Rulers of Moldavia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a List of rulers of Moldavia
Moldavia
Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...

, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians

Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...

and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

, the other Danubian Principality

Danubian Principalities

Danubian Principalities was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common...

, to form the modern-day state of Romania

Romania

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List

Ruler	Began	Ended	Family	Remarks
Dragoş Dragos Dragonș, also Dragoş Vodă or Dragoş of Bedeu, was a Romanian voivode in Maramureş who has traditionally been considered as the first ruler or prince of Moldavia...	c. 1347	c. 1354
Sas Sas of Moldavia Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second voivode of Moldavia . He followed Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of the king of Hungary...	c. 1354	c. 1363		son of Dragoş
Bogdan I Bogdan I of Moldavia Bogdan I the Founder was the third or fourth voivode of Moldavia . He and his successors established the independence of Moldavia, freeing the territory east of the Carpathian Mountains of Hungarian and Tatar domination....	c. 1363	1367	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	deposed Sas
Petru I	1367	1368	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	grandson of Bogdan I, not the same as Petru Muşatin Petru I of Moldavia Petru I Muşat was Voivode of Moldavia from 1375 to 1391, the son of Costea Muşat, the first ruler from the dynastic House of Bogdan. During his reign, he maintained good relationships with his neighbours, especially Poland.... .
Ştefan	1368	1368	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	grandson of Bogdan I, brother of Petru I
Laţcu Latcu of Moldavia Laţcu was the Voivode of Moldavia between circa 1365 and 1373. He was the son of Bogdan I. His name is a diminutive form of Vladislav , often used in that period in Hungary due the deep rooted cult to Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary....	1368	1375	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Bogdan I
Yuri Koriatovich	1375	1375	Gediminids Gediminids The Gediminids were a dynasty of monarchs of Grand Duchy of Lithuania that reigned from the 14th to the 16th century. One branch of this dynasty, known as the Jagiellons, reigned also in Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Bohemia...	son of Karijotas; invited to Moldavia and then poisoned
Petru I Muşatin Petru I of Moldavia Petru I Muşat was Voivode of Moldavia from 1375 to 1391, the son of Costea Muşat, the first ruler from the dynastic House of Bogdan. During his reign, he maintained good relationships with his neighbours, especially Poland....	1375	1391	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	possibly son of Costea Costea of Moldavia Costea was a Voivode of Moldavia mentioned in a document from 1407 in line of rulers between Laţcu and Petru. Initially it has been thought that he ruled between 1373 and 1374, as the first ruler of Moldavia from the Muşat family. Also he was believed by some to have been born in Wallachia, being...
Roman I Roman I of Moldavia Roman I was Voivode of Moldavia from December 1391 to March 1394. He was the second son of Costea Muşat, the first ruler from the Muşatin family....	1391	1394	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	possibly son of Costea Costea of Moldavia Costea was a Voivode of Moldavia mentioned in a document from 1407 in line of rulers between Laţcu and Petru. Initially it has been thought that he ruled between 1373 and 1374, as the first ruler of Moldavia from the Muşat family. Also he was believed by some to have been born in Wallachia, being...
Ştefan I	1394	1399	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Roman I
Iuga Iuga of Moldavia Iuga of Moldavia was Voivode of Moldavia from November 1399 to June 1400. He was son of Roman I of Moldavia and an unknown wife, possibly of Lithuanian extraction from descendants of Karijotas...	1399	1400		son of Roman I, deposed by intervention of Mircea of Wallachia
Alexandru I cel Bun Alexandru cel Bun Alexander cel Bun was a Voivode of Moldavia, reigning between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I Mușat. He succeeded Iuga to the throne, and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality.... (Alexander the Kind)	1400	1432	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Roman I, installed by Mircea
Iliaş I Ilias of Moldavia Iliaş or Ilie I was Prince of Moldavia twice: in January 1432–October 1433 and with his brother Stephen II in August 1435–May 1443....	1432	1433	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Alexandru cel Bun; 1st rule
Ştefan II	1434	1435	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Alexandru cel Bun; 1st rule
Iliaş I Ilias of Moldavia Iliaş or Ilie I was Prince of Moldavia twice: in January 1432–October 1433 and with his brother Stephen II in August 1435–May 1443....	1435	1443	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule, jointly with Ştefan II
Ştefan II	1436	1447	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule, until 1443 jointly with Iliaş; 1444–1445 jointly with Petru II
Petru II Petru II of Moldavia Petru II of Moldavia was hospodar of Moldavia, son of Alexandru cel Bun. He co-ruled Moldavia with his brother, Stephen II of Moldavia, during 1444-1445, in 1447-1448 with Roman II of Moldavia, and in 1448-1449 alone....	1444	1445	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Alexandru cel Bun; 1st rule
Roman II Roman II of Moldavia Roman II of Moldavia was son of Iliaş of Moldavia and Maria Olszanska from noble Polish family of Olshanski. He was a co-ruler of Moldova in 1447–1448, ruling together with his uncle Petru II of Moldavia after killing his other uncle, Stephen II of Moldavia, with Polish support...	1447	1448	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Iliaş
Petru II Petru II of Moldavia Petru II of Moldavia was hospodar of Moldavia, son of Alexandru cel Bun. He co-ruled Moldavia with his brother, Stephen II of Moldavia, during 1444-1445, in 1447-1448 with Roman II of Moldavia, and in 1448-1449 alone....	1448	1449	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Ciubăr Vodă Ciubăr Vodă Ciubăr Vodă ruled Moldova in the winter of 1448 - 1449. His origin is unknown. He is only mentioned by Grigore Ureche, as ruler of Moldova for two months after Petru II of Moldavia....	1449	1449		his name, literally Tub Voivode mentioned by Grigore Ureche Grigore Ureche Grigore Ureche was a Moldavian chronicler who wrote on Moldavian history in his Letopiseţul Ţării Moldovei , covering the period from 1359 to 1594....
Alexăndrel (Alexandru II)	1449	1449	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Iliaş;1st rule
Bogdan II Bogdan II of Moldavia Bogdan II was the Prince of Moldavia between October 12, 1449 and October 17, 1451, when he was assassinated by Petru Aron. The assassination put Moldavia into a civil war which lasted until his son Stephen gained the Moldavian throne in 1457....	1449	1451	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	nephew of Alexandru cel Bun
Petru III Aron Petru Aron Peter III Aaron , bastard son of Alexandru cel Bun, was a Voivode of Moldavia on three separate occasions: October 1451 to February 1452, August 1454 to February 1455, and May 1455 to April 1457...	1451	1452	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	illegitimate son of Alexandru cel Bun; 1st rule
Alexăndrel (Alexandru II)	1452	1454	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Petru III Aron Petru Aron Peter III Aaron , bastard son of Alexandru cel Bun, was a Voivode of Moldavia on three separate occasions: October 1451 to February 1452, August 1454 to February 1455, and May 1455 to April 1457...	1454	1455	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Alexăndrel (Alexandru II)	1455	1455	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	3rd rule
Petru III Aron Petru Aron Peter III Aaron , bastard son of Alexandru cel Bun, was a Voivode of Moldavia on three separate occasions: October 1451 to February 1452, August 1454 to February 1455, and May 1455 to April 1457...	1455	1457	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	3rd rule
Ştefan III cel Mare (Stephen the Great)	1457	1504	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son Bogdan II
Bogdan III cel Chior (Bogdan III The One-Eyed)	1504	1517	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Stephen the Great;
Ştefan IV	1517	1527	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Bogdan III; also called Ştefăniţă until 1523 under the regency of Luca Arbore, Gatekeeper of Suceava Suceava Suceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...
Petru IV Rareş Petru Rares Peter IV Rareș was twice voievod of Moldavia: 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. He was an illegitimate child born to Ștefan cel Mare...	1527	1538	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Stephen the Great, 1st rule
Ştefan V Lăcustă (Stephen V Locust)	1538	1540	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	grandson of Stephen the Great
Alexandru III Cornea	1540	1541	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Bogdan III
Petru IV Rareş Petru Rares Peter IV Rareș was twice voievod of Moldavia: 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. He was an illegitimate child born to Ștefan cel Mare...	1541	1546	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Ilie II Rareş Ilie II Rares Ilie II Rareş was Prince of Moldavia between 1546 and 1551.He succeeded his father Petru IV Rareş on September 3, 1546, after he converted to Islam, and took the name Mehmet in May 1546. In 1551 by order of Suleyman I was burgle in Transylvania. The transylvanians before long to defeat the...	1546	1551	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Petru Rareş
Ştefan VI Rareş Stefan VI Rares Ştefan Rareş was ruler of Moldavia in 1551 and 1552.Ştefan was a son of Petru Rareş and succeeded to the Moldavian throne on 11 June 1551 when his brother Ilie II Rareş was forced to abdicate by the Ottoman Empire....	1551	1552	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Petru Rareş
Ioan I Joldea	1552	1552
Alexandru IV Lăpuşneanu Alexandru Lapusneanu Alexandru Lăpuşneanu was Prince of Moldavia between September 1552 and 18 November 1561 and then between October 1564 and 5 May 1568....	1552	1561	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Bogdan III; 1st rule
Ioan II Iacob Heraclid Ioan Iacob Heraclid Ioan Iacob Heraclid , also known as Jacob Heraclides, was a Greek soldier and ruler of Moldavia from November 1561 to November 1563, most notable for being the first officially Protestant monarch in Eastern Europe.... (Jacob Heraclides)	1561	1563		the Despot Vodă
Ştefan VII Tomşa Stefan Tomsa Ştefan Tomşa or Ştefan VII was the ruler of Moldavia in 1563 and 1564.-Career:Tomşa served as hatman and came to power as leader of a boyar revolt against the Lutheran Ioan Iacob Heraclid, whose attempts to impose the new usages in Moldavia offended the Eastern Orthodox sensibilities of nobles...	1563	1564
Alexandru IV Lăpuşneanu Alexandru Lapusneanu Alexandru Lăpuşneanu was Prince of Moldavia between September 1552 and 18 November 1561 and then between October 1564 and 5 May 1568....	1564	1568	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Bogdan IV	1568	1572	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu
Ioan III cel Cumplit Ioan Voda cel Cumplit John III the Terrible , also John III the Brave or John III the Armenian was Voivode of Moldavia between February 1572 and June 1574.... (John III the Terrible)	1572	1574	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Ştefan IV; also called cel Viteaz) (the Brave)
Petru V Şchiopul Peter the Lame Petru Şchiopul was ruler of Moldavia from June 1574 to November 1577. He also ruled 1578-1579 and 1582-1591. He was known as "the Lame" due to a physical deformity... (Peter V the Lame)	1574	1577	Drăculeşti	1st rule
Ioan IV Potcoavă Ioan Potcoava Ioan al IV-lea Potcoavă was a Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks , and Voivode of Moldavia...	November 1577	December 1577		Hetman Hetman Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita.... , also called Ivan Pidkova, Nicoară Potcoavă or Ivan Sarpega
Petru V Şchiopul Peter the Lame Petru Şchiopul was ruler of Moldavia from June 1574 to November 1577. He also ruled 1578-1579 and 1582-1591. He was known as "the Lame" due to a physical deformity...	1578	1579	Drăculeşti	2nd rule
Ioan V Sasul Iancu Sasul Iancu Sasul or Ioan Vodă V was the bastard son of Petru Rareş from his relationship with the wife of Braşov Transylvanian Saxon Iorg Weiss, and Prince of Moldavia between November 1579 and September 1582.-Bid for the throne:Let in on the secret of his lineage by his mother, Iancu... (John V the Saxon)	1579	1582	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	illegitimate son of Petru Rareş
Petru V Şchiopul Peter the Lame Petru Şchiopul was ruler of Moldavia from June 1574 to November 1577. He also ruled 1578-1579 and 1582-1591. He was known as "the Lame" due to a physical deformity...	1582	1591	Drăculeşti	3rd rule
Aron Tiranul Aron Tiranul Aaron the Tyrant , sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron , was twice Moldavian Voivode : between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 24, 1592 to May 3, 1595. He was Alexandru Lăpuşneanu's son.... (Aaron the Tyrant)	1591	1592	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu; 1st rule
Alexandru V cel Rău (Alexander V the Wrongdoer)	1592	1592	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Bogdan IV; also ruled Wallachia (1592–1593)
Petru VI Cazacul (Peter VI the Cossack)	1592	1592	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	son of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu
Aron Tiranul Aron Tiranul Aaron the Tyrant , sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron , was twice Moldavian Voivode : between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 24, 1592 to May 3, 1595. He was Alexandru Lăpuşneanu's son.... (Aaron the Tyrant)	1592	1595	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Ştefan VIII Răzvan Stefan Razvan Ştefan Răzvan was a Rom from the historical Romanian state of Wallachia, who became the Voivode of Moldavia .-Biography:...	1595	1595
Ieremia Movilă Ieremia Movila Ieremia Movilă was a Hospodar of Moldavia between August 1595 and May 1600, and again between September 1600 and July 10, 1606.-Rule:...	1595	1600	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	grandson of Petru Rareş; 1st rule
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave)	1600	1600	Drăculeşti	also ruled Wallachia (1593–1600) and Transylvania (1599–1600)
Ieremia Movilă Ieremia Movila Ieremia Movilă was a Hospodar of Moldavia between August 1595 and May 1600, and again between September 1600 and July 10, 1606.-Rule:...	1600	1606	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	2nd rule
Simion Movilă Simion Movila Simion Movilă, a boyar of the Movileşti family, was twice Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia on one occasion ....	1606	1607	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	brother of Iremia Movilă
Mihail Movilă	1607	1607	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	son of Ieremia Movilă; 1st rule
Constantin Movilă	1607	1607	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	son of Ieremia Movilă; under the regency of his mother Elzbieta Csomortany de Losoncz; 1st rule
Mihail Movilă	1607	1607	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	2nd rule
Constantin Movilă	1607	1611	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	under the regency of his mother; 2nd rule
Ştefan IX Tomşa	1611	1615		2nd rule
Alexandru VI Movilă	1615	1616	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	>-	Radu Mihnea Radu Mihnea Radu Mihnea was Voivode 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 of Moldavia in 1616-1619, 1623-1626...	1616	1619	Drăculeşti	1st rule
Gaspar Graziani Gaspar Graziani Gaspar Graziani Gaspar (or Gaşpar) Graziani Gaspar (or Gaşpar) Graziani (also credited as Grazziani, Gratiani and Graţiani; Kasper Gratiani in Polish; ca...	1619	1620
Alexandru VII Iliaş	1620	1621	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	nephew of Petru VI, Aron Tiranul and Bogdan IV; 1st rule
Ştefan IX Tomşa	1621	1623		2nd rule
Radu Mihnea Radu Mihnea Radu Mihnea was Voivode 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 of Moldavia in 1616-1619, 1623-1626...	1623	1626	Drăculeşti	2nd rule
Miron Barnovschi-Movilă	1626	1629	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	1st rule
Alexandru VIII Coconul Alexandru Coconul Alexandru Coconul was Hospodar and Voivode of Wallachia from 1623 to 1627 and Hospodar of Moldavia from 1629 to 1630. He was the son of Radu Mihnea, who also was a Hospodar. He married Ruxandra Beglitzi. He was the last of Vlad III Dracula's Romanian bloodline. He died on June 26, 1632 in Istanbul... (Alexander the Child-Prince)	1626	1629	Drăculeşti	1st rule
Moise Movilă Moise Movila Moise Movilă was Voivode of Moldavia twice: between April 28, 1630 and November 1631, and between July 2, 1633 – April 1634. Of the Movileşti boyar and princely family, Moise was Simion Movilă's son and brother of Gabriel Movilă and Mihail Movilă.He obtained the throne from the Ottoman overlord...	1630	1631	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	1st rule
Alexandru VII Iliaş	1631	1633	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	2nd rule
Miron Barnovschi-Movilă	1633	1633	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	2nd rule
Moise Movilă Moise Movila Moise Movilă was Voivode of Moldavia twice: between April 28, 1630 and November 1631, and between July 2, 1633 – April 1634. Of the Movileşti boyar and princely family, Moise was Simion Movilă's son and brother of Gabriel Movilă and Mihail Movilă.He obtained the throne from the Ottoman overlord...	1633	1634	Movileşti Movilesti The Movileşti were a family of boyars in the principality of Moldavia, which became related through marriage with the Muşatin family - the traditional House of Moldavian Princes....	2nd rule
Vasile Lupu Vasile Lupu Vasile Lupu was a Moldavian Voivode between 1634 and 1653. Vasile Coci surnamed "the wolf" who ruled as Prince of Moldavia had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. Vasile was of Albanian origin and Greek education...	1634	1653		1st rule
Gheorghe Ştefan Gheorghe Stefan Gheorghe Ştefan was Voivode of Moldavia between April 13 and May 8, 1653, and again from July 16, 1653 to March 13, 1658; he was the son of boyar Dumitraşcu Ceaur; Gheorghe Ştefan was Chancellor during the reign of Vasile Lupu.-Biography:Citing Vasile's reliance on his Greek and Levantine retinue,...	1653	1653		1st rule
Vasile Lupu Vasile Lupu Vasile Lupu was a Moldavian Voivode between 1634 and 1653. Vasile Coci surnamed "the wolf" who ruled as Prince of Moldavia had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. Vasile was of Albanian origin and Greek education...	1653	1653		2nd rule
Gheorghe Ştefan Gheorghe Stefan Gheorghe Ştefan was Voivode of Moldavia between April 13 and May 8, 1653, and again from July 16, 1653 to March 13, 1658; he was the son of boyar Dumitraşcu Ceaur; Gheorghe Ştefan was Chancellor during the reign of Vasile Lupu.-Biography:Citing Vasile's reliance on his Greek and Levantine retinue,...	1653	1658		2nd rule
Gheorghe Ghica Gheorghe Ghica George Ghica March 3, 1600 – November 2, 1664), founder of the Ghica family, was Prince of Moldavia in 1658-1659 and Prince of Wallachia in 1659–1660....	1658	1659	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...
Constantin Şerban Constantin Serban Constantin Şerban was Prince of Wallachia between 1654 and 1658, illegitimate son to Radu Şerban .-Reign:...	1659	1659		1st rule
Ştefan X Lupu Stefanita Lupu Ştefăniţă Lupu, nicknamed Papură-Vodă , son of Vasile Lupu, was Voivode of Moldavia between 1659 and 1661, and again in 1661.-Life:...	1659	1661		also called Papură-Vodă (Bullrush Voivode); 1st rule
Constantin Şerban Constantin Serban Constantin Şerban was Prince of Wallachia between 1654 and 1658, illegitimate son to Radu Şerban .-Reign:...	1661	1661		2nd rule
Ştefan X Lupu Stefanita Lupu Ştefăniţă Lupu, nicknamed Papură-Vodă , son of Vasile Lupu, was Voivode of Moldavia between 1659 and 1661, and again in 1661.-Life:...	1659	1661		2nd rule
Eustratie Dabija Eustratie Dabija Eustratie Dabija was Prince of Moldavia between 1661 and his death in September 1665.-Rule:As financial collapse had marked the history of Moldavia for several decades running, Dabija is noted for re-introducing the mint in Suceava from his first year of rule...	1661	1665
Gheorghe Duca	1665	1666		1st rule
Iliaş III Alexandru Iliaş Alexandru Iliaş Alexandru was voivode or Ruler of Moldova from 1666 to 1668. He was the son of a previous ruler. The person who preceded and reigned after him was Gheorghe Duca....	1666	1668	Bogdan-Muşat House of Bogdan-Musat 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 , giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia by several marriages through time...	The last member of the House of Bogdan-Muşat reigning in Moldavia; son of Alexandru VII
Gheorghe Duca	1668	1672		2nd rule
Ştefan XI Petriceicu	1672	1673		1st rule
Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino	1673	1673	Cantacuzene	1st rule
Ştefan XI Petriceicu	1673	1674		2nd rule
Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino	1674	1675	Cantacuzene	2nd rule
Antonie Ruset	1675	1678	Rosetti
Gheorghe Duca	1678	1683		3rd rule
Ştefan XI Petriceicu	1683	1684		3rd rule
Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino	1684	1685	Cantacuzene	3rd rule
Constantin Cantemir Constantin Cantemir Constantin Cantemir was a Moldavian Voivode between June 25, 1685 and March 27, 1693.-Life:Cantemir became a voivode at the age of 71, after being favored by the Ottoman Empire in his conflict with Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino...	1685	1693	Cantemireşti Cantemiresti Cantemireşti was a Moldavian boyar family. In the 17th and 18th century it brought forth several Voivodes of Moldavia. In the 18th century, the family moved to Russia.The most famous members are:*Constantin Cantemir , Voivode of Moldavia...
Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie Cantemir was twice Prince of Moldavia . He was also a prolific man of letters – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer....	1693	1693	Cantemireşti Cantemiresti Cantemireşti was a Moldavian boyar family. In the 17th and 18th century it brought forth several Voivodes of Moldavia. In the 18th century, the family moved to Russia.The most famous members are:*Constantin Cantemir , Voivode of Moldavia...	1st rule; deposed by Ottomans
Constantin Duca	1693	1695		1st rule
Antioh Cantemir Antioh Cantemir Antioh Cantemir , son of Constantin Cantemir and older brother of Dimitrie Cantemir , was a Moldavian Voivode between December 18, 1695 and September 12, 1700, and again from February 23, 1705 to July 31, 1707.-Reigns:He and Dimitrie successfully plotted against Prince Constantin...	1695	1700	Cantemireşti Cantemiresti Cantemireşti was a Moldavian boyar family. In the 17th and 18th century it brought forth several Voivodes of Moldavia. In the 18th century, the family moved to Russia.The most famous members are:*Constantin Cantemir , Voivode of Moldavia...	1st rule
Constantin Duca	1700	1703		2nd rule
Chancellor Ioan Buhuş	1703	1703		1st term
Mihai Racoviţă Mihai Racovita Mihai or Mihail Racoviţă was a Prince of Moldavia on three separate occasions and Prince of Wallachia on two occasions...	1703	1705	Racoviţă Racovita Racoviţa may refer to:* the Racoviţă family of Wallachian and Moldavian boyars and Phanariotesand to several places in Romania:* Racoviţa, a commune in Brăila County* Racoviţa, a commune in Sibiu County* Racoviţa, a commune in Timiş County...	1st rule
Antioh Cantemir Antioh Cantemir Antioh Cantemir , son of Constantin Cantemir and older brother of Dimitrie Cantemir , was a Moldavian Voivode between December 18, 1695 and September 12, 1700, and again from February 23, 1705 to July 31, 1707.-Reigns:He and Dimitrie successfully plotted against Prince Constantin...	1705	1707	Cantemireşti Cantemiresti Cantemireşti was a Moldavian boyar family. In the 17th and 18th century it brought forth several Voivodes of Moldavia. In the 18th century, the family moved to Russia.The most famous members are:*Constantin Cantemir , Voivode of Moldavia...	2nd rule
Mihai Racoviţă Mihai Racovita Mihai or Mihail Racoviţă was a Prince of Moldavia on three separate occasions and Prince of Wallachia on two occasions...	1707	1709	Racoviţă Racovita Racoviţa may refer to:* the Racoviţă family of Wallachian and Moldavian boyars and Phanariotesand to several places in Romania:* Racoviţa, a commune in Brăila County* Racoviţa, a commune in Sibiu County* Racoviţa, a commune in Timiş County...	2nd rule
Chancellor Ioan Buhuş	1709	1710		2nd term
Nicolae Mavrocordat	1709	1710	Mavrocordato	1st rule
Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie Cantemir was twice Prince of Moldavia . He was also a prolific man of letters – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer....	1710	1711	Cantemireşti Cantemiresti Cantemireşti was a Moldavian boyar family. In the 17th and 18th century it brought forth several Voivodes of Moldavia. In the 18th century, the family moved to Russia.The most famous members are:*Constantin Cantemir , Voivode of Moldavia...	2nd rule

Phanariotes (1711–1821)

Portrait	Ruler	Began	Ended	Family	Remarks
	Caimacam Kaymakam Qaim Maqam or Qaimaqam or Kaymakam is the title used for the governor of a provincial district in the Republic of Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and in Lebanon; additionally, it was a title used for roughly the same official position in the Ottoman... Lupu Costachi	1711	1711
	Ioan Mavrocordat	1711	1711	Mavrocordato
	Nicolae Mavrocordat	1711	1715	Mavrocordato	2nd rule
	Mihai Racoviţă Mihai Racovita Mihai or Mihail Racoviţă was a Prince of Moldavia on three separate occasions and Prince of Wallachia on two occasions...	1715	1726	Racoviţă Racovita Racoviţa may refer to:* the Racoviţă family of Wallachian and Moldavian boyars and Phanariotesand to several places in Romania:* Racoviţa, a commune in Brăila County* Racoviţa, a commune in Sibiu County* Racoviţa, a commune in Timiş County...	3rd rule
	Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica was Voivode 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 of Wallachia: April 16, 1733 – November 27, 1735 and...	1726	1733	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	1st rule
	Constantin Mavrocordat	1733	1735	Mavrocordato	1st rule
	Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica was Voivode 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 of Wallachia: April 16, 1733 – November 27, 1735 and...	1735	1739	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	2nd rule
	Russian occupation	1739	1739		Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739)
	Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica was Voivode 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 of Wallachia: April 16, 1733 – November 27, 1735 and...	1739	1741	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	3rd rule
	Constantin Mavrocordat	1741	1743	Mavrocordato	2nd rule
	Ioan Mavrocordat	1743	1747	Mavrocordato	2nd rule
	Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica Grigore II Ghica was Voivode 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 of Wallachia: April 16, 1733 – November 27, 1735 and...	1747	1748	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	4th rule
	Constantin Mavrocordat	1748	1749	Mavrocordato	3rd rule
	Iordache Stavrachi	1749	1749
	Constantin Racoviţă Constantin Racovita Prince Constantin Racoviţă was twice monarch of Principality of Moldavia: 31 August 1749 – 3 July 1753 and 29 February 1756 – 14 March 1757; and also twice of Muntenia: July 1753 – c. 28 February 1756 and 9 March 1763 – 28 January/8 February 1764....	1749	1753	Racoviţă Racovita Racoviţa may refer to:* the Racoviţă family of Wallachian and Moldavian boyars and Phanariotesand to several places in Romania:* Racoviţa, a commune in Brăila County* Racoviţa, a commune in Sibiu County* Racoviţa, a commune in Timiş County...	1st rule
	Matei Ghica Matei Ghica Matei Ghica, 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....	1753	1756	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...
	Constantin Racoviţă Constantin Racovita Prince Constantin Racoviţă was twice monarch of Principality of Moldavia: 31 August 1749 – 3 July 1753 and 29 February 1756 – 14 March 1757; and also twice of Muntenia: July 1753 – c. 28 February 1756 and 9 March 1763 – 28 January/8 February 1764....	1756	1757	Racoviţă Racovita Racoviţa may refer to:* the Racoviţă family of Wallachian and Moldavian boyars and Phanariotesand to several places in Romania:* Racoviţa, a commune in Brăila County* Racoviţa, a commune in Sibiu County* Racoviţa, a commune in Timiş County...	2nd rule
	Scarlat Ghica Scarlat Ghica Prince Scarlat Ghica was a Prince of Moldavia , and twice Prince of Wallachia . He was a member of the Ghica family....	1757	1758	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...
	Ioan Teodor Callimachi Ioan Teodor Callimachi Ioan Teodor Callimachi was Prince of Moldavia from 1758 to 1761.-Early years:Ioan was the second son of Teodor Calmăşul. Teodor, born Calmăşul, changed the family name to Callimachi. Ioan's older brother, Gavriil Callimachi was a monk at Putna Monastery. Ioan pursued his studies at Lvov...	1758	1761	Callimachi
	Grigore Callimachi	1761	1764	Callimachi	1st rule
	Grigore III Ghica Grigore III Ghica Grigore III Ghica was twice the Prince of Moldavia between 29 March 1764 – 3 February 1767 and September 1774 – 10 October 1777 and of Wallachia: 28 October 1768 – November 1769....	1764	1767	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	1st rule
	Grigore Callimachi	1767	1769	Callimachi	2nd rule
	Constantin Mavrocordat	1769	1769	Mavrocordato	4th rule
	Russian occupation	1769	1774		Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
	Grigore III Ghica Grigore III Ghica Grigore III Ghica was twice the Prince of Moldavia between 29 March 1764 – 3 February 1767 and September 1774 – 10 October 1777 and of Wallachia: 28 October 1768 – November 1769....	1774	1777	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	2nd rule
	Constantin Moruzi	1777	1782	Mourousi	4th rule
	Alexandru Mavrocordat Delibey	1782	1785	Mavrocordato
	Alexandru Mavrocordat Firaris	1785	1786	Mavrocordato
	Alexandru Ipsilanti	1786	1788	Ypsilanti Ypsilantis The Ypsilantis were 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...
	Austrian occupation	1787	1791		military commander: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg
	Emanuel Giani Ruset Emanuel Giani Ruset Emanuel or Manolache Giani Ruset was a Prince of Wallachia , and Prince of Moldavia . He was a Phanariote and member of the Rosetti family....	1788	1789	Rosetti	also called Manole or Manolache
	Russian occupation	1788	1791		Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
	Alexandru Moruzi	1792	1792	Mourousi	1st rule
	Mihai Suţu Mihai Sutu Mihai Draco Suţu was a Prince of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. A member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes, he was the uncle of Mihail Suţu, himself a ruler of Moldavia between 1819 and 1821.-Third ruler of Wallachia:...	1793	1795	Soutzos	also called Draco
	Alexandru Callimachi	1795	1799	Callimachi
	Constantin Ipsilanti	1799	1801	Ypsilanti Ypsilantis The Ypsilantis were 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...
	Alexandru Suţu	1801	1802	Soutzos
	Chancellor Iordache Conta	1802	1802
	Alexandru Moruzi	1802	1802	Mourousi	2nd rule
	Scarlat Callimachi Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar) Scarlat Callimachi 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.A member of the Callimachi family, he was the son...	1806	1806	Callimachi	1st rule
	Alexandru Moruzi	1806	1807	Mourousi	3rd rule
	Russian occupation	1806	1812		Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Bessarabia Bessarabia Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west.... is placed under Imperial Russian Russian Empire The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union... rule in 1812. (See also President of Moldova President of Moldova The President of the Republic of Moldova is the head of state of Moldova.-Description of the post:According to the Article 77 of the Constitution of Moldova , the President of Moldova is the head of the State and represents the State and is the guarantor of national sovereignty, independence, of... , for the rulers of Moldova Moldova Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part... , a part of this territory which became independent in the 20th century.)
	Alexandru Hangerli	1807	1807
	Scarlat Callimachi Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar) Scarlat Callimachi 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.A member of the Callimachi family, he was the son...	1807	1807	Callimachi	deposed by Russians
	Caimacam Iordache Ruset-Roznovanu	1807	1807	Rosetti
	Caimacam Metropolitan Metropolitan bishop In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of... Veniamin Costache	1807	1812		1st term
	Scarlat Callimachi Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar) Scarlat Callimachi 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.A member of the Callimachi family, he was the son...	1812	1819	Callimachi
	Mihail Suţu	1819	1821	Soutzos
	Stolnic Stolnic Stolnic was a boier rank and the position at the court in the history of Romania: in Moldavia and Wallachia. The title approximately corresponds to seneschal and is borrowed from the Slavic title stolnik a person in charge of the royal table.The title mare stolnic means "great stolnic", or... i Manu and Rizos-Nerulos	1819	1819
	Caimacam Metropolitan Metropolitan bishop In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of... Veniamin Costache	1821	1821		2nd term
	Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria thumb\|right\|200px\|The flag of the Filiki Eteria.Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends was a secret 19th century organization, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece and to establish an independent Greek state. Society members were mainly young Phanariot Greeks from Russia and local... occupation	1821	1821		military commander: Alexander Ypsilantis
	Caimacam Stefan Bogoridi Stefan Bogoridi Prince Stefan Bogoridi was a high ranking Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin, grandson of Sophronius of Vratsa and father of Alexander Bogoridi and Nicolae Vogoride... (Ştefan Vogoride)	1821	1822
	Ioan Sturdza Ioan Sturdza Ioan Sturdza was a Prince of Moldavia and the most famous descendant of Alexandru Sturdza...	1822	1828
	Russian occupation	1828	1834		military commanders: Fyodor Pahlen Fyodor Petrovich Pahlen Count Fyodor Petrovich Pahlen was a Russian diplomat and administrator.-Biography:Fyodor was the youngest son of Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, a prominent Russian courtier. He worked at Russian diplomatic missions in Sweden, France and Great Britain... , Pyotr Zheltukhin, and Pavel Kiseleff
Organic Statute Regulamentul Organic Regulamentul Organic was a quasi-constitutional organic law enforced in 1834–1835 by the Imperial Russian authorities in Moldavia and Wallachia... government (1832–1856)
	Mihail Sturdza Mihail Sturdza Mihail Sturdza was a prince of Moldavia from 1834 to 1849. A man of liberal education, he established the Mihaileana Academy, a kind of university, in Iaşi. He brought scholars from foreign countries to act as teachers, and gave a very powerful stimulus to the educational development of the...	1834	1849
	Grigore Alexandru Ghica Grigore Alexandru Ghica Grigore Alexandru Ghica or Ghika was a Prince of Moldavia between October 14, 1849 and June 1853, and again between October 30, 1854 and June 3, 1856...	1849	1853	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	1st rule
	Russian occupation	1853	1854		Crimean War Crimean War The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
	Grigore Alexandru Ghica Grigore Alexandru Ghica Grigore Alexandru Ghica or Ghika was a Prince of Moldavia between October 14, 1849 and June 1853, and again between October 30, 1854 and June 3, 1856...	1854	1856	Ghica Ghica family The Ghica family 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...	2nd rule
Protectorate established by the Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris (1856) The Treaty of Paris of 1856 settled the Crimean War between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, Second French Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The treaty, signed on March 30, 1856 at the Congress of Paris, made the Black Sea neutral territory, closing it to all... (1856–1859)
	Extraordinary Administrative Council	1856	1856
	Caimacam Teodor Balş Teodor Balş Teodor Balș was a kaymakam who ruled Moldavia between July 20, 1856 and March 1, 1857. The Porte appointed him replacing the previous domnitor Grigore Alexandru Ghica, whos mandate finished after seven years...	1856	1857
	Caimacam Nicolae Vogoride Nicolae Vogoride Prince Nicolae Vogoride was the Ottoman-nominated Governor of Moldavia following the Crimean War...	1857	1858
	Caimacams	1858	1859		Ştefan Catargiu, Vasile Sturdza and Anastasie Panu (Catargiu resigns in 1858 and is replaced by Ioan A. Cantacuzino)
	Alexander John Cuza Alexander John Cuza Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...	1859	1862		also ruled Wallachia Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians... in personal union Danubian Principalities Danubian Principalities was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common...
Formal union of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1862. For later rulers, see Domnitor Domnitor Domnitor was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1866.... and King of Romania King of Romania King of the Romanians , rather than King of Romania , was the official title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947, when Romania was proclaimed a republic.... .

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