Gabriel Movilă


Gabriel or Gavril Movilă was Prince of Wallachia from June 1618 to July 1620. A Movileşti boyar, Gabriel was a son of Simion Movilă, Prince of Moldavia.
He reached the throne of Wallachia in 1616 but he is not recognized by the Ottoman government that prefers Alexandru IV Iliaş. He obtained his appointment in June 1618 but was replaced in July 1620 by Radu IX Mihnea.
He retires to Transylvania where he dies. He had married a Hungarian noble Erzébet Zolyomy. The couple seems to have remained childless.