Gabriel Movilă

Gabriel Movilă
Gabriel Movilă
Prince of Wallachia; (1st reign)
Reign	August – September 1616
Predecessor	Radu Mihnea
Successor	Alexandru Iliaş
Prince of Wallachia; (2nd reign)
Reign	June 1618 – July 1620[additional citation(s) needed]
Predecessor	Alexandru Iliaş
Successor	Radu Mihnea
Born	unknown
Died	December 1635
House	Movileşti
Father	Simion Movilă
Religion	Orthodox

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

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^{[clarification needed]} 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

^ Brown & Neil (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."
^ ^a ^b Roggema (2017, p. 149)
^ ^a ^b ^c Brown & Neil (2017, p. 234)
^ Brown & Neil (2017, pp. 236–237)
^ ^a ^b Suciu (1980, p. 165)

Bibliography

Brown, Amelia Robertson; Neil, Bronwen, eds. (20 July 2017). Byzantine Culture in Translation. BRILL. ISBN 9789004349070.
Roggema, Barbara, ed. (23 October 2017). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 10 Ottoman and Safavid Empires (1600-1700). Brill. ISBN 9789004346048.
Suciu, I. D. (1980). Unitatea poporului român: contribuții istorice bănățene (in Romanian). Facla.

Preceded by Radu Mihnea	Prince of Wallachia 1616	Succeeded by Alexandru Iliaş
Preceded by Alexandru Iliaş	Prince of Wallachia 1618–1620	Succeeded by Radu Mihnea