List of monarchs of Moldavia


This is a list of monarchs of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity east of the Carpathians and until its disestablishment in 1862, when Unification of [Moldavia and Wallachia|it united] with Wallachia, the other Danubian Principality, to form the modern-day state of Romania.

List

Princes of Moldavia

[House of Dragoș]

PortraitMonarchReignRemarks
Dragoș Ic. 1347–c. 1354Described as an early monarch of Moldavia, he was sent there as a representative of king Louis I of Hungary to establish a line of defense against the Golden Horde, where he ruled.
Sasc. 1354–c. 1363son of Dragoș
Balcc.son of Sas

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 Phanariote period, where, between the rulers, there was already no connection with the dynasty of Bogdan-Musat.

Various dynasties

PortraitMonarchReignFamilyRemarks
Gheorghe Ghica1658–1659Ghica
Constantin Șerban1659
1661		Basarab
Ștefan Lupu1659–1661
1661		Cocialso called Papură-Vodă ; 1st rule
Eustratie Dabija1661–1665Dabija
Gheorghe Duca1665–1666
1668–1672
1678–1683
Iliaș Alexandru1666–1668Bogdan-MușatThe last member of the House of Bogdan-Mușat reigning in Moldavia; son of Alexandru VII.
Ştefan Petriceicu1672–1673
1673–1674
1683–1684		Petriceicu1st rule
Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino1673
1674–1675
1684–1685		Cantacuzino1st rule
Antonie Ruset1675–1678Rosetti
Constantin Cantemir1685–1693Cantemirești
Dimitrie Cantemir1693
1710–1711		Cantemirești1st rule; deposed by Ottomans
Constantin Duca1693–1695
1700–1703
Antioh Cantemir1695–1700
1705–1707		Cantemirești1st rule
Chancellor
Ioan Buhuș		1703
1709–1710		Buhuș
Mihai Racoviță1703–1705
1707–1709
1715–1726		Racoviță
Nicolae Mavrocordat1709–1710
1711–1715		Mavrocordato1st rule

Post-Phanariote period