- Iancu Flondor
Iancu Flondor (
August 3 ,1865 –October 19 ,1924 ) was an Austro-Hungarian-bornRomania n activist who advocatedBukovina 's unifion with theKingdom of Romania .He was born in the town of Storojineţ (Northern Bukovina), presently in
Ukraine . His parents were Gheorghe Flondor (1828–1892) and Isabella von Dobrowlski-Buchental (?–1890). [Purici] Married to Elena de Zotta, he fathered three sons: Şerban (b. 1900), Neagoe (b. 1901), and Mircea (b. 1903). [Racovitza and Pânzaru]During the winter of 1918, Flondor clashed with his rival
Aurel Onciul over the political future of Bukovina, a dispute which culminated in the November request by Flondor for an intervention by theRomanian Army into what had become a chaotic Bukovina.He died in Cernăuţi, and was buried in Storojineţ.
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* Ştefan Purici, [http://atlas.usv.ro/www/codru_net/CC10/Flondor.pdf "Iancu Flondor (1865-1924). O viaţă în slujba dreptăţii"] , at Ştefan cel Mare University, Suceava
* C. Al. Racovitza, Mihai Pânzaru, [http://www.itcnet.ro/history/archive/mi2000/current6/mi10.htm "Flondorii"] , from "Magazin Istoric", nr. 6, 2000.
* Cezar Vasiliu, [http://www.observatorul.com/articles_main.asp?action=articleviewdetail&ID=858 "Dulce Bucovină, veselă grădină"] , "Observatorul",November 15 ,2003
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