Alexandru IV Lăpușneanu (1499 – 5 May 1568) was ruler 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 ...
between September 1552 and 18 November 1561 and then October 1564 to 5 May 1568.
He was the son of
Bogdan III the One-Eyed. His wife and consort was
Doamna Ruxanda Lăpușneanu, the daughter of
Peter IV Rareș and Princess
Elena Ecaterina Rareș (the second daughter of
Jovan Branković of Serbia). He was the original founder of the
Dormition Church, Lviv, also commonly known as the Wallachian Church. His son
Bogdan IV of Moldavia succeeded him and ruled 1568–1572.
The writer
Constantin Negruzzi wrote the short story ''Alexandru Lăpușneanu'' in 1857 based on the ruler's life; it was turned into an opera by
Alexandru Zirra.
References
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Monarchs of Moldavia
1499 births
1568 deaths
House of Bogdan-Mușat
16th-century Moldavian people