Christian feast day: Stephen III of Moldavia

Stephen the Great

Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504

Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great, was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 in a conspiracy organized by his brother and Stephen's uncle Peter III Aaron, who took the throne. Stephen fled to…