Ruxandra Lăpușneanu

Ruxandra of Moldavia
Ruxandra of Moldavia
Regent of Moldavia
Regency	1568 - 1570
Prince	Bogdan IV of Moldavia
Princess Consort of Moldavia; (1st reign)
Reign	1556 - 1561
Princess Consort of Moldavia; (2nd reign)
Reign	1564 - 1568
Born	1538; Suceava, Principality of Moldavia
Died	21 November 1570 (aged 32); Iași, Principality of Moldavia
Spouse	Alexandru Lăpușneanu
Issue	Bogdan IV of Moldavia
House	House of Mușat
Father	Petru Rareș of Moldavia
Mother	Doamna Jelena Branković of Serbia

Ruxandra Lăpușneanu (1538 – 21 November 1570) was a princess consort of Moldavia by marriage to Alexandru Lăpușneanu.Ruxandra was the daughter of Peter IV Rareș and Princess Jelena Branković (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.

Ancestors of Ruxandra Lăpușneanu

16. Alexander I of Moldavia

8. Bogdan II of Moldavia

4. Stephen III of Moldavia

2. Petru IV Rareş

10. Rareș

5. (concubine) Maria Răreșoaia

1. Ruxandra

24. Đurađ Branković

12. Stefan Branković

25. Irene Kantakouzene

6. Jovan Branković

13. Milica

3. Jelena Branković

28. Jakša

14. Stefan Jakšić

7. Jelena Jakšić

References

George Marcu (coord.), Dicționarul personalităților feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009.

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