Mihail Movilă Explained

Mihail Movilă
Succession:Prince of Moldavia
(1st reign)
Reign1:24 September – October 1607
Predecessor1:Simion Movilă
Successor1:Constantin Movilă
Succession2:Prince of Moldavia
(2nd reign)
Reign2:November – December 1607
Predecessor2:Constantin Movilă
Successor2:Constantin Movilă
House:Movilești
House-Type:Dynasty
Father:Simion Movilă
Mother:Marghita
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:1608
Death Place:Wallachia
Religion:Orthodox

Mihail Movilă (? – 1608) was the prince of Moldavia for a short time in 1607.

Life

He was the elder son of Simion I Movilă and became prince of Moldova after the death of his father in September 1607.

by his cousin Constantin Movilă, pushed by his mother, the ambitious Erzsébet Csomortany de Losoncz, widow of Prince Ieremia Movilă.

He tried to regain his throne in November 1607 but was forced into exile the following month in the court of Radu Șerban in Wallachia, where he eventually died.

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