Anastasiya Dabizha

Anastasiya Dabizha (b. 1631-1632 - d. 1703), was a princess of Moldavia and Wallachia and a Hetmana of Ukraine by marriage to George Ducas, Prince of Moldavia, Prince of Wallachia, and Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1681-1685).[1]

Anastasiya, her husband Gheorghe Duca and some of their children on a mural of the Cetățuia Monastery.

She was daughter of Dafina Catrina, princess-consort of Moldova, by her first husband the Grand Treasurer Dumitry Buhus.[2] When widowed, Dafina Catrina then married Eustratie Dabija, whom the family made Prince of Moldavia in 1661.[3]

Anastasiya Dabizha is known for her love life, as she had a number of lovers, notably Șerban Cantacuzino, prince of Wallachia in 1678-88, which was reported as a scandal in contemporary annals. She was also a political supporter of her spouse, and managed to secure a great loan to finance his power as hetman in Ukraine.

Anastasya's lover Prince Șerban Cantacuzino, at the Horezu Monastery.
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  2. ^ Iorga, Nicolae (2021-09-16). Femeile în viaţa neamului nostru (in Romanian). PAUL EDITIONS. ISBN 978-606-94531-4-8.
  3. ^ IGNAT, Celestin (2022). "Logofeţia Ţării Moldovei în cea de-a treia domnie a lui Gheorghe Duca (1678-1683)". Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi, s.n., Istorie. 68: 211–223. doi:10.47743/asui-2022-0015. ISSN 1221-843X.