Doamna Maria Voichița (1457 – 26 February 1511) 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 ...
(1480–1511), daughter of
Radu III the Handsome and a niece of
Vlad the Impaler
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ro, Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula (; ro, Vlad Drăculea ; 1428/311476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most im ...
. She was regarded to have an influence upon the policy of her spouse, Prince
Stephen III of Moldavia
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...
, whom she married in 1478.
She had two children:
*
Bogdan III the One-Eyed
Bogdan III the One-Eyed ( ro, Bogdan al III-lea cel Chior) or Bogdan III the Blind () (March 18, 1479 – April 20, 1517) was Voivode of Moldavia from July 2, 1504, to 1517.
Family
Bogdan was born in Huşi as the son of Voivode Ştefan cel Mar ...
,
Voivode 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 ...
.
* ,
who married to Fedor Wiśniowiecki.
She is buried in the
Putna Monastery
The Putna monastery ( ro, Mănăstirea Putna) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery, one of the most important cultural, religious and artistic centers established in medieval Moldavia; as with many others, it was built and dedicated by Stephen the ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
.
References
* George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.
1511 deaths
15th-century Romanian people
16th-century Romanian people
Royal consorts of Moldavia
Year of birth unknown
1457 births
Stephen the Great
15th-century Romanian women
16th-century Romanian women
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