Nicholas Mavrocordatos
Greek ruler in Ottoman service
Years: 1670 - 1730
Nicholas Mavrocordatos (Istambul, May 3, 1670 – September 3, 1730) is a Greek member of the Mavrocordatos family, Grand Dragoman to the Divan (1697), and consequently the first Phanariote Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities - Prince of Moldavia, and Prince of Wallachia (both on two separate occasions).
He is succeeded as Grand Dragoman (1709) by his son John Mavrocordato (Ioan), who is for a short while hospodar in both Wallachia and Moldavia.
