Hâjdău (with several spelling versions, such as Hâjdeu, Hasdeu, Hîjdău, etc.) was the name of a
Romanian boyar family from
Bessarabia, who activated in
Poland,
Russian Empire, and
Romania. The founders of the Bessarabian line of the family are
Ioan Hâjdău and
Nicolae Hâjdău, the nephews of
Prince Stefan Petriceicu from his sister. She was married to a
paharnic Lupaşco Hâjdău, who died in 1673 at
Hotin, in a battle against the
Ottomans, son of a
Ştefan Hâjdău. After the prince's rebellion against the Turks, the two brothers will leave
Moldavia, for fear of repressions, and will accompany their uncle to
Poland. There, they will receive, in 1676, the Polish
indygenat. The Hâjdăus who did not live the country lost their status very quickly. When
Tadeu Hâjdău returns to
Moldavia, in order to claim the lost domains of his family, he finds that the descendants of the Hâjdău
boyar family were now pesants and butchers, of very humble condition. Several members of the auto-exiled line will affirm themselves as writers in the 19th century:
Tadeu HâjdăuAlexandru HâjdeuBoleslav HâjdăuBogdan Petriceicu HasdeuIulia Hasdeu Read More