Stephen III of Moldavia

Stephen was the son of Bogdan II the ruler of Moldavia.Bogdan ruled only 2 years and he was assassinated by his step brother Peter Aron while attending at a Wedding.Stephen run away to Transylvania so he won't get killed.In Transylvani he was protected by the mighty Hungarian military comander John Hunyadi.However after the plague killed Hunyadi Stephen run to Wallachia to his cousin Vlad the Impaler.Vlad helped him oust Aron from power by giving him 6000 Horsemen who he used to defeat Aron and take the throne for himself.Under his rule Moldavia reached it's greatest pick.He is famous for having many battles withch he only lost only 2 of them.Him most important battles are the Battle of Baia,The Battle of Vaslui(his greatest and most important battle) the Battle of Războieni and the Battle of Cosmin's Forest.He was also one of the four people to be nominated Athleta christi(Champion of Christ)by the Pope.He was a very Christian man as after every battle he build a monestry.He died in 1504 do to an injury he got in 1462 who kept getting worse and worse with every battle.He is now remembered as a hero in Romania and Moldova and he was also cannonised as a saint by the Romanian Orthodox church on 20 June 1992