Antioh Cantemir

Antioh Cantemir, son of Constantin Cantemir and brother of Dimitrie Cantemir (not to be confused with Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir, Dimitrie's son), was a Moldavian Voivode (Prince) between December 18 1695 and September 12 1700, and again from February 23 1705 to July 31 1707.

He and Dimitrie successfully plotted against Prince Constantin Duca (who had obtained the throne, after having Dimitrie deposed by the Ottomans, with the backing of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Prince of Wallachia).

Unlike Constantin, Antioh was not adverse to Poland; he also planned for an anti-Ottoman alliance with Russia (then under Peter the Great), one that was came to be during Dimitrie's rule - the full impact of Russia's growth had been felt after the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz.

Although Cantemir increased taxes (especially during his second reign), he was a popular figure, generally viewed as a just and kind ruler.