Alexandru Ioan Cuza (pronounced [aleksandru iooan kuza] ( listen), or Alexandru Ioan I, also

anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 15 May 1873) was Prince of Moldavia,
Prince of Wallachia, and later Domnitor (ruler) of the Romanian Principalities. He was a prominent
figure of the Revolution of 1848 in Moldavia. He initiated a series of reforms that contributed to the
modernization of Romanian society and of state structures.