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Maria Voichița. Doamna Maria Voichița (1457 – 26 February 1511) was a Princess consort of Moldavia (1480–1511). Life. Born into the powerful House of Drăculești, Maria was daughter of Radu III the Handsome and his wife, Maria Despina. She was niece of Vlad the Impaler. She married Prince Stephen III of Moldavia in 1478.
Doamna Maria Voichița (n. 1457, Țara Românească, România – d. 1511) a fost cea de a treia soție a domnului Ștefan cel Mare, doamnă a Țării Moldovei între 1480 și 1511, având 26 de ani de căsnicie cu Ștefan cel Mare. Biografie. Maria Voichița a fost fiica lui Radu cel Frumos și a Doamnei Maria.
- 1511 (54 de ani)
- Radu al III-lea cel Frumos
Stephen is known to have fathered two other sons who died in childhood, at a time when he was married to Maria Voichița: Bogdan died in 1479, and Peter (Petrașco) in 1480. Scholars are divided as to whether their mother was Evdochia, Maria of Mangup, or a very young Maria Voichița.
- Maria Oltea
- Bogdan II of Moldavia
- 1457–1504
- Bogdan III
Born Doamna Maria Voichiţa, she was the daughter of Voivoda Radu III and granddaughter of Vlad III the Tepez of the Draculesti dynasty. She is known by historians as a woman of great temperament and political acumen, so much so as to influence the decisions of Prince Stephen III of Moldavia (Saint of...
Feb 22, 2021 · Doamna Maria Voichiţa (1457 – 26 February 1511) was a Princess consort of Moldavia (1480 – 1511), daughter of Radu III the Handsome and a niece of Vlad the Impaler. She was regarded to have an influence upon the policy of her spouse, Prince Stephen III of Moldavia, who she married in 1478.
Doamna Maria Voichița (1457 – 26 February 1511) was a Princess consort of Moldavia (1480–1511), daughter of Radu III the Handsome and a niece of Vlad the Impaler. She was regarded to have an influence upon the policy of her spouse, Prince Stephen III of Moldavia, whom she married in 1478.
On the stamp with the face value of Lei 19,50 appears Lady Maria Voichita, the third (and last) wife of Stephen the Great. The image is found on a dvera (curtain covering the altar door), richly embroidered; the piece is known as the Dvera of Crucifixion ; it dates back from 1500 and is now found in the Museum of the Putna Monastery.
