Ruxandra Lăpușneanu Explained

Ruxandra of Moldavia
Succession:Regent of Moldavia
Reign:1568–1570
Reign-Type:Regency
Regent:Bogdan IV of Moldavia
Reg-Type:Prince
Succession1:Princess Consort of Moldavia
(1st reign)
Reign1:1556–1561
Reign-Type1:Tenure
Succession2:Princess Consort of Moldavia
(2nd reign)
Reign2:1564–1568
Reign-Type2:Tenure
Father:Petru Rareș of Moldavia
Mother:Doamna Jelena Branković of Serbia
Spouse:Alexandru Lăpușneanu
Issue:Bogdan IV of Moldavia
Birth Date:1538
Birth Place:Suceava, Principality of Moldavia
Death Place:Iași, Principality of Moldavia
House:House of Mușat

Ruxandra Lăpușneanu (1538 – 21 November 1570) was a princess consort of Moldavia by her marriage to Alexandru Lăpușneanu in 1564. Ruxandra was the daughter of Peter IV Rareș and Princess Elena Ecaterina Rareș (the second daughter of Jovan Branković of Serbia). From 1568 until 1570 she was regent in Moldavia on behalf of her son Bogdan IV of Moldavia.

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