Grigore Ureche (; 1590–1647) was a

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...

chronicler A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...

who wrote on Moldavian history in his ''Letopisețul Țării Moldovei'' ('' Chronicles of the Land of Moldavia''), covering the period from 1359 to 1594.

Biography

Grigore Ureche was the son of the influential Moldovan boyar Nestor Ureche, who was an advisor to a prince in

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. Ureche spent his childhood in the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

, where he studied at the Jesuit College in L'viv. After returning to the

Principality of Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Central ...

, he held many high-ranking offices in the courts of several Moldovan

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. During the reign of

Vasile Lupu Lupu Coci, known as Vasile Lupu (; 1595–1661), was a Voivode of Moldavia of Albanian origin between 1634 and 1653. Lupu had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. Va ...

(from 1634) Ureche became the administrator of Lower Moldavia.

Significance

Ureche is the first to assert the existence of the

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and its

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character. He also acknowledges the common

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origin of the

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from

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and

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References

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The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia
at librariaelectronica.com
Biography
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Grigore Ureche
at istoria.md Moldavian and Wallachian chroniclers 1590 births 1647 deaths Romanian male writers Early Modern Romanian writers Writers from Lviv 17th-century Romanian people 17th-century male writers {{Romania-writer-stub

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