Ruler · 1531 – 1553

Ilie II Rareș

Lived 1531 – 1553. Lord of Moldavia of Principality of Moldavia, 1546 – 1551.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1531 – 1553; 22 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Principality of Moldavia
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

Lord of Moldavia

Principality of Moldavia · the 33rd of 142 dated reigns · 1347 – 1862

29 before

Stephen V of Moldavia1538 – 1540

Alexandru Cornea1540 – 1541

Petru Rareș1541 – 1546

Ilie II Rareș1546 – 1551

Ștefan VI Rareș1551 – 1552

Ioan Joldea1552

Alexandru Lăpușneanu1552 – 1561

106 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 1546 – 1551 · 5 years · came to it aged 15

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

He renounced the throne in front of the sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, converted to Islam, took the name Mehmet on May 1551 and was circumcised, he married several wives, and had a big harem of Turkish Roma women.

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