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
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
- Voivode of Moldavia.
- Maria Cneajna,[10] who married to Fedor Wiśniowiecki (d. 1533).[11]
References
- ^ a b Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Editura enciclopedică română.
- ^ Romanian Orthodox Church: An Album-monograph. Bible and Orthodox Mission Institute Publishing House of the Romanian Orthodox Church. 1987.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-85773-458-7.
- ISBN 978-1-78831-812-9.
- ISBN 978-3-7329-0799-1.
- ^ Transylvanian Review. Romanian Cultural Foundation. 2005.
- ISSN 2498-4884.
- ^ Romania: Pages of History. AGERPRES Publishing House. 1986.
- ^ Johnstone, Pauline (1967). The Byzantine Tradition in Church Embroidery. London.
- ISBN 978-1-78076-353-8.
- ISSN 0541-881X.
- George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.
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