Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.
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George Calboreanu Ștefan Ciubotărașu Colea Răutu Dina Cocea Mihail Vasile Boghiță Ion Besoiu Amza Pellea Ioana Drăgan Dem Rădulescu Ernest Maftei Constantin Rauțchi Gheorghe Măruță Toma Dimitriu Fory Etterle Florin Piersic Oleg Danovschi Alexandru Virgil Platon George Aurelian Costache Antoniu Jean Lorin Florescu Titus Lapteș Petre Gheorghiu Matei Alexandru Mihai Sorotchi Eugen Harizomenov Simion Negrilă Gheorghe Pătru Marcel Gingulescu Silvia Fulda Dem Niculescu Ion Anghel Constantin Lungeanu Dinu Gherasim Dan Nicolae Petruț Traian Mircea Cojan Mircea Balaban Tănase Gavril Mihai Badiu Minel Kleper Mircea Cosma Alexandru Azoitei Nicolae Dolea
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