Early Life
Lupu was born in Arbanasi, an Albanian-populated village in Bulgaria. The first time that the last name of the family is mentioned in Romanian sources is in 1597, when Nicholas Coci, an Albanian born in Epirus, takes refuge with other mercenaries in the Arbanasi village. After he had been involt in a revolt and he was defeated, Nicolai Coci was brought in Romanian Country by Radu Mihnea, who would occupy the throne of all Romanian Territories (Moldova, Transilvania, Muntenia) in 1601. Nicolai Coci had 8 children: Vasile Lupu, Gabriel Hatmanul, Ilinca, Marga, Anna, Catherine and George Costea. After father's death, the family moved to live in Moldavia. The most important aspect of Nicolai Coci (Nicholas Coci) ... he is the father of Prince Vasile Lupu / Wolf (Vasile Coci). The Coci last name was carried on by Stefan Coci (son of Vasile Lupu) who married the daughter of Petru Rareş, a voivode of Moldavia, but also by the descendants of Gabriel Coci named Hatmanul. The descending line of Coci intersects with aristocratics families from Moldavia, old families such as Bucioc, Boulesti, and the Abazesti.
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