Ruler · 1511 – 1563

Iacob Heraclid

Lived 1511 – 1563; monarch. Lord of Moldavia of Principality of Moldavia, 1561 – 1563.

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Lived: 1511 – 1563; 52 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Principality of Moldavia
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Lord of Moldavia

Principality of Moldavia · the 37th of 142 dated reigns · 1347 – 1862

33 before

Ștefan VI Rareș1551 – 1552

Ioan Joldea1552

Alexandru Lăpușneanu1552 – 1561

Iacob Heraclid1561 – 1563

Ștefan Tomșa1563 – 1564

Alexandru Lăpușneanu1564 – 1568

Bogdan IV of Moldavia1568 – 1572

102 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1561 – 1563 · 2 years · came to it aged 50

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

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