Ștefan Petriceicu (
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: ''Ștefan al XI-lea Petriceicu'', died 1690) was three times
Voivode
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of
Moldavia
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(August 1672 – November 1673, December 1673 – February 1674, December 1683 – March 1684).
Reign
The son of a
boyar
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,
Chancellor
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(''
mare logofăt'') Toader Petriceicu (d. 1663), Ștefan was elected by the nobility – with the approval of the Ottoman Empire – to succeed
George Ducas
George Ducas ( – 31 March 1685) was the prince (List of monarchs of Moldavia, voivode) of Moldavia (1665–1666, 1668–1672, 1678–1684) and the List of Wallachian rulers, prince of Wallachia (1674–1678). He also served as the hetman of ...
in 1672. The Ottomans forced Petriceicu to support their campaign against Poland at the
Battle of Khotyn in 1673, but later ousted him for siding with the Poles in November 1673. He returned to power briefly before
Dimitrie Cantacuzino replaced him a second time in February the following year. Having retaken power once again from George Ducas in December 1683, the Ottomans eventually replaced Petriceicu permanently with Cantacuzino in March 1684.
References
1690 deaths
Monarchs of Moldavia
Year of birth unknown
17th-century Moldavian people
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