Ilie II RareÅŸ

Ilia II Rareş, also Ilie (* 1531, † January 1562 ) was the eldest son of Petru Rareş. He ruled as Prince of the Principality of Moldavia September 3, 1546 up to the task of his reign on 11 June 1551st was succeeded by his brother Ştefan VI. Rareş after. Ilias had grown up at the court of the Ottoman Empire and knew the prevailing luxury he missed in Moldavia. He entrusted the task of his Turkish lords, 1550 to send an army into Transylvania against the imperial Martinuzzi, to his brother Ştefan. In May In 1551 he sat Ştefan a locum tenens for his rule and went back to the court of Suleiman. There, he converted to Islam. He was given the name Mehmed and awarded the governorship of Silistrien. He died in January 1562 in exile in Turkey.