Maria Voichița
Doamna Maria Voichița (1457 – 26 February 1511)[1][2] was a Princess consort of Moldavia (1480–1511).[3][1]
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.[4][3][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]
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.[10]
She is buried in the Putna Monastery, Romania.[11]
Issue
[edit]- Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia.
- Maria Cneajna,[12] who married to Fedor Wiśniowiecki (d. 1533).[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Editura enciclopedică română.
- ^ Romanian Orthodox Church: An Album-monograph. Bible and Orthodox Mission Institute Publishing House of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 1987.
- ^ a b c Eagles, Jonathan (2013-10-25). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85773-458-7.
- ^ Guy Star Sainty (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George. Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 497. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.
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