Antioh Cantemir (4 December 1670 – 1726), better known in English by the

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form Antioch Cantemir, was a

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who ruled as

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(18 December 1695 – 12 September 1700 and 23 February 1705 – 31 July 1707).

Life

Antioch was born into a

n family of Tatar origin. His illiterate father

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had been made

by the

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in 1685. Constantin ensured his sons had a good education and, upon his death, Antioch's younger brother

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notionally succeeded him. He was swiftly passed over by the

, however, in favor of Constantin Duca, who was supported by his father-in-law, the Wallachian

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Constantin Brâncoveanu. Duca was deposed after two years for late payments of tribute and for having executed an inspecting '' kapucu''. Antioch began to rule but was eventually deposed through the machinations of the Wallachian voivode. Upon the return of Duca, the Cantemirs fled the country, returning to resume rule after Duca again fell into disgrace and lost Brâncoveanu's friendship. Antioch's second period of rule was preceded and followed by voivodeships of his brother-in-law Mihai Racoviță.Rulers of Moldavia- Genealogy index
/ref> Unlike his father, Antioch did not oppose the interests of

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. He also laid the groundwork for his brother's anti-Turkish alliance with

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, which began expanding southward following the 1699

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. Despite Cantemir's high taxes, particularly during his second reign, he was a broadly popular figure and viewed as a just and kind ruler. Inspired by Chrysanthus, the

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, he established the Princely Academy in his capital Iaşi in 1707. He died in 1726 at Golia Monastery.

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