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List of monarchs of Moldavia, the Glossary

This is a list of monarchs of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality, to form the modern-day state of Romania.^[1]

181 relations: Aaron the Tyrant, Alexander Callimachi, Alexander Hangerli, Alexander III the Bad, Alexander Mavrocordatos Delibey, Alexander Mavrocordatos Firaris, Alexander Mourouzis, Alexander the Good, Alexander Ypsilantis, Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805), Alexandros Soutzos, Alexandru Coconul, Alexandru Cornea, Alexandru Iliaș, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Alexandru Lăpușneanu, Alexandru Movilă, Alexăndrel of Moldavia, Anastasie Panu, Antioh Cantemir, Antonie Ruset, Balc of Moldavia, Bessarabia, Bogdan II of Moldavia, Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Bogdan IV of Moldavia, Bogdan the Founder, Boyar, Callimachi family, Cantemirești, Carpathian Mountains, Ciubăr Vodă, Constantin Cantemir, Constantin Șerban, Constantin Movilă, Constantin Racoviță, Constantine Ducas (Moldavian ruler), Constantine Mavrocordatos, Constantine Mourouzis, Constantine Ypsilantis, Costea of Moldavia, Crimean War, Danubian Principalities, Dimitrie Cantemir, Dominus (title), Domnitor, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino, Eastern Europe, Elective monarchy, ... Expand index (131 more) »
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Aaron the Tyrant

Aaron the Tyrant (Aron Tiranul) or Aron Vodă ("Aron the Voivode"; Arōn voda), sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron (Aaron Waida, Aaron Vaivoda, ArvanMaxim (1994), p. 23 or Zalim;Kohen, p. 103 before 1560 – May 1597), was twice the Prince of Moldavia: between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 1592 to May 3 or 4, 1595. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Aaron the Tyrant are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander Callimachi

Alexander Callimachi (1737 – 12 December 1821) was Prince of Moldavia during the period of 6 May 1795 through 18 March 1799. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Callimachi are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander Hangerli

Alexander Hangerli or Handjeri (Αλέξανδρος Χαντζερής, Alexandre Handjeri, Alexandru Hangerli or Hangerliu, Russian: Александр Ханжерли, Aleksandr Hanzherli, Александр Хангерли, Aleksandr Hangerli or Александру Хангерли, Aleksandru Hangerli), (1768 – 12 June 1854) was a Dragoman of the Porte of the Ottoman Empire, and Prince of Moldavia between March 7 and July 24, 1807. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Hangerli are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander III the Bad

Alexander III, commonly known as Alexander III the Bad (died 20 March 1597) was the Prince of Wallachia between November 1592 and 1593.

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Alexander Mavrocordatos Delibey

Alexander (I) Mavrocordatos (Αλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος; 1742 – 27 March 1812), nicknamed Delibey for his cunning, was a Phanariote who served as Prince of Moldavia from 1782 to 1785. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Mavrocordatos Delibey are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander Mavrocordatos Firaris

Alexander (II) Mavrocordatos (Alexandru Mavrocordat al II-lea; 1 July 1754 – 8 February 1819), surnamed Firaris (Φιραρής) was a Phanariote who served as Prince of Moldavia from 1785 to 1786. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Mavrocordatos Firaris are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander Mourouzis

Alexander Mourouzis (Αλέξανδρος Μουρούζης; Romanian: Alexandru Moruzi (1750/1760 – 1816) was a Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire who served as Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia. Open to Enlightenment ideas, and noted for his interest in hydrological engineering, Mourouzis was forced to deal with the intrusions of Osman Pazvantoğlu's rebellious troops. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Mourouzis are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander the Good

Alexander I, commonly known as Alexander the Good (– 1 January 1432) was Voivode of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander the Good are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander Ypsilantis

Alexandros Ypsilantis (Aléxandros Ypsilántis,; Alexandru Ipsilanti; Aleksandr Konstantinovich Ipsilanti; 12 December 179231 January 1828) was a Greek nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and a leader of the Filiki Etaireia, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Ypsilantis are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805)

Alexander Ypsilantis (Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης Alexandros Ypsilantis, Alexandru Ipsilanti; 1726 – 13 January 1807) was a Greek Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from 1774 to 1782, and again from 1796 to 1797, and also Voivode of Moldavia from 1786 to 1788. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805) are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandros Soutzos

Alexandros Soutzos (1758 – January 18/19, 1821, Bucharest) was a Phanariote Greek who ruled as Prince of Moldavia (July 10, 1801 – October 1, 1802 and Prince of Wallachia (July 2, 1802 – August 30, 1802; August 24, 1806 – October 15, 1806; December 1806; November 17, 1818 – January 19, 1821). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandros Soutzos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandru Coconul

Alexandru Coconul (14 August 1611 – 26 June 1632) was Hospodar and Voivode of Wallachia from 1623 to 1627 and Hospodar of Moldavia from 1629 to 1630. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandru Coconul are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandru Cornea

Alexandru Cornea (1490 – 5 March 1541), known as the Evil (cel Rău) and scarcely numbered Alexandru III, was the Prince of Moldavia from 1540 to 1541, from the House of Bogdan-Muşat. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandru Cornea are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandru Iliaș

Alexandru IV Iliaș was Prince of Wallachia from 1616 to 1618, then from 1628 to 1629, and Prince of Moldavia from 1620 to 1621 and 1631 to 1633. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandru Iliaș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandru Ioan Cuza

Alexandru Ioan Cuza (or Alexandru Ioan I, also anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first domnitor (ruler) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted in the unification of the two states. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandru Ioan Cuza are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandru Lăpușneanu

Alexandru IV Lăpușneanu (1499 – 5 May 1568) was Ruler of Moldavia between September 1552 and 18 November 1561 and then between October 1564 and 5 May 1568. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandru Lăpușneanu are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexandru Movilă

Alexandru Movilă (1601 – 1620) was Prince of Moldavia from 1615 to 1616. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexandru Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Alexăndrel of Moldavia

Alexăndrel or Alexandru II (1429 – 25 May 1455), son of Iliaș of Moldavia, was the prince (or voivode) of Moldavia in 1449, from 1452 to 1454, and in 1455. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Alexăndrel of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Anastasie Panu

Anastasie Panu (1810–1867) was a Moldavian, later Romanian politician.

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Antioh Cantemir

Antioh Cantemir (4 December 1670 – 1726), better known in English by the anglicized form Antioch Cantemir, was a Moldavian noble who ruled as voivode of Moldavia (18 December 1695 – 12 September 1700 and 23 February 1705 – 31 July 1707). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Antioh Cantemir are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Antonie Ruset

Antonie Ruset or Antonie Rosetti (c. 1615 – 1685) ruled from November 10, 1675 to November 1678 in the Principality of Moldova. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Antonie Ruset are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Balc of Moldavia

Balc (Balk) was, according to many historians (e.g., Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, Ştefan Pascu), the third voivode of Moldavia, ruling in ca. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Balc of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Bessarabia

Bessarabia is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west.

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Bogdan II of Moldavia

Bogdan II (1409 – 17 October 1451) was a prince of Moldavia from October 12, 1449, to October 17, 1451. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Bogdan II of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Bogdan III the One-Eyed

Bogdan III the One-Eyed (Bogdan al III-lea cel Chior) or Bogdan III the Blind (Bogdan al III-lea cel Orb) (March 18, 1479 – April 20, 1517) was Voivode of Moldavia from July 2, 1504, to 1517. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Bogdan III the One-Eyed are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Bogdan IV of Moldavia

Bogdan IV of Moldavia (9 May 1555 – July 1574) was Prince of Moldavia from 1568 to 1572. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Bogdan IV of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Bogdan the Founder

Bogdan I, commonly known as Bogdan the Founder (Bogdan Întemeietorul), was the first independent ruler, or voivode, of Moldavia in the 1360s. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Bogdan the Founder are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Boyar

A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans.

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Callimachi family

The House of Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (Καλλιμάχη, Каллимаки, Kalimakizade; originally Calmașul or Călmașu), was a Phanariote family of mixed Moldavian (Romanian) and Greek origins, whose members occupied many important positions in Moldavia, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.

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Cantemirești

The House of Cantemirești or House of Cantemir was a Moldavian ruling boyar family.

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Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.

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Ciubăr Vodă

Csupor de Monoszló was a Hungarian aristocrat of Croatian origin, a commander of John Hunyadi's troops that were sent to support Petru III in gaining the Moldavian throne from Roman II. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ciubăr Vodă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantin Cantemir

Constantin or Constantine Cantemir (1612–1693) was a Moldavian nobleman, soldier, and statesman who served as voivode between 25 June 1685 and 27 March 1693. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantin Cantemir are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantin Șerban

Constantin II Șerban (? – 1682) was Prince of Wallachia between 1654 and 1658, illegitimate son to Radu Şerban. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantin Șerban are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantin Movilă

Constantin Movilă (1594 – July 1612) was the Prince of Moldavia from 1607 to 1611. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantin Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantin Racoviță

Prince Constantin Racoviţă (1699 – 28 January 1764) was twice monarch of Principality of Moldavia from Ottoman government: 31 August 1749 – 3 July 1753 and 29 February 1756 – 14 March 1757; and also twice of Muntenia: July 1753 – and 9 March 1763 – 28 January/8 February 1764. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantin Racoviță are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantine Ducas (Moldavian ruler)

Constantine Ducas (Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, Kōnstantínos Doúkas; Constantin Duca), (? – 1704) son of George Ducas, was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between April 1693 and December 18, 1695 and September 12, 1700 – July 26, 1703. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantine Ducas (Moldavian ruler) are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantine Mavrocordatos

Constantine Mavrocordatos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: Constantin Mavrocordat; February 27, 1711November 23, 1769) was a Greek noble who served as Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia at several intervals between 1730 and 1769. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantine Mavrocordatos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantine Mourouzis

Constantine Demetrius Mourouzis (Konstantinos Demetrios Mourouzis, Constantin Dimitrie Moruzi), (1730 – 1 May 1787) was a Phanariote Prince of Moldavia, and member of the Mourousis family. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantine Mourouzis are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Constantine Ypsilantis

Constantine Ypsilantis (Κωνσταντίνος Υψηλάντης Konstantinos Ypsilantis; Constantin Ipsilanti; 1760 – 24 June 1816) was the son of Alexander Ypsilantis, a key member of an important Phanariote family, Grand Dragoman of the Porte (1796–1799), hospodarEast, The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859, p. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Constantine Ypsilantis are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Costea of Moldavia

Costea was a Moldavian grand boyar, possibly briefly a Voivode of Moldavia, mentioned in a document from 1407 in line of rulers between Lațcu and Petru. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Costea of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont.

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Danubian Principalities

The Danubian Principalities (Principatele Dunărene, translit) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century.

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Dimitrie Cantemir

Dimitrie or Demetrius; Cantemir (Дмитрий Кантемир.; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Dimitrie Cantemir are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Dominus (title)

Dominus is the Latin word for master or owner.

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Domnitor

Principe Domnitor (Romanian pl. Principi Domnitori) was the official title of the ruler of Romania between 1862 and 1881.

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Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia

Dragoș, also known as Dragoș Vodă, or Dragoș the Founder was the first Voivode of Moldavia, who reigned in the middle of the, according to the earliest Moldavian chronicles. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino

Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino (c. 1620 – 1686) was Prince of Moldavia 1673, 1674 to 1675, and 1684 to 1685. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Elective monarchy

An elective monarchy is a monarchy ruled by a monarch who is elected, in contrast to a hereditary monarchy in which the office is automatically passed down as a family inheritance.

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Elena Ecaterina Rareș

Doamna Elena Ecaterina Rareş (Јелена Бранковић; died 1553) was a princess consort of Moldavia by marriage to Peter IV Rareș. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Elena Ecaterina Rareș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Elisabeta Movilă

Doamna Elisabeta Movilă (fl. 1620) was a Princess consort of Moldavia by marriage to Ieremia Movilă. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Elisabeta Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Emanuel Giani Ruset

Emanuel or Manolache Giani Ruset (1715 – 8 March 1794) was a Prince of Wallachia (May 1770 – October 1771), and Prince of Moldavia (May 11, 1788 – October 1788). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Emanuel Giani Ruset are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Eustratie Dabija

Eustratie (or Istrate) "the Drunk" Dabija (? – 11 September 1665) was Prince (Voivode) of Moldavia between 1661 and his death in September 1665. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Eustratie Dabija are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ștefan IX Tomșa

Stefan Tomşa IX (or II), (? – after 1623) of Moldavia was Prince of Moldavia for two reigns, in 1611–1615 and in 1621–1623. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ștefan IX Tomșa are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ștefan Petriceicu

Ștefan Petriceicu (Romanian: Ștefan al XI-lea Petriceicu, died 1690) was three times Voivode of Moldavia (August 1672 – November 1673, December 1673 – February 1674, December 1683 – March 1684). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ștefan Petriceicu are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ștefan Răzvan

Ștefan Răzvan (died December 1595) was a voivode (prince) of Moldavia as Ștefan VIII Răzvan (between 24 April 1595 and August 1595). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ștefan Răzvan are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ștefan Tomșa

Ștefan Tomșa or Ștefan VII (Stefan VII Tomża) (died 5 May 1564 in Lwów) was the ruler of Moldavia in 1563 and 1564. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ștefan Tomșa are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ștefan VI Rareș

Ştefan VI Rareş (died 1 September 1552) was ruler of Moldavia in 1551 and 1552. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ștefan VI Rareș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ștefăniță Lupu

Ştefăniţă Lupu, nicknamed Papură-Vodă (Bullrush Voivode; 1641 – 29 September 1661 in Tighina), son of Vasile Lupu, was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between 1659 and 1661, and again in 1661. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ștefăniță Lupu are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Filiki Eteria

Filiki Eteria (Filikī́ Etaireía) or Society of Friends (Etaireía tôn Filikôn) was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odesa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek State.

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Friedrich von der Pahlen

Friedrich Alexander Graf von der Pahlen (Fyodor Petrovich Palen; September 2, 1780 – January 8, 1863) was a Baltic German diplomat and administrator. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Friedrich von der Pahlen are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Gaspar Graziani

Gaspar (or Gaşpar, Gasparo) Graziani (also credited as Grazziani, Gratiani and Graţiani; Kasper Gratiani in Polish; ca. 1575/1580–1620) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between February 4OS/February 14 NS 1619 and September 19 OS/September 29 NS 1620 (see Adoption of the Gregorian calendar). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Gaspar Graziani are monarchs of Moldavia.

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George Ducas

Voivode George Ducas (Greek: Γεώργιος Δούκας, Geórgios Doúkas; Romanian: Gheorghe Duca; old Romanian: Георге Дука) (c. 1620 – 31 March 1685) was three times prince of Moldavia (1665–1666, 1668–1672, 1678–1684), one time prince of Wallachia (1674–1678) and one time Hetman of Ottoman Ukraine (1681–1683). List of monarchs of Moldavia and George Ducas are monarchs of Moldavia.

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George Ghica

George Ghica (Gjergj Gjika, Gheorghe Ghica) (3 March 1600 – 2 November 1664) founder of the Ghica family, was Prince of Moldavia in 1658–1659 and Prince of Wallachia in 1659–1660. List of monarchs of Moldavia and George Ghica are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Gheorghe Ștefan

Gheorghe Ștefan (István Görgicze, seldom referred to as Burduja; died 1668 in Szczecin) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between 13 April and 8 May 1653, and again from 16 July 1653 to 13 March 1658; he was the son of boyar Dumitrașcu Ceaur; Gheorghe Ștefan was Chancellor (logofăt) during the reign of Vasile Lupu. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Gheorghe Ștefan are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ghica family

The House of Ghica (Ghica; Gjika; Γκίκας, Gikas) was a noble family whose members held significant positions in Wallachia, Moldavia and later in the Kingdom of Romania, between the 17th and 19th centuries.

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Golden Horde

The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus (in Kipchak Turkic), was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire.

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Gregory Callimachi

Gregory Callimachi (Γρηγόριος Καλλιμάχης, Grigore Callimachi; 1735 – 9 September 1769) was a Phanariote who served as Prince of Moldavia from 1761 to 1764, and 1767 to 1769. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Gregory Callimachi are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Grigore Alexandru Ghica

Grigore Alexandru Ghica or Ghika (1803 or 1807 – 24 August 1857) was a Prince of Moldavia between 14 October 1849, and June 1853, and again between 30 October 1854, and 3 June 1856. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Grigore Alexandru Ghica are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Grigore II Ghica

Grigore II Ghica (1695 – 3 September 1752) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia at four different intervals — from October 1726 to April 16, 1733, from November 27, 1735 to 14 September 1739, from October 1739 to September 1741 and from May 1747 to April 1748 — and twice Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia: April 16, 1733 – November 27, 1735 and April 1748 to September 3, 1752. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Grigore II Ghica are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Grigore III Ghica

Grigore III Ghica (1724 – 12 October 1777) was a prince of Moldavia and of Wallachia. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Grigore III Ghica are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Grigore Ureche

Grigore Ureche (1590–1647) was a Moldavian chronicler who wrote on Moldavian history in his Letopisețul Țării Moldovei (Chronicles of the Land of Moldavia), covering the period from 1359 to 1594.

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Habsburg monarchy

The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg.

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Heredity

Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

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Hetman

reason is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders (comparable to a field marshal or imperial marshal in the Holy Roman Empire).

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Hospodar

Gospodar or hospodar, also gospodin for short version, is a term of Slavic origin, meaning "lord" or "master".

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House of Basarab

The House of Basarab (also Bazarab or Bazaraad, Basarab) was a ruling family of Cuman origin, which had an important role in the establishing of the Principality of Wallachia, giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Mușatin rulers of Moldavia.

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House of Bogdan-Mușat

The House of Bogdan, commonly referred to as the House of Mușat, was the ruling family which established the Principality of Moldova with Bogdan I (1363–1367), giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time. List of monarchs of Moldavia and House of Bogdan-Mușat are monarchs of Moldavia.

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House of Dragoș

The House of Dragoș, also known as the House of Drăgoșești (Drágfy, Drágffy, Drágffi, Drágfi), was founded by Dragoș (also known as Dragoș VodăBrezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (2007) "Dragoş Vodă (?–ca. 1353)" Historical Dictionary of Moldova (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, pages 124-125, or Dragoș of Bedeu), who was traditionally considered the first ruler or prince of Moldavia and who was Voivode in Maramureș. List of monarchs of Moldavia and House of Dragoș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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House of Drăculești

The House of Drăculești were one of two major rival lines of Wallachian voivodes of the House of Basarab, the other being the House of Dănești.

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Iacob Heraclid

Iacob Heraclid (or Eraclid; Ἰάκωβος Ἡρακλείδης; 1527 – November 5, 1563), born Basilicò and also known as Iacobus Heraclides, Heraclid Despotul, or Despot Vodă ("The Voivode Despot"), was a Greek Maltese soldier, adventurer and intellectual, who reigned as Prince of Moldavia from November 1561 to November 1563. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Iacob Heraclid are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Iancu Sasul

Iancu Sasul (John the Saxon) or Ioan Vodă V (Voivode John V; d. September 28, 1582 in Lviv) was the bastard son of Petru Rareş from his relationship with the wife of Braşov Transylvanian Saxon Iorg (Jürgen) Weiss, and Prince of Moldavia between November 1579 and September 1582. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Iancu Sasul are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ieremia Movilă

Ieremia Movilă (Jeremi Mohyła Єремія Могила), (c. 1555 – 10 July 1606) was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between August 1595 and May 1600, and again between September 1600 and July 10, 1606. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ieremia Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Iliaș Alexandru

Iliaş Alexandru (also called Iliaş III), (c. 1635 – 1675) was voivode or Ruler of Moldavia from 1666 to 1668. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Iliaș Alexandru are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Iliaș of Moldavia

Iliaș or Ilie I (20 July 1409 – 23 April 1448) was Prince (Voivode) of Moldavia twice: from January 1432 to October 1433 and with his brother Stephen II from August 1435 to May 1443. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Iliaș of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ilie II Rareș

Ilie II Rareş (also referred to as Iliaş or Mehmed-Beg; 1531 – January 1562) was Prince of Moldavia between 1546 and 1551. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ilie II Rareș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ioan Sturdza

Ioan Sandu Sturdza or Ioniță Sandu Sturdza (1762 – 2 February 1842) was a ruler (hospodar) (List of Moldavian rulers) of Moldavia from 21 June 1822 to 5 May 1828. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ioan Sturdza are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Iuga of Moldavia

Iuga of Moldavia (14th century – July 19, 1400) (known also as Iurg or Iurie in Romanian literature, Yury in Ruthenian, Jerzy in Polish; the epithet Ologul means "the Crippled") was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia from November 1399 to June 1400. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Iuga of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ivan Pidkova

Ivan Pidkova (Іван Підкова) or Ioan Potcoavă (died 16 June 1578), also known as Ioan Crețul, and Nicoară Potcoavă among Romanians, was a prominent Cossack ataman, and short-lived Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia (November–December 1577). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ivan Pidkova are monarchs of Moldavia.

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John Hunyadi

John Hunyadi (– 11 August 1456) was a leading Hungarian military and political figure during the 15th century, who served as regent of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1446 to 1453, under the minor Ladislaus V. According to most contemporary sources, he was the member of a noble family of Wallachian ancestry.

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John II Mavrocordatos

John II Mavrocordatos (12 March 1712 – 29 July 1747) was a Phanariote who served as prince of Moldavia from 1743 to 1747. List of monarchs of Moldavia and John II Mavrocordatos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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John III the Terrible

John III the Terrible (Ioan Vodă cel Cumplit), also John III the Brave (Ioan cel Viteaz) (1521 – June 14, 1574) was Voivode of Moldavia between February 1572 and June 1574. List of monarchs of Moldavia and John III the Terrible are monarchs of Moldavia.

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John Mavrocordatos

John Mavrocordatos (Ιωάννης Μαυροκορδάτος, Ioan A. Mavrocordat), born in Constantinople on 23 July 1684 and died in Bucharest on 23 February 1719, was caimacam of Moldavia (7 October 1711 – 16 November 1711) and Prince of Wallachia between 2 December 1716 and 23 February 1719. List of monarchs of Moldavia and John Mavrocordatos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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John Theodore Callimachi

John Theodore Callimachi (Ioan Teodor Callimachi; 1690–1780) was Prince of Moldavia from 1758 to 1761. List of monarchs of Moldavia and John Theodore Callimachi are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Kantakouzenos

The House of Kantakouzenos (Kantakouzenoi; Καντακουζηνός, pl. Καντακουζηνοί; feminine form Kantakouzene; Καντακουζηνή), also found in English-language literature as Cantacuzenus or Cantacuzene, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to prominence in the middle and late Byzantine Empire.

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King of Romania

The King of Romania (Regele României) or King of the Romanians (Regele Românilor) was the title of the monarch of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947, when the Romanian Workers' Party proclaimed the Romanian People's Republic following Michael I's forced abdication. List of monarchs of Moldavia and King of Romania are lists of Romanian monarchs.

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Lațcu of Moldavia

Lațcu was Voivode of Moldavia from c. 1367 to c. 1375. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Lațcu of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of princes of Wallachia

This is a list of princes of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1859, which led to the creation of Romania. List of monarchs of Moldavia and list of princes of Wallachia are lists of Romanian monarchs and Romania history-related lists.

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Louis I of Hungary

Louis I, also Louis the Great (Nagy Lajos; Ludovik Veliki; Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian (Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370.

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Luca Arbore

Luca Arbore or Arbure (Old Cyrillic:; Renaissance Latin: HerborusNicolae Iorga, "Cronică", in Revista Istorică, Issues 7–9/1934, p. 291 or Copacius; died April 1523) was a Moldavian boyar, diplomat, and statesman, several times commander of the country's military.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Maria of Mangup

Maria Asanina Palaiologina (Μαρία Ασανίνα Παλαιολογίνα, died 19 December 1477), better known as Maria of Mangup or Maria of Doros, was the second wife of Prince Stephen the Great (reigned 1457–1504) and as such Princess consort of Moldavia from September 1472 to 1475 or 1477.

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Maria Voichița

Doamna Maria Voichița (1457 – 26 February 1511) was a Princess consort of Moldavia (1480–1511).

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Matei Ghica

Matei Ghica (1728 – 8 February 1756), a member of the Ghica family, was the Prince of Wallachia between 11 September 1752 and 22 June 1753, and Prince of Moldavia between 22 June 1753 and 8 February 1756. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Matei Ghica are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Mavrocordatos family

The House of Mavrokordatos (also Mavrocordato, Mavrocordatos, Mavrocordat, Mavrogordato or Maurogordato; Μαυροκορδάτος) is the name of a family of Phanariot Greeks originally from Chios, a branch of which was distinguished in the history of the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, and modern Greece.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.

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Michael Drakos Soutzos

Michael Drakos Soutzos (Μιχαήλ Δράκος Σούτζος; Mihai Draco Suțu), (1730 – 1803) was a Prince of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Michael Drakos Soutzos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Michael Soutzos

Michael Soutzos (Constantinople, 1778 or 1784 – Athens, 12 June 1864), was a member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes, he was the grandson of Michael Drakos Soutzos; he was in turn a Prince of Moldavia, between 12 June 1819 and 29 March 1821. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Michael Soutzos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Michael the Brave

Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul or Mihai Bravu; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593–1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Michael the Brave are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Mihai Racoviță

Mihai or Mihail Racoviță (c. 1660 – July 1744) was a Prince of Moldavia on three separate occasions (September 1703 – February 23, 1705; July 31, 1707 – October 28, 1709; January 5, 1716 – October 1726) and Prince of Wallachia on two occasions (between October 1730 and October 2, 1731, and from September 1741 until his death). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Mihai Racoviță are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Mihail Movilă

Mihail Movilă (? – 1608) was the prince of Moldavia for a short time in 1607. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Mihail Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Mihail Sturdza

Mihail Sturdza (24 April 1794 – 8 May 1884), sometimes anglicized as Michael Stourdza, was prince ruler of Moldavia from 1834 to 1849. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Mihail Sturdza are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Mircea the Elder

Mircea the Elder (Mircea cel Bătrân,; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418.

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Mircea the Shepherd

Mircea the Shepherd (Mircea Ciobanul, d. 25 September 1559), was the Voivode (or Prince) of Wallachia three times: January 1545 (he entered Bucharest on 17 March)–16 November 1552; May 1553–28 February 1554 (leaving Bucharest that March); and January 1558–21 September 1559.

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Miron Barnovschi-Movilă

Miron Barnovschi Movilă (1590 – 2 July 1633) is Prince of Moldavia from 1626 to 1629 and in 1633. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Miron Barnovschi-Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Moise Movilă

Moise Movilă (Mojżesz Mohyła) (1596–1661) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia twice: between April 28, 1630 and November 1631, and between July 2, 1633 – April 1634. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Moise Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Moldavia

Moldavia (Moldova, or Țara Moldovei, literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.

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Moldova

Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Mourouzis family

The House of Mourouzis (Μουρούζης) or Moruzi (Мурузи, Muruzi) is the name of an old and distinguished noble family which was first mentioned in the Empire of Trebizond, whose members later occupied many important positions within Ottoman Empire, Wallachia, Moldavia, Russian Empire and Romania.

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Movilești

The House of Movileşti, also Movilă or Moghilă (Mohyła, Cyrillic: Могила), was a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family – the traditional House of Moldavian sovereigns.

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Nicholas Mavrocordatos

Nicholas Mavrocordatos (Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος, Nicolae Mavrocordat; May 3, 1670September 3, 1730) was a Greek member of the Mavrocordatos family, Grand Dragoman to the Divan (1697), and consequently the first Phanariote Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities, Prince of Moldavia, and Prince of Wallachia (both on two occasions). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Nicholas Mavrocordatos are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Nicolae Vogoride

Prince Nicolae Vogoride (Romanian version; Bulgarian: Никола or Николай Богориди, Nikola or Nikolay Bogoridi; Greek: Νικόλαος Βογορίδης, Nikolaos Vogoridis; Nikolaki Bey), (1820, Iași, Moldavia – 12 April 1863, Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities) was a caimacam (temporary replacement of Prince; from kaymakam) who ruled Moldavia between 1857–1858, following the Crimean War. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Nicolae Vogoride are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Ottoman dynasty

The Ottoman dynasty (Osmanlı Hanedanı) consisted of the members of the imperial House of Osman (Ḫānedān-ı Āl-i ʿOsmān), also known as the Ottomans (Osmanlılar).

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Pavel Kiselyov

Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff (Павел Дмитриевич Киселёв;, Moscow –, Paris) is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Pavel Kiselyov are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter Aaron

Peter III Aaron (Petru Aron; died 1467), bastard son of Alexandru cel Bun, was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia on three occasions: October 1451 to February 1452, August 1454 to February 1455, and May 1455 to April 1457. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Peter Aaron are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter I of Moldavia

Petru (Peter) I may have been a Voivode (prince) of Moldavia from the end of 1367 to after July 1368. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Peter I of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter II of Moldavia

Petru (Peter) Mușat (d. 1391) was Voivode (prince) of Moldavia from 1375 to 1391, the maternal grandson of Bogdan I, the first ruler from the dynastic House of Bogdan, succeeding Lațcu, Bogdan's son and successor who converted to Catholicism. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Peter II of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter III of Moldavia

Peter III (1422 – 1452) was hospodar & voivode of Moldavia, and son of Alexandru cel Bun. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Peter III of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter the Cossack

Peter VI (also referred to as the Cossack; Petru Cazacul) was Prince of Moldavia between August 1592 and 25 October 1592. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Peter the Cossack are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter the Lame

Peter VI the Lame (Petru Șchiopul; 1534 – 1 July 1594) was Prince of Moldavia from June 1574 to 23 November 1577. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Peter the Lame are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Peter Zheltukhin

Peter Zheltukhin (1777, Kazan – 1829, Kyiv) was a Russian soldier, born to a noble family in Kazan gubernia.

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Petru Rareș

Petru Rareș, sometimes known as Petryła or Peter IV (Petru IV; – 3 September 1546), was twice voivode of Moldavia: 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Petru Rareș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Phanariots

Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots (Φαναριώτες, Fanarioți, Fenerliler) were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar (Φανάρι, modern Fener), the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is located, who traditionally occupied four important positions in the Ottoman Empire: Voivode of Moldavia, Voivode of Wallachia, Grand Dragoman of the Porte and Grand Dragoman of the Fleet.

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President of Moldova

The president of the Republic of Moldova is the head of state of Moldova.

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Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was an Austrian nobleman and military commander.

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Prince of Transylvania

The Prince of Transylvania (erdélyi fejedelem, Fürst von Siebenbürgen, princeps Transsylvaniae, principele TransilvanieiFallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the last decades of the 16th century until the middle of the 18th century.

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Racoviță

The House of Racoviță (anglicized Racovitza) was a family of Moldavian and Wallachian boyars which gave the Danubian Principalities several hospodars, becoming influential within the Ottoman Empire and the Phanariote kinship network.

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Radu Mihnea

Radu Mihnea (1586 – 13 January 1626) was Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between September 1601 and March 1602, and again between March and May 1611, September 1611 and August 1616, August 1620 and August 1623, and Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia in 1616–1619, 1623–1626. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Radu Mihnea are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Regulamentul Organic

Regulamentul Organic (Organic Regulation; Règlement Organique; Organichesky reglament)The name also has plural versions in all languages concerned, referring to the dual nature of the document; however, the singular version is usually preferred.

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Rimgailė

Rimgailė (also Rymgajla, Rimgaila, Ringaila, Ryngałła, Ringala) (b. ~1370 CE) was daughter of Birutė and Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and thus sister of Vytautas the Great.

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Roman I of Moldavia

Roman I (died March 1394) was Voivode of Moldavia from December 1391 to March 1394. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Roman I of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Roman II of Moldavia

Roman II of Moldavia (Roman al II-lea al Moldovei), (1426 – 2 July 1448) was the son of Iliaş of Moldavia and Maria Olszanska from the noble Polish family of Olshanski. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Roman II of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Romanian language

Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; limba română, or românește) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.

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Rosetti family

The House of Rosetti (also spelled Ruset, Rosset, Rossetti) was a Moldavian boyar princely family of Byzantine Greek and Italian (Genoese) origins.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)

The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was caused by the Ottoman Empire's war with Persia and the continuing raids by the Crimean Tatars.

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Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 was a major armed conflict that saw Russian arms largely victorious against the Ottoman Empire.

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Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)

The Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved an unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to the Russian Empire in the course of the previous Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774).

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Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire was one of the Russo-Turkish Wars.

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Ruxandra Basarab

Ruxandra Basarab (died 1545) was a Romanian princess.

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Ruxandra Lăpușneanu

Ruxandra Lăpușneanu (1538 – 21 November 1570) was a princess consort of Moldavia by her marriage to Alexandru Lăpușneanu in 1564. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Ruxandra Lăpușneanu are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Sas of Moldavia

Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second voivode of Moldavia (c. 1353/1360 – c. 1357/1364). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Sas of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar)

Scarlat Callimachi (1773 in Istanbul – 12 December 1821, in Bolu) was Grand Dragoman of the Sublime Porte 1801–1806, Prince of Moldavia between August 24, 1806 – October 26, 1806, August 4, 1807 – June 13, 1810, September 17, 1812 – June 1819 and Prince of Wallachia between February 1821 – June 1821. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar) are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Scarlat Ghica

Scarlat Grigorie Ghica (1715 – 2 December 1766) was a Prince of Moldavia (2 March 1757 – 7 August 1758), and twice Prince of Wallachia (August 1758 – 5 June 1761; 18 August 1765 – 2 December 1766). List of monarchs of Moldavia and Scarlat Ghica are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Simion Movilă

Simion Movilă (after 1559 14 September 1607), a boyar of the Movilești family, was twice Prince of Wallachia (November 1600 – June 1601; October 1601 – July 1602) and Prince of Moldavia from July 1606 until his death. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Simion Movilă are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Soutzos family

The House of Soutzos or Soutsos (Σούτσος or Σούτζος, Suțu or Sutzu) was a Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several hospodars to the Danubian Principalities, like Alexandros Soutzos, Michael (I) Drakos Soutzos and Michael (II) Soutzos.

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Stefan Bogoridi

Prince (Knyaz or Bey) Stefan Bogoridi (born Стойко Цонков Стойков, Stoyko Tsonkov Stoykov;;;;; 1775 or 1780–August 1, 1859) was a high-ranking Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin, grandson of Sophronius of Vratsa and father of Alexander Bogoridi and Nicolae Vogoride. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Stefan Bogoridi are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Stephen I of Moldavia

Stephen I of Moldavia (Ștefan I; 1364 – 1399) was Prince of Moldavia from 1394 to 1399. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Stephen I of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Stephen II of Moldavia

Stephen II (or Ștefan II), (c. 1410 – 13 July 1447) was a Prince (Voivode) of Moldavia. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Stephen II of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Stephen IV of Moldavia

Stephen IV of Moldavia (Ștefan IV), also called Ștefăniță (1506 – 14 January 1527) was Prince of Moldavia from 1517 to 1527. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Stephen IV of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Stephen the Great

Stephen III, commonly known as Stephen the Great (Ștefan cel Mare); died on 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 in a conspiracy organized by his brother and Stephen's uncle Peter III Aaron, who took the throne. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Stephen the Great are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Stephen V of Moldavia

Stephen V Locust (Ștefan V Lăcustă), (1496 – 20 December 1540) was Prince of Moldavia from 1538 to 1540. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Stephen V of Moldavia are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Stolnic

Stolnic was a boier (Romanian nobility) rank and the position at the court in the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.

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Sturdza family

The House of Sturdza, Sturza or Stourdza is the name of an old Moldavian noble family, whose origins can be traced back to the 1540s and whose members played important political role in the history of Moldavia, Russia and later Romania.

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Suceava

Suceava is a municipality and the namesake county seat town of Suceava County, situated in the historical regions of Bukovina and Moldavia, northeastern Romania and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe respectively.

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Teodor Balș

Teodor Balș (August 1805 – 1 March 1857) was a caimacam (temporary replacement of Prince; from kaymakam) who ruled Moldavia between 20 July 1856 and 1 March 1857. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Teodor Balș are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Treaty of Paris (1856)

The Treaty of Paris of 1856 brought an end to the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia

The unification of Moldavia and Wallachia (Unirea Moldovei și Țării Românești), also known as the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Unirea Principatelor Române) or as the Little Union (Mica Unire), happened in 1859 following the election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia.

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United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia

The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (Principatele Unite ale Moldovei și Țării Românești), commonly called United Principalities or Wallachia and Moldavia, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia.

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Usurper

A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy.

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Vasile Lupu

Lupu Coci, known as Vasile Lupu (1595–1661), was a Voivode of Moldavia of Albanian and Greek origin between 1634 and 1653. List of monarchs of Moldavia and Vasile Lupu are monarchs of Moldavia.

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Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia (lit,; Old Romanian: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рꙋмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia).

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Ypsilantis family

The House of Ypsilantis or Ypsilanti (Υψηλάντης; Ipsilanti) was a Greek Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several short-reign hospodars to the Danubian Principalities.

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1866 Constitution of Romania

The 1866 Constitution of Romania was the fundamental law that capped a period of nation-building in the Danubian Principalities, which had united in 1859.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Moldavia

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