Ruxandra Lăpușneanu (1538 – 21 November 1570) was a princess consort of

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by her marriage to

Alexandru Lăpușneanu 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 ...

in 1564. Ruxandra was the daughter of

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and Princess Elena Ecaterina Rareș (the second daughter of

Jovan Branković Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић, ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of Despot (court title), despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas I ...

of Serbia). From 1568 until 1570 she was regent in Moldavia on behalf of her son Bogdan IV of Moldavia.

Ancestry

References

* George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităților feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009. 1538 births 1570 deaths 16th-century women rulers 16th-century Moldavian people Princesses consort of Moldavia Monarchs of Moldavia {{Romania-bio-stub