sentences:  He was born in Istanbul in 1778 or according to other sources in 1784.His parents were the Phanariot Grigorios Soutzos and Sevasti Tedeskou.During his adolescence he lived in the courtyard of his grandfather Michael Drakos Soutzos, who was ruler of Wallachia and later, he served as secretary to the Grand Dragoman of the Sublime Porte, Ioannis Karatzas, whose daughter, Roxanne, he married in 1812.