Doamna Elisabeta Movilă (

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1620) was a Princess consort of

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

by marriage to

Ieremia Movilă Ieremia Movilă ( ; c. 1555 – 10 July 1606) was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between August 1595 and May 1600, and again between September 1600 and July 10, 1606. At the time, Moldavia was a vassal province of the Polish-Lituania CommonWealth ...

. She was regent in Moldavia in 1607–1611 on the behalf of her son

Constantin I Movilă Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) * Konstantin The first name Konstant ...

and her son

Alexandru Movilă Alexandru Movilă (1601 – 1620) was Prince of Moldavia from 1615 to 1616. Life The second son of Ieremia Movilă and his wife Erszébet Csomortany de Losoncz, he is taken to the throne by his mother after the death of his elder brother Co ...

in 1615–1616. She was described as proud, ambitious and beautiful. She is known for her support of her spouse against his brother

Simion Movilă Simion Movilă (after 1559 14 September 1607), a boyar of the Movilești family, was twice Prince of Wallachia (November 1600 – June 1601; October 1601 – July 1602) and Prince of Moldavia from July 1606 until his death. Family He was the gra ...

, and after his death her sons against their rivals, often with Polish military help. The political instability caused by the succession crisis in Moldavia resulted in Ottoman attack in 1616, in which her she and her sons lead an army against the Ottomans, lost the battle and was captured on the battle field and taken to Constantinople. Her sons were forced to convert to Islam, while she was placed in the Ottoman harem.

References

* George Marcu (coord.), Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009. 17th-century women regents 17th-century regents 17th-century Moldavian people Princesses consort of Moldavia Monarchs of Moldavia 17th-century Romanian women Women in 17th-century warfare 17th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire {{Romania-bio-stub