Mihai Racoviță

Mihai Racoviță
Prince of Moldavia
(1st reign)
ReignSeptember 1703 – 23 February 1705
PredecessorConstantine Ducas
SuccessorAntioh Cantemir
Prince of Moldavia
(2nd reign)
Reign31 July 1707 – 28 October 1709
PredecessorAntioh Cantemir
SuccessorNicholas Mavrocordatos
Prince of Moldavia
(3rd reign)
Reign5 January 1716 – October 1726
PredecessorNicholas Mavrocordatos
SuccessorGrigore II Ghica
Prince of Wallachia
(1st reign)
ReignOctober 1730 – 2 October 1731
PredecessorConstantine Mavrocordatos
SuccessorConstantine Mavrocordatos
Prince of Wallachia
(2nd reign)
ReignSeptember 1741 – July 1744
PredecessorConstantine Mavrocordatos
SuccessorConstantine Mavrocordatos
Bornc. 1660
DiedJuly 1744
Istanbul
Issue
HouseRacoviță
ReligionOrthodox

Mihai or Mihail Racoviță (c. 1660 – July 1744) was a Prince of Moldavia on three separate occasions (September 1703 – February 23, 1705; July 31, 1707 – October 28, 1709; January 5, 1716 – October 1726) and Prince of Wallachia on two occasions (between October 1730 and October 2, 1731, and from September 1741 until his death). His rules overlapped with the accession of Phanariotes in the Danubian Principalities – he is considered himself a Phanariote for the duration of his last rule in Moldavia and his rules over Wallachia.

In 1726, Racoviță presided on the trial of four Jews on charges of ritual murder of a child. The defendants were acquitted due to diplomatic protests by the Kingdom of France.