Ștefan VI Rareș

Prince of Moldavia

Ştefan VI Rareş

Prince of Moldavia
Reign	11 June 1551 – 1 September 1552
Predecessor	Ilie II Rareş
Successor	Ioan Joldea

Born	c. 1530
Died	1 September 1552 Țuțora
Father	Petru Rareş
Religion	Orthodox

Ştefan VI Rareş (died 1 September 1552) was ruler of Moldavia in 1551 and 1552.^[1]

Ştefan was a son of Petru Rareş and succeeded to the Moldavian throne on 11 June 1551 when his brother Ilie II Rareş was forced to abdicate by the Ottoman Empire.

He attempted to create an alliance with the German King Ferdinand I against the Ottomans, but was unsuccessful. He attempted an invasion of Transylvania in 1552, and when this failed he was assassinated by his boyars.^[1]^[2]

Ancestors of Ștefan VI Rareș

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. Ştefan VI Rareş

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

^ ^a ^b "Domnitori - Ştefan Rareş". www.moldovenii.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
^ Thomas, David; Chesworth, John A. (2015-08-17). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 7 Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (1500-1600): Volume 7. Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (1500-1600). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-29848-4.