Ruler · 1805 – 1857

Teodor Balș

Lived 1805 – 1857; military personnel. Lord of Moldavia of Principality of Moldavia, 1856 – 1857.

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Lived: 1805 – 1857; 52 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Principality of Moldavia
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Lord of Moldavia

Principality of Moldavia · the 138th of 142 dated reigns · 1347 – 1862

134 before

Ioan Sturdza1822 – 1828

Mihail Sturdza1834 – 1849

Grigore Alexandru Ghica1849 – 1856

Teodor Balș1856 – 1857

Nicolae Vogoride1857 – 1858

Ștefan Catargiu1858

Vasile Sturdza1858 – 1859

1 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 1856 – 1857 · 1 year · came to it aged 51

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1857, the year they died

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