Marcu Cercel
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Marcu Cercel, also known as Marco Cercel, Marcu-Vodă, or Marco-Voevod, was a Wallachian adventurer who served as Prince of Moldavia in July–September 1600. His father, Petru Cercel, was Prince of Wall
Mockup of Cercel's castle in Dezna, from a 2018 display
Aaron the Tyrant
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Aaron the Tyrant or Aron Vodă, sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron, was twice the Prince of Moldavia: between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 1592 to May 3 or 4, 1595. He was
Marcu Cercel
…precisely known who Marcu's mother was, but she was likely Albanian and related to the Köprülüs; she may be the same as Lady Stanca, who went on to marry Aaron the Tyrant, also Prince of Moldavia. Marcu had his first military engagements in the 1600 war for Moldavia, when he was chased out by the Polish army. He fled to…
A Cossack cavalryman in a 1587 manuscript
Greater coat of arms of Sigismund Báthory in 1597, displaying the Moldavian emblem alongside the Transylvanian and Wallachian arms, with the Reichsadler and the Báthory family's "dragon teeth"
Aroneanu Church in 2008