RULERS FROM MOLDAVIA TILL 1859

  • Dragos, c. 1351 - 1353
  • Sas (son of Dragos ), c. 1354 - c. 1358
  • Balc (son of Sas), 1359
  • Bogdan I, c. 1359 - 1365
  • Latcu (son of Bogdan), c. 1365 - c. 1374
  • Petru I (son of Musatei (Margareta), wife of Latcu), c.1374 - 1392
  • Roman I (son of Musatei) 1392 - March 1394
  • Stefan I (uncertain filiation) c. 1394 - 1399
  • Iuga Ologul (uncertain filiation) August 1399 - February 1400
  • Alexandru cel bun (son of Roman) February 1400 - January 1432
  • Ilias (son of Alexandru cel bun) January 1432 - November 1433
  • Stefan al II-lea (son of Alexandru cel bun) November 1433 - August 1435
  • Ilias si Stefan al II-lea (associated to ruling) August 1435 - December 1442
  • Stefan al II-lea December 1442 - April 1444
  • Stefan al II-lea and Petru al II-lea (associated to ruling) April 1444 - 1445
  • Stefan al II-lea 1445 - July 1447
  • Petru al II-lea and Roman al II-lea (asociati la domnie) July - September 1447
  • Roman al II-lea (son of Ilias) September 1447 - February 1448
  • Petru al II-lea February 1448 - March 1449
  • Ciubar (Csupor) Winter 1448 - 1449 (uncertain ruling)
  • Alexandrel (son of Ilias) February - October 1449
  • Bogdan al II-lea (son of Alexandru cel bun) October 1449 - October 1451
  • Petru Aron (son of Alexandru cel bun) October 1451 - February 1452
  • Alexandrel, February 1452 - 1454
  • Petru Aron, 1454 - February 1455
  • Alexandrel, February – May 1455
  • Petru Aron, May 1455 - April 1457
  • Stefan cel Mare (son of Bogdan al II-lea) 14 April 1457 - 2 July 1504
  • Bogdan al III-lea (cel "orb") (son of Stefan cel Mare) 2 July 1504 - April 1517
  • Stefanita (son of Bogdan al III-lea) April 1517 - January 1527
  • Petru Rares (son of Stefan cel Mare) January 1427 - September 1538
  • Stefan Lacusta (son of Stefan cel Mare) September 1538 - December 1540
  • Alexandru Cornea (son of Bogdan al III-lea) December 1540 - February 1541
  • Petru Rares February 1541 - September 1546
  • Ilias (son of Petru Rares) September 1546 - June 1551
  • Stefan (son of Petru Rares) June 1551 - September 1552
  • Ioan Joldea, September 1552
  • Alexandru Lapusneanu (son of Bogdan al III-lea), September 1552 - November 1561
  • Despot-Voda (Ioan Iacob Eraclid), November 1561 - November 1563
  • Stefan Tomsa August 1563 - March 1564
  • Alexandru Lapusneanu, March 1564 - March 1568
  • Bogdan (son of Alexandru Lapusneanu) March 1568 - February 1572
  • Ioan Voda (cel "Cumplit"), (son of Stefanita) February 1572 - June 1574
  • Petru Schiopul (brother of Alexandru al II-lea, ruler in Wallachia) June 1574 - November 1577
  • Ioan Potcova (claimed to be brother of Ioan Voda) November - December 1577
  • Petru Schiopul, January 1578 - November 1579
  • Iancu Sasul (son of Petru Rares), November 1579 - September 1582
  • Petru Schiopul, September 1582 - august 1591; had associated his young son Stefan (1589 - 1591)
  • Aron Tiranul ("cel cumplit") (son of Alexandru Lapusneanu), September 1591 - June 1592
  • Alexandru cel Rau (grandson of Alexandru Lapusneanu), June - July 1592; he didn't occupy the throne, being moved in Wallachia
  • Petru Cazacul (son of Alexandru Lapusneanu), August - October 1592
  • Aron Tiranul, September 1592 - April 1595
  • Stefan Razvan (unknown filiation), April - August 1595
  • Ieremia Movila, August 1595 - May 1600
  • Mihai Viteazul, May - September 1600
  • Ieremia Movila, September 1600 - June 1606
  • Simion Movila (brother of Ieremia Movila), June 1606 - September 1607
  • Mihail Movila (son of Simion), September - November and December 1607
  • Constantin Movila (son of Ieremia), November 1607 and December 1607 - December 1611
  • Stefan al II-lea Tomsa (he said that he is the son of Stefan Tomsa), December 1611 - November 1615
  • Alexandru Movila, November 1615 - July 1616
  • Radu Mihnea, July 1616 - februarie 1619
  • Gaspar Gratiani, February 1619 - September 1620
  • Alexandru Ilias, September 1620 - October 1621
  • Stefan al II-lea Tomsa, October 1621 - August 1623
  • Radu Mihnea, August 1623 - January 1626
  • Miron Barnovschi-Movila, January 1626 - August 1629
  • Alexandru Coconul, August 1629 - April 1630
  • Moise Movila (son of Simion Movila), April 1630 - December 1631
  • Alexandru Ilias, December 1631 - April 1633
  • Miron Barnovschi-Movila, April - June 1633
  • Moise Movila, June 1633 - April 1634
  • Vasile Lupu, April 1634 - April 1653
  • Gheorghe Stefan, April 1653
  • Vasile Lupu, April - July 1653
  • Gheorghe Stefan, July 1653 - March 1658
  • Gheorghe Ghica, April 1658 - November 1659
  • Constantin Serban (former ruler of Wallachia), November 1659
  • Stefanita Lupu (son of Vasile Lupu), November 1659 - January 1661
  • Constantin Serban, January - February 1661
  • Stefanita Lupu, February - September 1661
  • Eustratie Dabija, September 1661 - September 1665
  • Gheorghe Duca, September 1665 - May 1666
  • Ilias Alexandru (son of Alexandru Ilias), May 1666 - November 1668
  • Gheorghe Duca, November 1668 - August 1672
  • Stefan Petriceicu, August 1672 - November 1673
  • Dumitrascu Cantacuzino (descendat of Cantacuzino from Anhialos), November 1673
  • Stefan Petriceicu, December 1673 - February 1674
  • Dumitrascu Cantacuzino, February 1674 - November 1675
  • Antonie Ruset (Rosetti), November 1675 - November 1678
  • Gheorghe Duca, November 1678 - December 1683
  • Stefan Petriceicu, December 1683 - March 1684
  • Dumitrascu Cantacuzino, January 1684 - June 1685
  • Constantin Cantemir, June 1685 - March 1693
  • Dimitrie Cantemir (son of Constantin Cantemir), March - April 1693
  • Constantin Duca (son of Gheorghe Duca), April 1693 - December 1695
  • Antioh Cantemir (son of Constantin Cantemir), December 1695 - September 1700
  • Constantin Duca, September 1700 - June 1703
  • Caimacan: Ioan Buhus (great chancellor), June - September 1703
  • Mihai Racovita (nephew of Serban Cantacuzino), September 1703 - February 1705
  • Antioh Cantemir, February 1705 - June 1707
  • Mihai Racovita, July 1707 - October 1709
  • Nicolaie Mavrocordat (great-nephew of Al. Ilias), November 1709 - October 1710
  • Dimitrie Cantemir, November 1710 - July 1711
  • Caimacans: Lupu Costachi (mare vornic), Maxut (great seneschal), Antioh Jora (minister of war), August - September 1711
  • Caimacan: Ioan Mavrocordat (dragoman), September - November 1711
  • Nicolaie Mavrocordat, November 1711 - December 1715
  • Mihai Racovita, December 1715 - September 1726
  • Grigore al II-lea Ghica (nephew of Grigore Ghica), September 1726 - April 1733
  • Constantin Mavrocordat (former ruler of Wallachia), April 1733 - November 1735
  • Grigore al II-lea Ghica, November 1735 - September 1739
  • Russian military adminstration: September - October 1739
  • Grigore al II-lea Ghica, October 1739 - September 1741
  • Constantin Mavrocordat, September 1741 - July 1743
  • Ioan Mavrocordat (son of Nicolaie Mavrocordat), July 1743 - May 1747
  • Grigore al II-lea Ghica, May 1747 - April 1748
  • Constantin Mavrocordat, April 1748 - August 1749
  • Constantin Racovita, August 1749 - June 1753
  • Matei Ghica (son of Grigore al II-lea Ghica), June 1753 - February 1756
  • Constantin Racovita, February 1756 - March 1757
  • Scarlat Ghica (son of Grigore al II-lea Ghica), March 1757 - August 1758
  • Ioan Teodor Callimachi (Calmasul), August 1758 - May 1761
  • Grigore Calimachi (son of Ioan Teodor Callimachi), May 1761 - March 1764
  • Grigore al III-lea Ghica (nepot de frate al lui Grigore al II-lea Ghica), March 1764 - January 1767
  • Grigore Callimachi, January 1767 - June 1769
  • Constantin Mavrocordat, June - December 1769
  • Russian military administration: September 1769 - September 1774
  • Grigore al III-lea Ghica, September 1774 - September 1777
  • Constantin Moruzi, September 1777 - May 1782
  • Alexandru Mavrocordat (Deli-bei, meaning Mad Prince) (son of Constantin Mavrocordat), May 1782 - January 1785
  • Alexandru Mavrocordat (Firaris, meaning Fugitive) (son of Ioan Mavrocordat), January 1785 - December 1786
  • Alexandru Ipsilanti (former ruler of Wallachia), December 1786 - April 1788
  • Austrian military administration: November 1787 - July 1788
  • Manole (Emanuel) Giani Ruset, May 1788 - March 1789
  • Russian military administration: September 1788 - November 1789
  • Austrian military administration: November 1789 - July 1791
  • Alexandru Moruzi (son of C. Moruzi), March 1792 - December 1792
  • Mihai Sutu, December 1792 - April 1795
  • Alexandru Callimachi, April 1795 - March 1795
  • Constantin Ipsilanti (son of Alexandru Ipsilanti), March 1799 - June 1801
  • Alexandru Sutu, June 1801 - September 1802
  • Alexandru Moruzi, September 1802 - August 1806
  • Scarlat Callimachi (son of Alexandru Callimachi), August - October 1806
  • Alexandru Moruzi, October 1806 - March 1807
  • Russian military administration: November 1806 - May 1812
  • Alexandru Hangerli, March - July 1807
  • Scarlat Callimachi, July 1807 - June 1810 (didn't effectively rule)
  • Caimacans: Iordache Ruset-Roznovanu, December 1806, apoi Veniamin Costache, January 1807 - July 1812
  • Scarlat Callimachi, August 1812 - June 1819
  • Mihai Sutu (nepot de fiu al lui Mihai Sutu), June 1819 - March 1821
  • Caimacan: Veniamin Costache bishop, March - May 1821
  • Hetaeria of Alexandru Ipsilanti: April 1821
  • Caimacan: Stefan Vogoride (named in February), effectively from Autumn 1821 - July 1822
  • Turkish military administration: May 1821 - July 1822
  • Ionita Sandu Sturza, June 1822 - April 1828
  • Russian military adminstration: April 1828 - April 1834
  • Mihai Sturza, April 1834 - June 1849
  • Grigore Alexandru Ghica, May 1849 - October 1853
  • Russian military adminstration: October 1853 - September 1854
  • Grigore Alexandru Ghica, October 1854 - June 1856
  • Extraordinary administrative council: July 1856
  • Caimacan Teodor Bals: July 1856 - February 1857
  • Caimacan Nicolaie Vogoride: February 1857 - October 1858
  • Three Caimacans: Stefan Catargiu (from 20 October 1858 I. A. Cantacuzino), V. Sturza and A. Panu, October 1858 - January 1859
  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza elected ruler of Moldavia on 1859, January 5
Last update: 1999, August 18
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