Ruler · 1521 – 1574

John III the Terrible

Lived 1521 – 1574; military leader. Lord of Moldavia of Principality of Moldavia, 1572 – 1574.

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Lived: 1521 – 1574; 53 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Principality of Moldavia
Left it: executed; Wikidata's manner of death

Lord of Moldavia

Principality of Moldavia · the 41st of 142 dated reigns · 1347 – 1862

37 before

Ștefan Tomșa1563 – 1564

Alexandru Lăpușneanu1564 – 1568

Bogdan IV of Moldavia1568 – 1572

John III the Terrible1572 – 1574

Peter the Lame1574 – 1577

Ivan Pidkova1577 – 1578

Alexandru Potcoavă1578

98 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 1572 – 1574 · 2 years · came to it aged 51

Left it: executedWikidata's manner of death: capital punishment; decapitation

He was killed by the Ottomans by tying his body to four camels, which were driven in different directions.

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