Ruxandra Lăpușneanu (1538 – 21 November 1570) was a princess consort of Moldavia by her marriage to Alexandru Lăpușneanu in 1564. Ruxandra was the daughter of

Peter IV Rareș Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

and Princess

Elena Ecaterina Rareș Doamna Elena Ecaterina Rareş ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Бранковић; died 1553) was a princess consort of Moldavia by marriage to Peter IV Rareș. She was regent in Moldavia in 1551–1553 on the behalf of her son Ştefan VI Rareş. She was ...

(the second daughter of

Jovan Branković Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић; ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 1 ...

of Serbia). From 1568 until 1570 she was regent in Moldavia on behalf of her son

Bogdan IV of Moldavia Bogdan IV of Moldavia (9 May 1555 – July 1574) was Prince of Moldavia from 1568 to 1572. He succeeded to the throne as son of the previous ruler, Alexandru Lăpușneanu Alexandru IV Lăpușneanu (1499 – 5 May 1568) was Ruler of Moldavia bet ...

Ancestry

References

* George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităților feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009. 1538 births 1570 deaths 16th-century women rulers 16th-century Romanian people Royal consorts of Moldavia Rulers of Moldavia {{Romania-bio-stub