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Simion Movilă

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Simion Movilă
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Simion Movilă (after 1559[8][9]   14 September 1607),[7] a boyar of the Movilești family, was twice Prince of Wallachia (November 1600 – June 1601; October 1601 – July 1602) and Prince of Moldavia from July 1606 until his death.[6]

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Family

He was the grandson of Petru Rareș,[15] younger brother of Ieremia Movilă,[9][13] and father of Petro Mohyla, who became the Metropolitan of Kiev, Halych and All-Rus'[a] from 1633 until his death, and later was canonized as a saint in the Russian, Romanian and Polish Orthodox Churches.[10]

Biography

In the early 1580s, Simion, along with his brothers, built Sucevița Monastery.[14][18][19]

In October 1600,[1] he was put on the throne of Wallachia by Polish forces.[20]

In August 1602, Simion was defeated by Radu Șerban and forced into exile to Moldavia.[4]

After the death of his brother Ieremia in July 1606, Simion gained the Moldavian throne.[6] By making rich gifts, Simion managed to be recognized by the sultan. While he was ruler of Moldavia, he had hostile relations with the Poles.[citation needed]

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Death

He died on September 14, 1607, after a reign of only a year and a few months. His death was suspected to be the result of poisoning,[21] which only further inflamed tensions around succession.[7][22] This eventually spiralled into war, which was eventually won by his son Mihail after Polish support.[6]

Simion was buried at the Sucevița Monastery.[23]


Preceded by Prince of Wallachia
1600–1601
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prince of Wallachia
1601–1602
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prince of Moldavia
1606–1607
Succeeded by

Footnotes

  1. Kiev, Halych, and All-Rus' were in the same Metropolis at the time.[16][17]

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