This is a list of monarchs of

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...

, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the

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and until its disestablishment in 1862, when it united with

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...

, the other Danubian Principality, to form the modern-day state of

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Notes

Dynastic rule is hard to ascribe, given the loose traditional definition of the ruling family (on principle, princes were chosen from any branch, including a previous monarch's bastard sons – being defined as ''os de domn'' – "of

domn ''Domnitor'' (Romanian Plural, pl. ''Domnitori'') was the official title of the ruler of Romania between 1862 and 1881. It was usually translated as "prince" in other languages and less often as "grand duke". Derived from the Romanian language ...

marrow", or as having ''hereghie'' – "heredity" (from the Latin ''hereditas''); the institutions charged with the Elective monarchy, election, dominated by the boyars, had fluctuating degrees of influence). The system itself was challenged by usurpers, and became obsolete with the Phanariotes, Phanariote epoch, when monarchs were appointed by the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Ottoman Dynasty, Sultans. Between 1821 and 1862, various systems combining election and appointment were put in practice. Moldavian monarchs, like Wallachian and other Eastern European monarchs, bore the titles of ''Voivode'' or/and Hospodar (when writing in Romanian language, Romanian, the term Domnitor, Domn (from the Latin ''Dominus (title), dominus'') was used). Most monarchs did not use the form of the name they are cited with, and several used more than one form of their own name; in some cases, the monarch was only mentioned in foreign sources. The full names are either modern versions or ones based on mentions in various chronicles. The list is brought up to date for the first monarchs, following the documented studies of Ștefan S. Gorovei and Constantin Rezachevici.Rezachevici, Constantin, ''Cronologia critică a domnilor din Țara Românească și Moldova, a. 1324 - 1881'', vol. I, Editura Enciclopedică, București, 2001,

List

Princes of Moldavia

House of Dragoș

House of Bogdan-Mușat

House of House of Bogdan-Muşat, Bogdan-Muşat, with interventions of Basarab (Drăculeşti line) and Movilești dynasties

Pre-Phanariote period

The Ottoman influence in the Moldavian rulers' election grows from the mid-17th century onward. From 1659, the rulers elected are mostly scions of Greek families, and increasingly less linked to the original Moldavian ruling family. The process reached its peak with the called Phanariots, Phanariote period (1715-1859), where, between the rulers, there was already no connection (or a very distant one) with the dynasty of Bogdan-Musat.

Various dynasties

Phanariotes#Danubian principalities, Phanariotes (1711–1821)

Post-Phanariote period

References

* Constantin Rezachevici - ''Cronologia critică a domnilor din Țara Românească și Moldova a. 1324 - 1881'', Volumul I, Editura Enciclopedică, 2001,
Rulers of Moldavia
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