Gabriel Movilă Explained

Gabriel Movilă
Succession:Prince of Wallachia
(1st reign)
Reign1:August – September 1616
Predecessor1:Radu Mihnea
Successor1:Alexandru Iliaş
Succession2:Prince of Wallachia
(2nd reign)
Reign2:June 1618 – July 1620
Predecessor2:Alexandru Iliaş
Successor2:Radu Mihnea
House:Movileşti
Father:Simion Movilă
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:December 1635
Religion:Orthodox

Gabriel or Gavril Movilă (? – December 1635) was Prince of Wallachia from June 1618 to July 1620. A Movileşti boyar, Gabriel was a son of Simion Movilă, Prince of Moldavia.

Biography

He attained the throne of Wallachia in 1616 but he remained unrecognized by the Ottoman government that preferred Alexandru IV Iliaş. He obtained his appointment in June 1618 but was replaced in July 1620 by Radu IX Mihnea.

He retired to Transylvania where he died. He had married a Hungarian noble Erzébet Zolyomy. The couple probably remained childless.

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