List of rulers of Moldavia
Phanariotes (1711–1821)

List of rulers of Moldavia

Section Title: Phanariotes (1711–1821)
Table Section Text: None

Portrait	Ruler	Began	Ended	Family	Remarks

Caimacam Lupu Costachi	1711	1711

-	Ioan Ι Mavrocordat	1711	1711	Mavrocordato

-	Nicolae Mavrocordat	1711	1715	Mavrocordato	2nd rule

-	Mihai III Racoviță	1715	1726	Racoviță	3rd rule

-	Grigore II Ghica	1726	1733	Ghica	1st rule

-	Constantin Mavrocordat	1733	1735	Mavrocordato	1st rule

-	Grigore II Ghica	1735	1739	Ghica	2nd rule

Russian occupation	1739	1739	Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739)

-	Beth Gait	1739	1741	Ghica	3rd rule

-	Constantin Mavrocordat	1741	1743	Mavrocordato	2nd rule

Ioan II Mavrocordat	1743	1747	Mavrocordato	son of Nicolae Mavrocordat and brother to Constantin Mavrocordat

-	Grigore II Ghica	1747	1748	Ghica	4th rule

-	Constantin Mavrocordat	1748	1749	Mavrocordato	3rd rule

Iordache Stavrachi	1749	1749

Constantin Racoviță	1749	1753	Racoviță	1st rule

-	Matei Ghica	1753	1756	Ghica

Constantin Racoviță	1756	1757	Racoviță	2nd rule

-	Scarlat Ghica	1757	1758	Ghica

-	Ioan Teodor Callimachi	1758	1761	Callimachi

-	Grigore Callimachi	1761	1764	Callimachi	1st rule

-	Grigore III Ghica	1764	1767	Ghica	1st rule

-	Grigore Callimachi	1767	1769	Callimachi	2nd rule

-	Constantin Mavrocordat	1769	1769	Mavrocordato	4th rule

Russian occupation	1769	1774	Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

-	Grigore III Ghica	1774	1777	Ghica	2nd rule

-	Constantin Moruzi	1777	1782	Mourousi

Alexandru Mavrocordat Delibey	1782	1785	Mavrocordato

Alexandru Mavrocordat Firaris	1785	1786	Mavrocordato

-	Alexandru Ipsilanti	1786	1788	Ypsilanti

Austrian occupation	1787	1791	military commander: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg

-	Emanuel Giani Ruset	1788	1789	Rosetti	also called Manole or Manolache

Russian occupation	1788	1791	Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)

-	Alexandru Moruzi	1792	1792	Mourousi	1st rule

Mihai Suțu	1793	1795	Soutzos	also called Draco

-	Alexandru Callimachi	1795	1799	Callimachi

-	Constantin Ipsilanti	1799	1801	Ypsilanti

-	Alexandru Suțu	1801	1802	Soutzos

Chancellor Iordache Conta	1802	1802

-	Alexandru Moruzi	1802	1802	Mourousi	2nd rule

-	Scarlat Callimachi	1806	1806	Callimachi	1st rule

-	Alexandru Moruzi	1806	1807	Mourousi	3rd rule

Russian occupation	1806	1812	Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

Bessarabia is placed under Imperial Russian rule in 1812. (See also President of Moldova, for the rulers of Moldova, a part of this territory which became independent in the 20th century.)

Alexandru Hangerli	1807	1807

-	Scarlat Callimachi	1807	1810	Callimachi	2nd rule deposed by Russians

Caimacam Iordache Ruset-Roznovanu	1807	1807	Rosetti

-	Caimacam Metropolitan Veniamin Costache	1807	1812	1st term

-	Scarlat Callimachi	1812	1819	Callimachi	3rd rule

-	Mihail Suțu	1819	1821	Soutzos

Stolnici Manu and Rizos-Nerulos	1819	1819

-	Caimacam Metropolitan Veniamin Costache	1821	1821	2nd term

-	Filiki Eteria occupation	1821	1821	military commander: Alexander Ypsilantis

-	Caimacam Stefan Bogoridi (Ștefan Vogoride)	1821	1822

-	Ioan Sturdza	1822	1828

Russian occupation	1828	1834	military commanders: Fyodor Pahlen, Pyotr Zheltukhin, and Pavel Kiseleff

Organic Statute government (1832–1856)

-	Mihail Sturdza	1834	1849

-	Grigore Alexandru Ghica	1849	1853	Ghica	1st rule

Russian occupation	1853	1854	Crimean War

-	Grigore Alexandru Ghica	1854	1856	Ghica	2nd rule

Protectorate established by the Treaty of Paris (1856–1859)

Extraordinary Administrative Council	1856	1856

-	Caimacam Teodor Balș	1856	1857

-	Caimacam Nicolae Vogoride	1857	1858

Caimacams	1858	1859	Ștefan Catargiu, Vasile Sturdza and Anastasie Panu (Catargiu resigns in 1858 and is replaced by Ioan A. Cantacuzino)

-	Alexander John Cuza	1859	1862	also ruled Wallachia in personal union

Formal union of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1862. For later rulers, see Domnitor and King of Romania.

Sentence(s)

Matei Ghica, a member of the Ghica family, was the prince of Moldavia between 1753 and 1756.

final_sentence: Matei Ghica, a member of the Ghica family, was the prince of Moldavia between 1753 and 1756.