George Ducas

George Ducas
Gheorghe Duca / Георге Дука
Gheorghe Duca on a mural of the Cetățuia Monastery, holding a model of the building in his hand.
Prince of Moldavia
(1st reign)
Reign11 September 1665 – 21 May 1666
PredecessorEustratie Dabija
SuccessorIliaș Alexandru
Prince of Moldavia
(2nd reign)
Reign8 November 1668 – 10 August 1672
PredecessorIliaș Alexandru
SuccessorȘtefan Petriceicu
Prince of Wallachia
ReignNovember/December 1674 – 29 November 1678
PredecessorGrigore I Ghica
SuccessorȘerban Cantacuzino
Prince of Moldavia
(3rd reign)
Reign28 November 1678 – 25 December 1683
PredecessorAntonie Ruset
SuccessorȘtefan Petriceicu
Hetman of Ottoman Ukraine
Reign11 February 1681 – 25 December 1683
PredecessorYurii Khmelnytsky
SuccessorTeodor Soulymenko
Bornca. 1620
Ottoman Albania
Died31 March 1685
Lviv, (formerly in Poland, now in Ukraine)
Burial
SpouseAnastasiya Dabizha, then Dafina Doamna
IssueConstantine Ducas (prince of Moldavia)
Matei
Maria (engaged to Prince Antioh Cantemir)
Catrina (wife of Prince Ștefan Tomșa)
Ileana (wife of chronicler Nicolae Costin)
Sanda
Safta
Anastasia
ReligionOrthodox
SignatureGeorge Ducas Gheorghe Duca / Георге Дука's signature

Voivode George Ducas (Greek: Γεώργιος Δούκας, Geórgios Doúkas ; Romanian: Gheorghe Duca ; old Romanian: Георге Дука) (c. 1620 – 31 March 1685) was three times prince of Moldavia (1665–1666, 1668–1672, 1678–1684), one time prince of Wallachia (1674–1678) and one time Hetman of Ottoman Ukraine (1681–1683).

He was married to Anastasiya Dabizha, the daughter of Prince Eustratie Dabija, and later to Dafina Doamna; George Ducas fathered Constantine Ducas.

Prince Gheorghe Duca built the Cetățuia Monastery in Iași (capital of the Principality of Moldavia). It was completed in 1672.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search