Gabriel Movilă

Gabriel Movilă
Prince of Wallachia
(1st reign)
ReignAugust – September 1616
PredecessorRadu Mihnea[1]
SuccessorAlexandru Iliaş[2]
Prince of Wallachia
(2nd reign)
ReignJune 1618 – July 1620[3][additional citation(s) needed]
PredecessorAlexandru Iliaş[4]
SuccessorRadu Mihnea
Bornunknown
DiedDecember 1635
HouseMovileşti
FatherSimion Movilă[5]
ReligionOrthodox

Gabriel or Gavril Movilă (? – December 1635) was Prince of Wallachia from June 1618 to July 1620.[3][additional citation(s) needed] A Movileşti boyar, Gabriel was a son of Simion Movilă, Prince of Moldavia.[5]

Biography

He attained the throne of Wallachia in 1616[3] but he remained unrecognized by the Ottoman government that preferred Alexandru IV Iliaş.[2] He obtained his appointment[clarification needed] in June 1618 but was replaced in July 1620 by Radu IX Mihnea.

He retired to Transylvania where he died. He had married a Hungarian noble Erzébet Zolyomy. The couple probably remained childless.

References

  1. ^ Brown & Neil (2017, p. 235): "He notes with approval how one of Radu Mihnea's successors, Gabriel Movilă, refused to accept the throne without first securing the sultan's support."
  2. ^ a b Roggema (2017, p. 149)
  3. ^ a b c Brown & Neil (2017, p. 234)
  4. ^ Brown & Neil (2017, pp. 236–237)
  5. ^ a b Suciu (1980, p. 165)

Bibliography

  • Brown, Amelia Robertson; Neil, Bronwen, eds. (20 July 2017). Byzantine Culture in Translation. BRILL. ISBN 9789004349070.
  • Roggema, Barbara, ed. (23 October 2017). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 10 Ottoman and Safavid Empires (1600-1700). Brill. ISBN 9789004346048.
  • Suciu, I. D. (1980). Unitatea poporului român: contribuții istorice bănățene (in Romanian). Facla.
Preceded by Prince of Wallachia
1616 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prince of Wallachia
1618–1620 		Succeeded by


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