Alexandru IV Lăpușneanu (1499 – 5 May 1568) was Ruler of
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...
between September 1552 and 18 November 1561 and then between October 1564 and 5 May 1568. His wife and consort was
Doamna Ruxanda Lăpușneanu, the daughter of
Peter IV Rareș and Princess
Elena Ecaterina Rareș (the second daughter of
Jovan Branković
Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић; ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 14 ...
of Serbia). He was the original founder of the
Dormition Church, Lviv
The Dormition or Assumption Church ( uk, Успенська церква, ''Uspenska tserkva''; historically known as the " Wallachian Church") is a Ukrainian Orthodox church in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. At present it is leased to the Ukrainian Au ...
, also commonly known as the Wallachian Church. His son
Bogdan IV of Moldavia ruled 1568–1572.
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Rulers of Moldavia
1499 births
1568 deaths
House of Bogdan-Mușat