![]() ![]() However, much of Ghyka's inherited capital was via his grandmother's Balş family. Maria's half-brother was Grigoire Ghyka, who adopted Matila when he was a teenager so that he would acquire the title of Prince as Matila was the great-grandson of Grigore Alexandru Ghica, last reigning Prince of Moldavia before the union of the Danubian Principalities. His mother was Maria Ghyljia and his father was Matila Costiecu, a Wallachian officer. Ghyka was born in Iași, the former capital of Moldavia, of the Ghica family of boyars. ![]() His first name is sometimes written as Matyla. He did not return to Romania after World War II, and was one of the most significant members of the Romanian diaspora. Prince Matila Costiescu Ghyka ( Romanian pronunciation: born Matila Costiescu 13 September 1881 – 14 July 1965), was a Romanian naval officer, novelist, mathematician, historian, philosopher, academic and diplomat. ![]() Naval officer, diplomat, writer, mathematician, aesthetician, historian ![]()
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