Maria Voichița
| Maria Voichița | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Princess Consort of Moldavia | |
| Reign | 1480 – 1511 |
| Predecessor | Maria of Mangup |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Stephen the Great |
| Issue | Bogdan III the One-Eyed Maria Cneajna |
| House | House of Drăculești (by birth) House of Bogdan-Mușat (by marriage) |
| Father | Radu the Handsome |
| Mother | Maria Despina |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Maria Voichița (c. 1463[1] – 26 February 1511) was the daughter of a voivode of Wallachia. Later, she became princess consort of Moldavia.
Life
[edit]Born into the powerful House of Drăculești, Maria was daughter of Radu III the Handsome and his wife, Maria Despina, who was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti and Maria Muzaka.[2][3][4] When she was born is not known; however, her parents appear to have married sometime before 1463[1] and she was wed in 1478, making her birth year 1462 at the very earliest, but more likely 1463 or 1464.[5] She was niece of Vlad the Impaler.
She married Prince Stephen III of Moldavia in 1478.[3][6][7] This marriage linked Stephen to the ruling family of Wallachia, and opened the possibility that he might later claim that throne.[8][9] Maria gave birth to their son, Bogdan III, on March 18, 1479. She may have had one or two daughters with Stephen as well, and potentially other sons.[10]
She was regarded to have an influence upon the policy of her spouse. Additionally, she was a patron of the arts and church; for example, she is recorded as having commissioned a manuscript for the monastery of Pătrăuți.[11]
She is buried in the Putna Monastery, Romania.[12]
Issue
[edit]- Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia.
- Maria Cneajna,[13] who married to Fedor Wiśniowiecki (d. 1533).[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Gorovei 2006.
- ↑ Guy Star Sainty (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George. Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 497. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.
- 1 2 Eagles, Jonathan (2013-10-25). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85773-458-7.
- ↑ Andrei Pippidi, Traditia politicã bizantină in Tãrile Române in secolele XVI-XVIII! Bucuresti, 1983, p. 149-150, nota 35 (editia a Il-a, Bucuresti, 2001, p. 213, nota 35, fãră precizar că, în răstimpul dintre cele două editii, autorul a renuntat la aceastã ipotezã - cf. nota următoare).
- ↑ Székely, Maria Magdalena. "Născută spre a fi doamnă: Maria, ultima soţie a lui Ştefan cel Mare".
- ↑ Haynes, Rebecca (2020-03-19). Moldova: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78831-812-9.
- ↑ Simon, Alexandru (2021-10-07). In the World of Vlad: The Lives and Times of a Warlord. Frank & Timme GmbH. ISBN 978-3-7329-0799-1.
- ↑ Transylvanian Review. Romanian Cultural Foundation. 2005.
- ↑ Hurduzeu, Nicolae (2016). "Images as Teaching Aid Materials within the History Class". Philosophy, Communication, Media Sciences. 4 (4): 147–158. ISSN 2498-4884.
- ↑ Voiculescu, Mircea (1991). "O invitație la nuntă de acum cinci veacuri". Magazin Istoric. 25: 84–85 – via https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=n2:0541-881X.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|via= - ↑ Romania: Pages of History. AGERPRES Publishing House. 1986.
- ↑ Johnstone, Pauline (1967). The Byzantine Tradition in Church Embroidery. London.
- ↑ Eagles, Jonathan (2014). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-353-8.
- ↑ Sacerdoțeanu, Aurelian (1969). "Descălecători de țară, dătători de legi și datini (II)". Magazin Istoric. III (1): 37–47. ISSN 0541-881X.
Sources
[edit]- George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.
- Gorovei, Ştefan S. (2006). "Maria Despina, doamna lui Radu cel Frumos" [Maria Despina, the wife of Radu the Beautiful]. Analele Putnei (in Romanian). II (1–2): 145–152 – via Central and Eastern European Online Library.