Doamna Elena Ecaterina Rareş ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Бранковић; died 1553) was a princess consort 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 ...
by marriage to
Peter IV Rareș. She was regent in Moldavia in 1551–1553 on the behalf of her son
Ştefan VI Rareş. She was the daughter of Serbian Despot
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 ...
References
* George Marcu (coord.), Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.
1553 deaths
16th-century women rulers
16th-century Romanian people
Royal consorts of Moldavia
Rulers of Moldavia
Year of birth unknown
Branković dynasty
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