Evdochia of Kiev

Evdochia of Kiev
Princess consort of Moldavia
Tenure1463 – 25 November 1467
BornPrincess Evdochia of Kiev
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Died25 November 1467
Burial
Suceava, Moldavia
Spouse
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(m. 1463)​
IssuePrince Alexandru (?)
Elena, Crown Princess of Moscow
Names
Ukrainian: Євдокія Олельківна
Russian: Евдокия Олельковна
English: Evdochia Olelkovna
HouseHouse of Olelkovich
FatherAlexander Olelkovich, Prince of Kiev
MotherPrincess Anastasia of Moscow

Princess Evdochia of Kiev (Ukrainian: Євдокія Олельківна; also known as Evdokia;[1] ? – 25 November 1467) was a Princess of Kiev by birth, and became Princess consort of Moldavia after her marriage to Prince Stephen III of Moldavia. She was the mother of Elena, Crown Princess of Moscow.

Early life

Evdochia was born into the large House of Gediminid, as the second daughter and fourth child of Alexander Olelkovich, Prince of Kiev (d. 1454) and his wife, Anastasia of Moscow (1470), daughter of Vasily I of Moscow and Sophia of Lithuania. She was the sister of Simeon of Kiev, and a cousin of Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow.[2] She married Stephen III of Moldavia in 1463.[2]

Biography

Evdochia was most probably the mother of Stephen's two sons, Bogdan and Peter, according to historian Jonathan Eagles.[3] Bogdan died in 1479, Peter in 1480.[3] Both sons were buried in the Putna Monastery, established by their father.[3] When Stephen made a donation to the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos on 27 July 1466, he specified that the monks should pray for his relatives, including Evdochia and their two children, Alexandru and Olena.[4] Alexandru was most probably identical with Stephen's first-born son and co-ruler who died in 1496, according to Eagles.[5]

She died in the winter of 1467.[6] She was buried in the Mirăuți Church (which was the see of the Metropolitan of Moldavia) in Suceava.[7] Her husband granted 100 beehives, a vineyard and a pond to the church on 15 February 1469.[6] Her tombstone was rediscovered in 1996.[6]

References

  1. ^ Pop 2005, p. 269.
  2. ^ a b Eagles 2014, p. 45.
  3. ^ a b c Eagles 2014, p. 102.
  4. ^ Păun 2016, pp. 130–131.
  5. ^ Eagles 2014, pp. 45, 48.
  6. ^ a b c Eagles 2014, p. 122.
  7. ^ Eagles 2014, pp. 121–122.

Sources

  • Eagles, Jonathan (2014). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-353-8.
  • Păun, Radu G. (2016). "Mount Athos and the Byzantine-Slavic Tradition in Wallachia and Moldavia after the fall of Constantinople". In Stanković, Vlada (ed.). The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453. Lexington Books. pp. 117–164. ISBN 978-1-49851-325-8.
  • Pop, Ioan-Aurel (2005). "The Romanians in the 14th–16th centuries from the "Christian Republic" to the "Restoration of Dacia"". In Pop, Ioan-Aurel; Bolovan, Ioan (eds.). History of Romania: Compendium. Romanian Cultural Institute (Center for Transylvanian Studies). pp. 209–314. ISBN 978-973-7784-12-4.