| Dates of Reign | Ruler | Relation to Predecessor | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| c. 1351 - 1353 | Dragoş | ||
| c. 1354 - c. 1358 | Sas | son | |
| 1359 | Balc | son | |
| c. 1359 - 1365 | Bogdan I | ||
| c. 1365 - c. 1374 | Laţcu | son | |
| c.1374 - 1392 | Petru I | son of Muşata (Margareta), wife of Laţcu | |
| 1392– March 1394 |
Roman I | son of Muşata | |
| c. 1394 - 1399 | Ştefan I | uncertain | |
| August 1399 – February 1400 |
Iuga Ologul | uncertain | |
| February 1400 – January 1432 |
Alexandru cel Bun | son of Roman | |
| January 1432 – November 1433 |
Iliaş | son | |
| November 1433 – August 1435 |
Ştefan al II-lea | son of Alexandru cel Bun | |
| August 1435 – December 1442 |
Iliaş and Ştefan al II-lea (associated to ruling) | ||
| December 1442 – April 1444 |
Ştefan al II-lea | ||
| April 1444 – 1445 |
Ştefan al II-lea and Petru al II-lea (associated to ruling) | ||
| 1445 - July 1447 | Ştefan al II-lea | ||
| July – September 1447 |
Petru al II-lea and Roman al II-lea (associated to ruling) | ||
| September 1447– February 1448 |
Roman al II-lea | son of Iliaş | |
| February 1448 - March 1449 | Petru al II-lea | ||
| Winter 1448 - 1449 | Ciubăr (uncertain ruling) | ||
| February – October 1449 |
Alexăndrel | son of Iliaş | |
| October 1449 – October 1451 |
Bogdan al II-lea | son of Alexandru cel Bun | |
| October 1451 - February 1452 | Petru Aron | son of Alexandru cel Bun | |
| February 1452 - 1454 | Alexăndrel | ||
| 1454 - February 1455 | Petru Aron | ||
| February – May 1455 | Alexăndrel | ||
| May 1455 – April 1457 |
Petru Aron | ||
| 14 April 1457 – 2 July 1504 |
Ştefan cel Mare | son of Bogdan al II-lea | |
| 2 July 1504– April 1517 |
Bogdan al III-lea the"blind" | son | |
| April 1517 - January 1527 | Ştefăniţă | son | |
| January 1527 – September 1538 |
Petru Rareş | son of Ştefan cel Mare | revolt |
| September 1538 – December 1540 |
Ştefan Lăcustă | son of Ştefan cel Mare | |
| December 1540 - February 1541 |
Alexandru Cornea | son of Bogdan al III-lea | |
| February 1541 – September 1546 |
Petru Rareş | ||
| September 1546 - June 1551 | Iliaş | son | |
| June 1551 - September 1552 | Ştefan | son of Petru Rareş | |
| September 1552 | Ioan Joldea | ||
| September 1552 -– November 1561 |
Alexandru Lăpuşneanu | son of Bogdan al III-lea | |
| November 1561 – November 1563 |
Despot-Vodă (Ioan Iacob Eraclid), | ||
| August 1563 - March 1564 | Ştefan Tomşa | ||
| March 1564 - March 1568 | Alexandru Lăpuşneanu | ||
| March 1568 - February 1572 | Bogdan | son | |
| February 1572 - June 1574 | Ioan Vodă (cel "Cumplit") | son of Ştefăniţă | |
| June 1574 - November 1577 | Petru Şchiopul | brother of Alexandru al II-lea, ruler in Wallachia | |
| November – December 1577 |
Ioan Potcoavă | claimed to be brother of Ioan Vodă | |
| January 1578 – November 1579 |
Petru Şchiopul | ||
| November 1579 -– September 1582 |
Iancu Sasul | son of Petru Rareş) | |
| September 1582 - August 1591 | Petru Şchiopul had associated his young son Ştefan (1589 - 1591) | ||
| September 1591– June 1592 |
Aron Tiranul ("cel cumplit") | son of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu | |
| June - July 1592 | Alexandru cel Rău | grandson of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu | he didn't occupy the throne, being moved in Wallachia |
| August - October 1592 | Petru Cazacul | son of Alexandru Lapuşneanu | |
| September 1592 - April 1595 | Aron Tiranul | ||
| April - August 1595 | Ştefan Răzvan | unknown filiation | |
| August 1595 - May 1600 | Ieremia Movilă | ||
| May - September 1600 | Mihai Viteazul | ||
| September 1600 - June 1606 | Ieremia Movilă | ||
| June 1606 - September 1607 | Simion Movilă | brother | |
| September - November and December 1607 | Mihail Movilă | son | |
| November 1607 and December 1607 - December 1611 | Constantin Movilă | son of Ieremia | |
| December 1611 - November 1615 |
Ştefan al II-lea Tomşa | He claimed to be the son of Ştefan Tomşa | |
| November 1615 - July 1616 |
Alexandru Movilă | ||
| July 1616 - February 1619 |
Radu Mihnea | ||
| February 1619 - September 1620 |
Gaspar Gratiani | ||
| September 1620 - October 1621 |
Alexandru Iliaş | ||
| October 1621 - August 1623 |
Ştefan al II-lea Tomşa | ||
| August 1623 - January 1626 |
Radu Mihnea | ||
| January 1626 - August 1629 |
Miron Barnovschi-Movilă | ||
| August 1629 - April 1630 |
Alexandru Coconul | ||
| April 1630 - December 1631 |
Moise Movilă | son of Simion Movilă | |
| December 1631 - April 1633 |
Alexandru Iliaş | ||
| April - June 1633 |
Miron Barnovschi-Movilă | ||
| June 1633 - April 1634 |
Moise Movilă | ||
| April 1634 - April 1653 |
Vasile Lupu | ||
| April 1653 | Gheorghe Ştefan | ||
| April - July 1653 |
Vasile Lupu | ||
| July 1653 - March 1658 |
Gheorghe Ştefan | ||
| April 1658 - November 1659 |
Gheorghe Ghica | ||
| November 1659 | Constantin Şerban | former ruler of Wallachia | |
| November 1659 - January 1661 |
Ştefăniţă Lupu | son of Vasile Lupu | |
| January - February 1661 |
Constantin Şerban | ||
| February - September 1661 |
Ştefăniţă Lupu | ||
| September 1661 - September 1665 |
Eustratie Dabija | ||
| September 1665 - May 1666 |
Gheorghe Duca | ||
| May 1666 - November 1668 |
Iliaş Alexandru | son of Alexandru Iliaş | |
| November 1668 - August 1672 |
Gheorghe Duca | ||
| August 1672 - November 1673 |
Ştefan Petriceicu | ||
| November 1673 | Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino | descendent of Cantacuzino from Anhialos | |
| December 1673 - February 1674 |
Ştefan Petriceicu | ||
| February 1674 - November 1675 |
Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino | ||
| November 1675 - November 1678 |
Antonie Ruset (Rosetti) | ||
| November 1678 - December 1683 |
Gheorghe Duca | ||
| December 1683 - March 1684 |
Ştefan Petriceicu | ||
| January 1684 - June 1685 |
Dumitraşcu Cantacuzino | ||
| June 1685 - March 1693 |
Constantin Cantemir | ||
| March - April 1693 |
Dimitrie Cantemir | son of Constantin Cantemir | |
| April 1693 - December 1695 |
Constantin Duca | son of Gheorghe Duca | |
| December 1695 - September 1700 |
Antioh Cantemir | son of Constantin Cantemir | |
| September 1700 - June 1703 |
Constantin Duca | ||
| June - September 1703 |
Caimacam: Ioan Buhuş (great chancellor) | ||
| September 1703 - February 1705 |
Mihai Racoviţă | nephew of Şerban Cantacuzino | |
| February 1705 - June 1707 |
Antioh Cantemir | ||
| July 1707 - October 1709 |
Mihai Racoviţă | ||
| November 1709 - October 1710 |
Nicolae Mavrocordat | ||
| November 1710 - July 1711 |
Dimitrie Cantemir | ||
| August - September 1711 |
Caimacams: Lupu Costachi (mare vornic), Maxut (great seneschal), Antioh Jora (minister of war), | ||
| September - November 1711 |
Caimacam: Ioan Mavrocordat (dragoman) | ||
| November 1711 - December 1715 |
Nicolae Mavrocordat | ||
| December 1715 – September 1726 |
Mihai Racoviţă | ||
| September 1726– April 1733 |
Grigore al II-lea Ghica | nephew of Grigore Ghica | |
| April 1733– November 1735 |
Constantin Mavrocordat | former ruler of Wallachia | |
| November 1735 – September 1739 |
Grigore al II-lea Ghica | ||
| September– October 1739 |
Russian military administration | ||
| October 1739 – September 1741 |
Grigore al II-lea Ghica | ||
| September 1741 – July 1743 |
Constantin Mavrocordat | ||
| July 1743 – May 1747 |
Ioan Mavrocordat | son of Nicolae Mavrocordat | |
| May 1747 – April 1748 |
Grigore al II-lea Ghica | ||
| April 1748 - August 1749 | Constantin Mavrocordat | ||
| August 1749 - June 1753 | Constantin Racoviţă | ||
| June 1753 - February 1756 | Matei Ghica | son of Grigore al II-lea Ghica | |
| February 1756 - March 1757 | Constantin Racoviţă | ||
| March 1757 - August 1758 | Scarlat Ghica | son of Grigore al II-lea Ghica | |
| August 1758 - May 1761 | Ioan Teodor Callimachi (Calmaşul) | ||
| May 1761 - March 1764 | Grigore Calimachi | son of Ioan Teodor Callimachi | |
| March 1764 – January 1767 |
Grigore al III-lea Ghica | nephew of the Grigore al II-lea Ghica | |
| January 1767 - June 1769 | Grigore Callimachi | ||
| June - December 1769 | Constantin Mavrocordat | ||
| September 1769 - September 1774 | Russian military administration | ||
| September 1774 - September 1777 | Grigore al III-lea Ghica | ||
| September 1777 - May 1782 | Constantin Moruzi | ||
| May 1782 - January 1785 | Alexandru Mavrocordat (Deli-bei, meaning Mad Prince | son of Constantin Mavrocordat | |
| January 1785 - December 1786 | Alexandru Mavrocordat Firaris, meaning Fugitive | son of Ioan Mavrocordat | |
| December 1786 - April 1788 | Alexandru Ipsilanti | former ruler of Wallachia | |
| November 1787 - July 1788 | Austrian military administration | ||
| May 1788 - March 1789 | Manole (Emanuel) Giani Ruset | ||
| September 1788 - November 1789 | Russian military administration | ||
| November 1789 - July 1791 | Austrian military administration | ||
| March 1792 - December 1792 | Alexandru Moruzi (or Moruzzi) | son of C. Moruzi | |
| December 1792– April 1795 |
Mihai Şuţu | ||
| April 1795 – March 1795 |
Alexandru Callimachi | ||
| March 1799– June 1801 |
Constantin Ipsilanti | son of Alexandru Ipsilanti | |
| June 1801 – September 1802 |
Alexandru Şuţu | 1802: Russia obtains promise of sultan that hospodars will be appointed for 7-year terms and not removed without Russian consent. | |
| September 1802– August 1806 |
Alexandru Moruzi | ||
| August - October 1806 | Scarlat Callimachi | son of Alexandru Callimachi | |
| October 1806 - March 1807 | Alexandru Moruzi | ||
| November 1806 - May 1812 | Russian military administration | ||
| March - July 1807 | Alexandru Hangerli | ||
| July 1807 – June 1810 |
Scarlat Callimachi | didn't effectively rule | |
| Caimacams: Iordache Ruset-Roznovanu, December 1806, apoi Veniamin Costache, January 1807 - July 1812 | |||
| August 1812 - June 1819 | Scarlat Callimachi | ||
| June 1819 - March 1821 | Mihai Şuţu | nepot de fiu al lui Mihai Şuţu | |
| March - May 1821 | Caimacam: Veniamin Costache bishop, | ||
| April 1821 | Hetaeria of Alexandru Ipsilanti | ||
| (named in February), effectively from Autumn 1821 - July 1822 | Caimacam: Ştefan Vogoride | ||
| May 1821 - July 1822 | Turkish military administration | ||
| June 1822 - April 1828 | Ioniţă Sandu Sturza | ||
| April 1828 - April 1834 | Russian military administration | ||
| April 1834 - June 1849 | Mihai Sturza | new sys: an assembly of boyars elect one of their number as prince. | |
| May 1849 – October 1853 |
Grigore Alexandru Ghica | ||
| October 1853 - September 1854 | Russian military administration | ||
| October 1854 - June 1856 | Grigore Alexandru Ghica | Austrian occup | |
| July 1856 | Extraordinary administrative council | End of elective sys | |
| July 1856 - February 1857 | Caimacam Teodor Balş | Mar 1857: Austrian occupiers depart. | |
| February 1857 - October 1858 | Caimacam Nicolae Vogoride | ||
| Three Caimacams: Ştefan Catargiu (from 20 October 1858 I. A. Cantacuzino), V. Sturza and A. Panu, October 1858 - January 1859 | |||
| elected ruler of Moldavia on 1859, January 5 (?17) | Alexandru Ioan Cuza | On 5 February, the Wallachians also elect Cuza, thus unifying the two principalities and creating Romania. | |
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