Early Foundation Era

The Early Foundation Era was the historical period from 1400 to 1799, preceding the Pre-Vader Era. It contains the earliest traceable foundations of later families and organizations.

The period includes the foundation of the Butchers and the House of Ionuț in Wallachia. During the eighteenth century, Lorenzo Nostrini established the Nostrini household in Calabria, while the Nikolopoulos family migrated from the Peloponnese to the Dutch Republic and began the family line that adopted the Paap surname.

Background

At the start of the period, the later principal families were not yet connected. The Ionuț history developed in Wallachia during the late fifteenth century, while the family lines later known as the Noord and Paap families were established separately in Calabria and the Dutch Republic during the eighteenth century.

Chronology

1400

• The Early Foundation Era began.

1496

• Dragos Ionuț gave the Butchers network permanent membership in Bucharest. Individual crews retained their own commanders.

Late 1490s

• Dragos established the House of Ionuț as a self-proclaimed Wallachian house. He opened its register and used the title Sir Dragos I. Wallachian authorities did not recognize the House.

1521

• November
  • 23 November – Grozav Ionuț killed Dragos in Wallachia and seized the Butchers.
  • 24 November – Grozav declared himself head of the House of Ionuț.
• December
  • 2 December – Mihai Ionuț read the affiliated households' rejection of Grozav's claim. Stefan Ionuț began removing Butchers commanders who continued to recognize Grozav.
  • 18 December – Stefan entered the main Butchers storehouse with crews that had changed sides. Grozav lost control of the organization and fled into the Holy Roman Empire, ending the 1521 Ionuț succession crisis.

1522

• April
  • 12 April – Mihai restored the House of Ionuț and became its head. Stefan remained leader of the Butchers.

1761

• September
  • 14 September – Lorenzo Nostrini established the Nostrini family as a formal household line in Calabria. He kept the household archive at Casa Nostrini in Cosenza and became the founding capofamiglia.

1770

• Around 1770, Nikolaos Nikolopoulos and Despina Papadopoulou fled the Ottoman-controlled Peloponnese with their four surviving children during the suppression of the Orlov Revolt. The household eventually reached the Dutch Republic.

Late 18th century

• After settling in the Dutch Republic, Martinos Nikolopoulos recorded the name Paap in the Book of Paap. His descendants gradually adopted Paap as a hereditary surname.

1799

• The Early Foundation Era ended at the close of 1799. The Pre-Vader Era began in 1800.

See also

• Timeline
• Pre-Vader Era
• House of Ionuț
• 1521 Ionuț succession crisis
• Early history of the Paap family
• Noord family