Stephen IV of Moldavia ( ro, Ștefan IV), also called Ștefăniță (1506 – 14 January 1527) was
Prince of Moldavia
This is a list of rulers 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 Ro ...
from 1517 to 1527. He succeeded to the throne as son of the previous ruler,
Bogdan III cel Chior. Until 1523, he was under the regency of
Luca Arbore
Luca Arbore or Arbure (Old Cyrillic: ; Renaissance Latin: ''Herborus''Nicolae 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 c ...
, Gatekeeper of
Suceava
Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central and Eastern E ...
. He was the father of
John III the Terrible
John III the Terrible ( ro, Ioan cel Cumplit), also John III the Brave ( ro, Ioan cel Viteaz) (1521 – June 14, 1574) was Voivode of Moldavia between February 1572 and June 1574.
He was the grandson of Bogdan III and the son of Stephen IV and ...
.
Rulers of Moldavia
16th-century monarchs in Europe
House of Bogdan-Mușat
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