Ion Neculce

 ( 1672 Births ) 

Ion Neculce (1672–1745) was a chronicler. His main work, Letopisețul Țărâi Moldovei de ( The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia [from the rule of Dabija Vodă to the second rule of Constantin Mavrocordat) was meant to extend Miron Costin's narrative, covering events from 1661 to 1743.

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Life Ion Neculce was born in 1672, into a family of Greeks descent, related to the Cantacuzino. Under Antioh Cantemir he was made a Spatharios and second in rank in the army after the voivode, but achieved his highest rank under the rule of Dimitrie Cantemir when he was made hatman for supporting Peter I of Russia in the Russo-Turkish wars.

When the lost the war, Ion Neculce, alongside Dimitrie Cantemir, went to Russia. He spent a few years there, until 1719 when he returned to Moldavia, where under the rule of Constantin Mavrocordat was appointed vornic. This was his last function before dying in 1745.

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Works

• Letopiseţul Ţărâi Moldovei (de la Dabija Vodă până la a doua domnie a lui Constantin Mavrocordat);
• O samă de cuvinte

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