Mihail Movilă
Mihail Movilă (? – 1608) is prince of Moldavia for a short time in 1607.
| Mihail Movilă | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Moldavia (1st reign) | |
| Reign | 24 September – October 1607 |
| Predecessor | Simion Movilă |
| Successor | Constantin Movilă |
| Prince of Moldavia (2nd reign) | |
| Reign | November – December 1607 |
| Predecessor | Constantin Movilă |
| Successor | Constantin Movilă |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 1608 Wallachia |
| Dynasty | Movilești |
| Father | Simion Movilă |
| Mother | Marghita |
| Religion | Orthodox |
Life
He was the elder son of Simion I Movilă and became prince of Moldova at the death of his father on September 24, 1607. He was thrown from the throne the following month by his cousin Constantin Movilă, pushed by his mother, the ambitious Erzsébet Csomortany de Losoncz, widow of Prince Ieremia Movilă.
He tried to regain his throne in November 1607 but must take refuge the following month in Wallachia where he died.
Source
- Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Histoire des Roumains de la Dacie trajane : Depuis les origines jusqu'à l'union des principautés. E Leroux Paris (1896)
- Nicolas Iorga Histoire des Roumains et de la romanité orientale. (1920)
- (in Romanian) Constantin C. Giurescu & Dinu C. Giurescu, Istoria Românilor Volume III (après 1606), Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, Bucureşti, 1977.
- Jean Nouzille La Moldavie, Histoire tragique d'une région européenne, Ed. Bieler, ISBN 2-9520012-1-9.
| Preceded by Simion Movilă |
Prince of Moldavia September – October 1607 |
Succeeded by Constantin Movilă |
| Preceded by Constantin Movilă |
Prince of Moldavia November – December 1607 |
Succeeded by Constantin Movilă |
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