking coutry, the name Cantemir comes from Khan Temir who was a powerful khan of the Budjak Nogais (Budzhak Horde); around 1603. The family Cantemir were Royal's of Moldova back in the late 1600s to early 1700s, Constantin Cantemir sons Antioh Cantemir and Dimitrie Cantemir became a voivode at the age of 71 and made sure his sons had a good education, His eldest son was a Moldavian Voivode (Prince) between December 18, 1695 and September 12, 1700, and again from February 23, 1705 to July 31, 1707. His Brother Dimitrie Cantemir (Romanian: [diˈmitri.e kanteˈmir]; 1673–1723) was twice Prince of Moldavia (in March–April 1693 and in 1710–1711). Moldova under Russian suzerainty, after a secret agreement signed in Lutsk, Dimitrie Cantemir sought refuge in Russia, where he and his family finally settled, There, he was awarded the title of Knyaz (Prince) of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great and received the title of Reichsfürst (Prince) of the Holy Roman Empire from Charles VI. He died at his Dmitrovka estate near Oryol in 1723 (on the very day he was awarded the Roman-German princely title). In 1935, his remains were carried to Iași. And that is where i think our connection is after the Cantemir family went to Russia the family lived there for many many years and eventually branches of the family moved around the slavik speaking countries Ukraine / Belo-Russia / Poland etc etc and ours landed in Ukraine with a different variant spelling of Cantemir. Believe what you want but i choose to believe its true that our long distant ancestors were in fact the Royal Cantemir family of Moldova. The family name. Our long distant relatives are posted as ((Cantemirești family)) at this link which i will provide and will provide links of the family.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Russian_noble_families
Cantemirești family)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Cantemirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioh_Cantemirhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrie_CantemirI would also like to note that Michael Ketemer said in one of his recent posts in the reunion page that one variant spelling of our surname is **Kantemir**, also Dimitrie Cantemir prince of Moldova name in Russian is Дми́трий Константи́нович Кантеми́р (Dmitriy Konstantinovich **Kantemir**). Which makes me believe even more that the information i posted is true. Hope it's a good read, give it a thumbs up if you like it, and leave a comment or two to let me know what you think
