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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced ⓘ or Țara Moldovei lit. ' The country of Moldova ' ; in Romanian Cyrillic : Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй ) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.
In antiquity, Moldova's location made it a crossroads for invasions by the Scythians, Goths, Huns, and other tribes, followed by periods of Roman and Byzantine control. The medieval Principality of Moldavia emerged in the 1350s, and was the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania.
The Polish vassalization of Moldavia occurred on 26 September 1387 when Petru II of Moldavia paid homage to the King of Poland, Władysław II Jagiełło, at Lwów, making the Principality of Moldavia a vassal state of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
Moldavia emerged as a "defensive border province" of the Kingdom of Hungary. [76] A version of Grigore Ureche's chronicle stated that Dragoș's rule in Moldavia "was like a captaincy", implying that he was a military commander. [77] King Louis I of Hungary mentioned Moldavia as "our Moldavian land". [67]
Manuscript folio with the coat of arms of the House of Bogdan (lower-left corner) and the aurochs from Moldavia's coat of arms. The House of Bogdan, commonly referred to as the House of Mușat, was the ruling family which established the Principality of Moldova with Bogdan I (c. 1363–1367), giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of Wallachia ...
Tried, unsuccessfully, to introduce Lutheranism in Moldavia. Ștefan Tomșa: 9 August 1563 – bet. 20 February/10 March 1564 Unknown at least two children: Non-dynastic. Came to power after a boyar revolt that deposed Ioan Iacob Heraclid. Regency of Ruxandra of Moldavia (9 March 1568 – November 1570) Son of Alexandru IV Lăpușneanu. Bogdan IV
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The Principalities of the Danube wider concept – Moldavia, Wallachia, and Serbia The Danubian Principalities in the mid-19th century. The Danubian Principalities (Romanian: Principatele Dunărene, Serbian: Дунавске кнежевине, romanized: Dunavske kneževine) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century.