# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aaron-the-tyrant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:44:53.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aaron-the-tyrant"
name: "Aaron the Tyrant"
slug: "aaron-the-tyrant"
description: "Aaron the Tyrant or Aron Vodă, sometimes credited as Aron Emanoil or Emanuel Aaron, was twice the Prince of Moldavia: between September 1591 and June 1592, and October 1592 to May 3 or 4, 1595. He was of mysterious origin, and possibly of Jewish extraction, but presented himself as the son of Alexandru Lăpușneanu, and was recognized as such in some circles. His appointment by the Ottoman Empire followed an informal race, during which candidates engaging in particularly exorbitant bribery and accepted unprecedented increases of the haraç. Though resented by the Janissaries, he was backed by a powerful lobby, comprising Solomon Ashkenazi, Edward Barton, Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, and Patriarch Jeremias II. Victorious but heavily indebted, Aaron allowed his creditors to interfere directly in fiscal policy, while adopting methods of extortion against the taxpaying peasantry. He eventually turned against the bankers, staging the execution of Bartolomeo Brutti."
tagline: "Prince of Moldavia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat_of_arms_of_Moldavia_under_Aron_the_Tyrant.svg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
deathDate: "1597"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.63
  momentum:             1.346469622331691
  historical:           11.824876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Арон Тиран"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F"
    title: "অ্যারন দ্য টাইর্যান্ট"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ron_Tyran"
    title: "Áron Tyran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Tiranul"
    title: "Aron Tiranul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Ααρών της Μολδαβίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_the_Tyrant"
    title: "Aaron the Tyrant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Tiranul"
    title: "Aron Tiranul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "ארון הטיראן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ron_moldvai_fejedelem"
    title: "Áron moldvai fejedelem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Tiranul"
    title: "Aron Tiranul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Tyran"
    title: "Aron Tyran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aar%C3%A3o%2C_o_Tirano"
    title: "Aarão, o Tirano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Vod%C4%83"
    title: "Aron Vodă"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Арон Тиран"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump