Maria Voichița

Maria Voichița

Doamna Maria Voichița (1457 – 26 February 1511)[1][2] was a Princess consort of Moldavia (1480–1511).[3][1]

Life

Born into the powerful House of Drăculești, Maria was daughter of Radu III the Handsome and his wife, Maria Despina, who was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti and Maria Muzaka.[4][3][5] She was niece of Vlad the Impaler.

She married Prince Stephen III of Moldavia in 1478.[3][6][7] This marriage linked Stephen to the ruling family of Wallachia, and opened the possibility that he might later claim that throne.[8][9]

She was regarded to have an influence upon the policy of her spouse. Additionally, she was a patron of the arts and church; for example, she is recorded as having commissioned a manuscript for the monastery of Pătrăuți.[10]

She is buried in the Putna Monastery, Romania.[11]

Issue

References

  1. ^ a b Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Editura enciclopedică română.
  2. ^ Romanian Orthodox Church: An Album-monograph. Bible and Orthodox Mission Institute Publishing House of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 1987.
  3. ^ a b c Eagles, Jonathan (2013-10-25). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85773-458-7.
  4. ^ Guy Star Sainty (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George. Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 497. ISBN 978-84-340-2506-6.
  5. ^ Andrei Pippidi, Traditia politicã bizantină in Tãrile Române in secolele XVI-XVIII! Bucuresti, 1983, p. 149-150, nota 35 (editia a Il-a, Bucuresti, 2001, p. 213, nota 35, fãră precizar că, în răstimpul dintre cele două editii, autorul a renuntat la aceastã ipotezã - cf. nota următoare).
  6. ^ Haynes, Rebecca (2020-03-19). Moldova: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78831-812-9.
  7. ^ Simon, Alexandru (2021-10-07). In the World of Vlad: The Lives and Times of a Warlord. Frank & Timme GmbH. ISBN 978-3-7329-0799-1.
  8. ^ Transylvanian Review. Romanian Cultural Foundation. 2005.
  9. ^ Hurduzeu, Nicolae (2016). "Images as Teaching Aid Materials within the History Class". Philosophy, Communication, Media Sciences. 4 (4): 147–158. ISSN 2498-4884.
  10. ^ Romania: Pages of History. AGERPRES Publishing House. 1986.
  11. ^ Johnstone, Pauline (1967). The Byzantine Tradition in Church Embroidery. London.
  12. ^ Eagles, Jonathan (2014). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-353-8.
  13. ^ Sacerdoțeanu, Aurelian (1969). "Descălecători de țară, dătători de legi și datini (II)". Magazin Istoric. III (1): 37–47. ISSN 0541-881X.
  • George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.


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