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Petru Rareș

1487 - 1546

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Petru Rareș (pronounced [ˈpetru ˈrareʃ]; c. 1483 – 3 September 1546) or Petru IV was twice voivode of Moldavia from 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and from 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. He was an illegitimate child born (probably at Hârlău) to Stephen the Great. His mother was Maria Răreșoaia of Hârlău, whose existence is not historically documented but who is said to have been the wife of a wealthy boyar fish-merchant nicknamed Rareș "rare-haired" (i.e. bald). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Petru Rareș is the 8,869th most popular politician (down from 6,163rd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Romania (down from 108th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Petru Rareș ranks 8,869 out of 19,576. Before him are Wang Hongwen, Arame of Urartu, Manlio Brosio, Sergio Balanzino, Pandarus, and Ferdinand von Bredow. After him are Kamo, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, José Félix Estigarribia, John Doukas, Roger III of Sicily, and Thyra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Petru Rareș ranks 11. Before him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Bernard van Orley, Michael Stifel, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Anna of Brandenburg, and Fray Tomás de Berlanga. After him are Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Cristóbal de Olid, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Macropedius, Giovanni da Udine, and Petar Hektorović. Among people deceased in 1546, Petru Rareș ranks 11. Before him are Meera, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marinus van Reymerswaele, and Étienne Dolet. After him are Isabella di Morra, and David Beaton.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Petru Rareș ranks 164 out of 844. Before him are Constantin Sănătescu (1885), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886), Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906), and Steve Holmes (1961). After him are Saul Steinberg (1914), János Arany (1817), Serge Moscovici (1925), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), Ulpia Severina (300), and Bálint Bakfark (1507).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Petru Rareș ranks 73. Before him are Marcel Ciolacu (1967), Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325), Victor Stănculescu (1928), Constantin Sănătescu (1885), Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), and Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886). After him are Ulpia Severina (300), Crin Antonescu (1959), Octavian Goga (1881), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), Ilie Verdeț (1925), and Ion C. Brătianu (1821).

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