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THE ESTATES OF THE GLOGOVEANU BOYARS IN THE DOLJAND THE ROMANAŢI DISTRICTSILEANA CIOARECOriginal from the locality Glogova, neighbouring with Baia de Arama,from which the family took the name, the Glogoveanu boyars are attested for thefirst time in the 15 th century, when the documents mentioned a certain Stanciufrom Glogova, married with Anca, the sister of the ruler Basarab the Young(Basarab Ţepeluş) 1 .Owning a wide landed property, the Glogoveanu family, could join otherfamilies with an old and far off origin as boyars, probably before the foundation ofthe feudal state Walachia. The existence of their estate is proved by a great numberof testaments and many others documents in which are specified the frontiers(hotărnicii) that have remained as a testimony along the time.This noble family owned properties in four from the five districts ofOltenia: Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinţi and Romanaţi.The estate in which they actually dwelled and the centre of theie socioeconomicand political life was Glogova, situated in the north-eastern parts ofOltenia. After the members from this family had established a residence inCraiova, the main city of the province, to the end of the 17 th century, they triedto extend their dominions in the districts from the field region, Dolj andRomanaţi.In the Romanaţi district the Glogoveanu family had many possessions:Popeşti, Corlăteşti and Boanta.The village Popeşti (near Pârşcoveni, the Olt district, lost nowadays) ismentioned in a document emitted in May 31 st 1596, through which, the logofătVladislav from Fălcoiu received a written permission from the ruler of that timeto buy properties (ocine) in this village from the priest Radu and the priest Albufor the price of 2400 aspri 2 .At September 5 th 1626 the estate was owned by Florica, the daughter ofthe comis Radu Corlătescu. Preda enclosed “by force” this land and gave it lately1 Constantin Rezachievici, Cronologia domnilor din Ţara Românească şi Moldova1324-1881, vol. I. Secolele XIV-XVI, Bucureşti, The Enciclopedic Publishing House, 2001, p. 127;Radu Creţeanu, Biserica din Glogova, in „Mitropolia Olteniei”, year VIII, 1956, nr. 6-7, p. 360;Ion Florescu, Note istorice din ţinutul voievozilor Jiului, in „Viaţa Românească”, year XXXVII,nr. 5-6, 1945, p. 47-48.2 Documenta Romaniae Historica, B, Ţara Românească, vol. XI (1593-1600), Bucureşti,The Publishig House of the Romanian Academy, 1975, p. 221 (further below will be quotedDRH).ARHIVELE OLTENIEI, Serie nouă, nr. 21, 2007, p. 39–44