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Bogdan II of Moldavia

Voivode of Moldavia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ926552 ↗
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Bogdan II (1409 – 17 October 1451) was a prince of Moldavia from October 12, 1449, to October 17, 1451.

Family

According to some historians, he was the bastard of Alexander the Good, by an unknown mother. On the contrary, according to the others, he was the brother of Alexander the Good and son of Roman I of Moldavia. Bogdan II was the father of the Stephen the Great. He had a very good relationship with Iancu de Hunedoara, who supported his accession to the throne. He was married to Doamna Oltea (Lady Oltea), who became a nun under the name of Maria. She died on November 4, 1465, and was buried at the Probota Monastery of Suceava County.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1409, 1451, 1449, 1465—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Bogdan, Moldavia and Voivode can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bogdan II of Moldavia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.