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Moldavia
The principalities of Wallachia and
Moldavia were the first Vlach (Romance-language) states to form north
of the Danube. They appeared once the incursions by nomadic Steppe peoples
such as the Huns and
Mongols
had ceased. They were never subject to the
Byzantine
Emperors in Constantinople, and they occupied territories that had only
been partially occupied and then swiftly abandoned by the
Roman Empire in
the third century.
As with Wallachia, during the fourteenth century, the principality of Moldavia gained a degree of
self-rule which ended with the Turkish
occupation and rule of the Balkans. Greek tax farmers, the Phanariots were
appointed as princes. They were placed in power simply to get as much money
out of the land as possible. |
? - 1365 |
Bogdan the Founder |
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1365 - 1374 |
Latcu |
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1374 - 1391 |
Petru Mursat |
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1391 - 1394 |
Roman I |
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1394 - 1399 |
Stephen I |
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1400 - 1432 |
Alexander the Good |
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1418? - 1456 |
Petru Aaron |
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1457 - 1504 |
Stephen II the Great |
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1517 - 1527 |
Stefanita |
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1527 - 1538 |
Petru Rares |
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1538 |
Moldavia
is conquered by the Ottomans.
Ottoman rule is not direct, and local princes are allowed to govern the
principality. |
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1556 |
Alexandru Lapusneaunu |
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1561 - 1563 |
Iacob Eraclid |
|
1572 - 1574 |
John the Terrible |
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1574 - ? |
Peter the Lame |
|
c.1595 |
Stefan Razvan |
|
? - 1606 |
Ieremia Movila |
|
1606 - 1607 |
Simeon Movila |
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1626 - 1629 |
Miron Barnovschi Movila |
|
1633 |
Miron Barnovschi Movila |
|
1634 - 1653 |
Vasie Lupu |
|
1685 - 1693 |
Constantine Cantemir |
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1711 - 1821 |
In
occupied Wallachia and Moldavia,
the Ottomans
begin the destructive practice of appointing Greek tax farmers, known as the
Phanariots (from the Phanar section of Istanbul), as princes. They are
placed in power simply to get as much money out of the land as possible. |
1711 - 1714 |
Nicholas Mavrocordat |
Tax Farmer of
Wallachia (1716-1717, 1719-1730). |
1714 - 1716 |
Stephen Cantacuzino |
|
1717 - ? |
Michael Racovita |
Tax Farmer of
Wallachia (1741-1744). |
1726 - 1733 |
Gregoy Ghica |
|
1741 - 1743 |
Constantine Mavrocordat |
Tax Farmer of
Wallachia (1735-1741, 1744-1748). |
? - 1763 |
Constantine Mavrocordat |
|
1774 |
The
Russian
right of intervention is established at the Treaty of Kuchuk Karinarji. |
1774 - 1777 |
Gregoy Ghica |
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? - 1806 |
Alexander Moruzi |
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1806 - 1812 |
The
Russians take
Wallachia and
Moldavia from the Ottomans in battle and occupy the region. Upon
the advance into Russia of the
French Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte, they sign a quick treaty and evacuate
their troops northwards. |
1812 - 1819 |
Scarlat Calimah |
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1828 - 1834 |
Russia re-occupies both
principalities and controls the area under Governor Count Kisselev. |
1834 - 1849 |
Mihai Sturdza |
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1848 - 1851 |
Russia occupies both principalities. |
1853 - 1854 |
Russia again occupies
both principalities, but is preoccupied fighting the Crimean War (1853 - 1856). |
1854 - 1857 |
Russia
is weakened after losing the Crimean War.
Austria
occupies the principalities, which are now united as one administrative
region. |
1859 |
Effectively
united with Wallachia, the country is now under autonomous rule. |
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