Ilie II Rareş

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Ilie II Rareş (also referred to as Iliaş; 1531–1562) was Prince of Moldavia between 1546 and 1551.

He succeeded his father Petru IV Rareş on September 3, 1546, after he converted to Islam, and took the name Mehmet in May 1546. In 1551 by order of Suleyman I was burgle in Transylvania. The transylvanians before long to defeat the Wallachian-Ottoman army. Whereupon Ilie ravage the Szeklerland and break away of Transylvania. On June 11, 1551, he was forced to abdicate by a high-ranking Ottoman official, the Pasha of Silistra, and was succeeded by his brother Ştefan VI Rareş.

Ilie died in exile in the Ottoman Empire, at Aleppo (in present-day Syria).

Preceded by Petru Rareş	Prince/Voivode of Moldavia 1546–1551	Succeeded by Ştefan VI Rareş

Persondata
Name	Rares, Ilie Ii
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Short description	Prince of Moldavia
Date of birth	1531
Place of birth
Date of death	1562
Place of death

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