GHE ORGHE DUCA AND THE DETHRONEMENT OF ANTONIE RUSET, PRINCE OF MOLDAVIA (1675 – 1678)

• Main Author: Constantin BURAC
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Academiei Oamenilor de Ştiinţă din România 2016-05-01
• Series: Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists)
• Subjects: Gheorghe Duca; Antonie Ruset; Wallachia; Moldavia; Axinte Uricariul; Miron Costin; Ion Neculce; Alexandru Buhuş; Cara Mustafa.
• Online Access: http://aos.ro/wp-content/anale/IVol8Nr1Art.5.pdf

The purpose of this paper is to prove the fact that the dethronement of Antonie Ruset was prepared step by step, during almost three years, by the Wallachian prince Gheorghe Duca. Through great ability and perfidy, the later succeeded in attracting part of Moldavia’s boyars such as the great chancellor Miron Costin, the hetman Alexandru Buhuş, who was his brother-in-law and others as well. Wallachia’s ruler also used every opportunity he could in order to create Antonie Ruset an unfavourable image in the eyes of the Ottoman dignitaries, which brought his dethronement.