Constantin Racoviță

Prince Constantin Racoviţă (1699 – 28 January 1764) was twice monarch of Principality of Moldavia from Ottoman government: 31 August 1749 – 3 July 1753 and 29 February 1756 – 14 March 1757; and also twice of Muntenia: July 1753 – c. 28 February 1756 and 9 March 1763 – 28 January/8 February 1764.^[1] He struggled against the powerful boyars in Wallachia, exiling their leaders to Cyprus. Due to continued opposition he asked for a transfer to Moldavia.^[2]

He was the son of Mihai Racoviță and Ana Codreanu.^{[citation needed]}

During his second Moldavian reign, Racoviță established the Church of the Prophet Samuel in Focșani.^[3]

References

^ Peter F. Sugar (1 July 2014). Southeastern Europe under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804. University of Washington Press. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-0-295-80363-0.
^ Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies. BRILL. 13 June 2013. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-90-04-25076-5.
^ (in Romanian) Church description at the Focșani tourist office site