Ghica family
（重定向自Ghyka）
![Coat of Arms of the Ghica family](/Images/godic/202501/15/Ghica_CoA_Ion_Ghica2734.jpg")
![Grigore Ghica, the first Prince of Wallachia (1659-1660 and 1673-1678) from the Ghica family.](/Images/godic/202501/15/116_-_Grigore_Ghica2734.jpg")
![The Ghica Palace in Bucharest](/Images/godic/202501/15/Palatul_Ghica_22734.JPG")
![The Ghica Palace in Colentina, Bucharest, 1859.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Palatul_Ghica,_Colentina,_18592734.jpg")
The Ghica family (Romanian:Ghica, Greek:Gikas, Γκίκαs) were a Romanian noble family active in Wallachia, Moldavia and in the Kingdom of Romania. In the 18th century, several branches of the family went through a process of Hellenization (into the Phanariote social network). The Ghicas also held the (agnatic) rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire (Fürst), a title first bestowed upon Grigore II Ghica in 1673 by Leopold I.