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StephenIIIofMoldavia,mostcommonlyknownasStephentheGreat(Romanian:ȘtefancelMare;pronunciation:[ˈʃtefant͡ʃelˈmare];diedon2July1504), ...
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Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504
Stephen III, commonly known as Stephen the Great (Romanian: Ștefan cel Mare; pronunciation: [ˈʃtefan tʃel ˈmare]); died on 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 in a conspiracy organized by his brother and Stephens uncle Peter III Aaron, who took the throne. Stephen fled to Hungary, and later to Wallachia; with the support of Vlad III Țepeș, Voivode of Wallachia, he returned to Moldavia, forcing Aaron to seek refuge in Poland in the summer of 1457. Teoctist I, Metropolitan of Moldavia, anointed Stephen prince. He attacked Poland and prevented Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland, from supporting Peter Aaron, but eventually acknowledged Casimirs suzerainty in 1459.
Stephen decided to recapture Chilia (now Kiliia in Ukraine), an...