Maria Voichița

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Maria Voichița

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

Life[edit]

Born into the powerful House of Drăculești, Maria was daughter of Radu III the Handsome and his wife, Maria Despina. She was niece of Vlad the Impaler.

She married Prince Stephen III of Moldavia in 1478.

She was regarded to have an influence upon the policy of her spouse.

She is buried in the Putna Monastery, Romania.

Issue[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eagles, Jonathan (2014). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-353-8.
  2. ^ Sacerdoțeanu, Aurelian (1969). "Descălecători de țară, dătători de legi și datini (II)". Magazin Istoric. III (1): 37–47. ISSN 0541-881X.
  • George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.