Gabriel Movilă

Gabriel or Gavril Movilă (? – December 1635) was Prince of Wallachia from June 1618 to July 1620.[3] A Movileşti boyar, Gabriel was a son of Simion Movilă, Prince of Moldavia.[5]

Gabriel Movilă
Prince of Wallachia
(1st reign)
ReignAugust – September 1616
PredecessorRadu Mihnea[1]
SuccessorAlexandru Iliaş[2]
Prince of Wallachia
(2nd reign)
ReignJune 1618 – July 1620[3]
PredecessorAlexandru Iliaş[4]
SuccessorRadu Mihnea
Bornunknown
DiedDecember 1635
HouseMovileşti
FatherSimion Movilă[5]
ReligionOrthodox

Biography

He attained the throne of Wallachia in 1616[3] but he remained unrecognized by the Ottoman government that preferred Alexandru IV Iliaş.[2] 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.

References

  1. Brown (2017, p. 235): "He notes with approval how one of Radu Mihnea's successors, Gabriel Movilă, refused to accept the throne without first securing the sultan's support."
  2. Roggema (2017, p. 149)
  3. Brown (2017, p. 234)
  4. Brown (2017, pp. 236–237)
  5. Suciu (1980, p. 165)

Bibliography

  • Brown, Amelia Robertson; Neil, Bronwen, eds. (20 July 2017). Byzantine Culture in Translation.
  • Roggema, Barbara, ed. (23 October 2017). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 10 Ottoman and Safavid Empires (1600-1700). Brill.
  • Suciu, I. D. (1980). Unitatea poporului român: contribuții istorice bănățene (in Romanian). Facla.


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