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and, according to historian Lucian Nastasă, some of her relatives were [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] members of the Tabay family.<ref name="nastasa"/> The Caragiali couple also had a daughter, named Lenci.<ref>Cioculescu, p.18, 308</ref>
Ion Luca Caragiale was born into a family of [[Greeks in Romania|Greek]] descent, whose members first arrived in Wallachia soon after 1812, during the rule of [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] [[Ioan Gheorghe Caragea]]—Ştefan Caragiali, as his grandfather was known locally, worked as a cook for the court in [[Bucharest]].<ref name="heinischeviasi">{{ro icon}} Rosana Heinisch, [http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/grecii-mai-interesati-de.html "Grecii, mai interesaţi de opera lui I.L.Caragiale decit conaţionalii săi"], in ''[[Evenimentul]]'', 8 June 2002</ref><ref name="nastasa">{{ro icon}} Lucian Nastasă, [http://www.history-cluj.ro/Istorie/cercet/Nastasa/Despre_genealogie.pdf ''Genealogia între ştiinţă, mitologie şi monomanie''], p.18, at the [[Romanian Academy]]'s George Bariţ Institute of History, Cluj-Napoca. Retrieved 3 July 2007.</ref> Ion Luca's father, who reportedly originated from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] capital of [[Istanbul]], settled in [[Prahova County]] as the curator of the [[Mărgineni Monastery]]<ref>Mîndra, p.5-6, 272; Vianu, Vol. II, p.176</ref> (which, at the time, belonged to the [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] [[Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai|Saint Catherine's Monastery]] of [[Mount Sinai]]). Known to locals as Luca Caragiali, he later built a reputation as a lawyer and judge in [[Ploieşti]], and married Ecaterina, the daughter of a merchant from the [[Transylvania]]n town of [[Braşov]].<ref name="nastasa"/><ref name="Vianu, Vol. II, p.176">Vianu, Vol. II, p.176</ref><ref name="enemagist">{{ro icon}} Georgeta Ene,{{cite web|url=http://www.itcnet.ro/history/archive/mi2002/current1/mi12.htm |title="Caragiale la Berlin: Exil voluntar sau "misiune sub acoperire"? (I)" |accessdate=2008-12-07 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007125154/http://www.itcnet.ro/history/archive/mi2002/current1/mi12.htm |archivedate=7 October 2007 |df=dmy }} , in ''[[Magazin Istoric]]'', January 2002, p.12-17</ref> Her [[maiden name]] was given as ''Alexovici'' (''Alexevici'')<ref name="nastasa"/><ref name="Vianu, Vol. II, p.176"/><ref name="enemagist"/> or as ''Karaboa'' (''Caraboa'').<ref>Mîndra, p.6, 272</ref> She is known to have been Greek herself,<ref name="nastasa"/><ref name="enemagist"/><ref name="holbanemigr">{{ro icon}} [[Ioan Holban]], [http://www.evenimentul.ro/articol/i.l.-caragiale-fiul-unui.html "I.L. Caragiale, fiul unui emigrant din Cefallonia (III)"], in ''[[Evenimentul]]'', 25 May 2002</ref> and, according to historian Lucian Nastasă, some of her relatives were [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] members of the Tabay family.<ref name="nastasa"/> The Caragiali couple also had a daughter, named Lenci.<ref>Cioculescu, p.18, 308</ref>
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