Doamna Chiajna

Doamna Chiajna of Moldavia
Regent of Wallachia
Regency1559–1564
VoivodePeter the Younger
Princess Consort of Wallachia
(1st reign)
Tenure1545–1552
Princess Consort of Wallachia
(2nd reign)
Tenure1553–1554
Princess Consort of Wallachia
(3rd reign)
Tenure1558–1559
Born1525 (1525)
Poland
Died1588(1588-00-00) (aged 62–63)
SpouseMircea the Shepherd
IssuePeter the Younger
Radu
Mircea
Stanca of Wallachia
Anca of Wallachia
Marina of Wallachia
Dobra of Wallachia
HouseHouse of Mușat (by birth)
House of Drăculești (by marriage)
FatherPeter IV Rareș of Moldavia
MotherDoamna Elena Ecaterina Rareș[1]

Doamna Chiajna (1525–1588) was a Princess consort of Wallachia. She was married to Mircea the Shepherd. She was regent in Wallachia from 1559 to 1575.[2][3]

Life

She was born as in Poland, the daughter of prince Peter IV Rareș and Elena Ecaterina Rareș ( the daughter of Jovan Branković),[4] and married prince Mircea the Shepherd in 1545.[5][6] She founded the first school in Romania, at Câmpulung, in 1552.

Mircea was defeated in battle by Radu Ilie at Mănești on November 16, 1552.[7] Chiajna, Mircea, and their children were forced to flee, seeking succour with family in Giurgiu.[7] Mircea returned to the throne the next year.

Chiajna and Mircea had seven children, including Peter the Younger.[8]

After the death of her spouse in 1559, she became regent in Wallachia on behalf of her son, Peter the Younger.[9] She is described as an energetic, intelligent and gifted politician, who fiercely defended her son's throne.[10][11][8] Legend holds that in 1575 she was abducted by the Ottomans and deported to Aleppo in Syria.[12][6]

Last sourced report on 1588 and her resting place whereabouts remained unclear.[clarification needed]

References

  1. ^ Lindsay Leonard Brook (1989). Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday. Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy. p. 13.
  2. ^ Seton-Watson, Robert William. A History of the Roumanians. CUP Archive.
  3. ^ Across the Danube: Southeastern Europeans and Their Travelling Identities (17th–19th C.). BRILL. 2016-11-21. ISBN 978-90-04-33544-8.
  4. ^ Babeți, Adriana (2016-06-14). Amazoanele: O poveste (in Romanian). Elefant Online. ISBN 978-973-46-4264-9.
  5. ^ Rumanian Review. Europolis Pub. 2004.
  6. ^ a b Iorga, Nicolae (2023-01-24). Byzantium after Byzantium. Histria Books. ISBN 978-1-59211-259-3.
  7. ^ a b Nogueira, Adeilson (2022-02-20). Transilvânia E Drácula Em Moedas. Clube de Autores.
  8. ^ a b SOLCAN, ȘAROLTA (2020-01-01). FEMEILE DIN MOLDOVA, TRANSILVANIA ȘI ȚARA ROMÂNEASCĂ ÎN EVUL MEDIU: EDIȚIA A II-A REVĂZUTĂ ȘI ADĂUGITĂ (in Romanian). Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press. ISBN 978-606-16-1167-6.
  9. ^ IVAȘCU, Aurică (2020-05-25). Enciclopedia comunei Șerbănești (in Romanian). Editura Hoffman, Caracal. ISBN 978-606-46-1058-4.
  10. ^ Vianu, Tudor (1970). Scriitori români (in Romanian). Minerva.
  11. ^ Schmitt, Oliver Jens (2021-07-05). Herrschaft und Politik in Südosteuropa von 1300 bis 1800 (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-074439-2.
  12. ^ Krumbacher, Karl (2013). Byzantinische Zeitschrift (in German). B.G. Teubner.
  • Constantin Gane, "Trecute vieți de doamne și domnițe", vol 1


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