Elena Stefanovna of Moldavia (Russian: Елена Стефановна, romanized: Yelena Stefanovna), also known as Elena of Wallachia[1] (Russian: Елена Волошанка, romanized: Yelena Voloshanka; c. 1464–1466 – 18 January 1505), was a Moldavian princess as a daughter of Stephen III, who later became the grand princess consort of Moscow in 1483 as the wife of Ivan the Young,[2] the heir of Ivan III of Russia.

Her parents were Stephen III ("the Great"), the sovereign prince of Moldavia, and his first (or second) wife Princess Evdochia of Kiev.

[5][6] Negotiations to marry her to Ivan Ivanovich ("the Young"), heir to the throne of Moscow, began in the late 1470s.

[6] Elena married Ivan the Young on 12 January 1483,[7] and gave birth to Dmitry Ivanovich on 10 October 1483.

After the death of her spouse in 1490, her son, who had borne only the title prince,[8] was appointed as the heir to the Russian throne and made co-ruler in 1498.