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For the American Country music singer, see George Ducas Voivode George Ducas (Greek: ???????? ??????, Romanian: Gheorghe Duca) (d. 1685) was three times Prince of Moldavia (September 1665-May 1666, November 1668-August 20 1672, November 1678-January 1684) and one time Prince of Wallachia (1673-November 29 1678). He was married to Anastasia, the daughter of Eustratie Dabija, and later to Dafina Doamna; George Ducas fathered Constantine Ducas. First two rules in Moldavia A Greek, George Ducas had been kept in Vasile Lupu's retinue and slowly overcame the obstacles set by his modest social origin. Supported by Dafina Doamna and some of the boyars, he came to the throne in Ia?i after Dabija's death, but was soon ousted after his opponents appealed to the Ottomans, unjustly claiming Duca's rule was corrupt. He contracted large

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