Person

Petru Aron

d. 1469 · 15th century

Petru Aron was Prince of Moldavia three times between 1451 and 1457, during the civil wars that followed the death of Alexander the Good. He seized power by killing Prince Bogdan II, father of Stephen the Great, and in 1456 became the first Moldavian ruler to agree to pay tribute to the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II. Stephen overthrew him in 1457 and later had him executed.

Petru Aron
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