Evdochia of Kiev, also known as Evdokia ( uk, Євдокія Олельківна; died in 1467), was a Princess of Moldavia as the first or second wife of

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; h ...

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She was the sister of Simeon of Kiev, and a cousin of

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. She married Stephen III of Moldavia in 1463. Evdochia was most probably the mother of Stephen's two sons, Bogdan and Peter, according to historian Jonathan Eagles. Bogdan died in 1479, Peter in 1480. Both sons were buried in the

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, established by their father. When Stephen made a donation to the

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on 27 July 1466, he specified that the monks should pray for his relatives, including Evdochia and their two children,

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and Olena. Alexandru was most probably identical with Stephen's first-born son and co-ruler who died in 1496, according to Eagles. She died in the winter of 1467. She was buried in the Mirăuți Church (which was the see of the

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) in

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. Her husband granted 100 beehives, a vineyard and a pond to the church on 15 February 1469. Her tombstone was rediscovered in 1996.

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