No. XIII-XIV (1983)
Articles

George Heracleus Basilicos, a Greek Pretender to a Balkan Principality (End of the XVI – Beginning of the XVII Century)

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  • Ioannis Hassiotis
Ioannis Hassiotis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Published 01.12.1983

Keywords

  • Wallachian principality,
  • 16th-17th century,
  • Greeks,
  • George Heracleus Basilicos,
  • Alexander Lăpușneanu

How to Cite

Hassiotis, I. (1983). George Heracleus Basilicos, a Greek Pretender to a Balkan Principality (End of the XVI – Beginning of the XVII Century). Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XIII-XIV), 86–96. Retrieved from https://balcanica.rs/index.php/journal/article/view/1166

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Abstract

The meteoric career of the Greek adventurer Jacob Heraclides Basilicos (+1563), and particularly his spectacular ascent to the Moldavian throne as »despot« (1561—1563) naturally impressed his contemporaries. An impression seems to have been made by the unprecedented ease with which this errant Greek scholar and soldier managed to secure the assistance of both Poles and Habsburgs and to force the then voevod of Moldavia, Alexander Lăpușneanu (1552—1561) out of power.
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