The palace bears the name of the widow of the Romanian boyar Mogoș, who owned the land it was built on.

Rebought by Prince Ștefan Cantacuzino, he returned it to Brâncoveanu's grandson Constantin, and remained with the family until the early nineteenth century.

[1] In November 1916, during the Romanian Campaign of World War I, the palace at Mogoșoaia was bombed by the German air forces.

When Elizabeth died of pneumonia on April 7, 1945, she was buried in the Bibesco family vault on the grounds of Mogoșoaia.

[4] After 1945, the palace was forcibly nationalized by the communist authorities, and the owners, Valentina and Dimitrie Ghika-Comănești, were arrested.