Moldavian princess (1457–1511)
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.[ 3] She was niece of Vlad the Impaler .
She married Prince Stephen III of Moldavia in 1478.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] This marriage linked Stephen to the ruling family of Wallachia, and opened the possibility that he might later claim that throne.[ 6] [ 7]
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.[ 8]
She is buried in the Putna Monastery , Romania .[ 9]
Issue
References
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^ Romanian Orthodox Church: An Album-monograph . Bible and Orthodox Mission Institute Publishing House of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 1987.
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^ Haynes, Rebecca (2020-03-19). Moldova: A History . Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78831-812-9 .
^ 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 .
^ Transylvanian Review . Romanian Cultural Foundation. 2005.
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^ Romania: Pages of History . AGERPRES Publishing House. 1986.
^ Johnstone, Pauline (1967). The Byzantine Tradition in Church Embroidery . London.
^ Eagles, Jonathan (2014). Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism: Moldova and Eastern European History . I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-353-8 .
^ 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.