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Alexander the Good

Alexandru cel Bun

Alexandru cel Bun - lithograph published by Dimitrie Papazoglu in 1891

after the fresco in the Cozia Monastery.

Voivode of Moldavia

Reign 23 April 1400 – 1 January 1432

Predecessor Iuga of Moldavia

Successor Iliaș of Moldavia

Born c. 1375

Died 1 January 1432 (aged 56–57)

 Suceava, Moldavia

 Margareta Loszonc
Spouse
 Ana Neacșa

 Rimgailė

Issue  Iliaș

 Petru III

 Stephen II

 Peter Aaron

 Bogdan II

Dynasty Bogdan-Mușat

Father Roman I of Moldavia

Religion Eastern Orthodox

Alexander I, commonly known as Alexander the Good (Romanian: Alexandru cel

Bun; c. 1375 – 1 January 1432) was Voivode of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432.[1] He
was the son of Roman I and succeeded Iuga to the throne.[2] As ruler he initiated a
series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Principality of Moldavia.
Reign[edit]
Internal politics[edit]
Alexander expanded the bureaucratic system by creating the "Council of the Voivode",
the Chancellory and by adding (in 1403) the institution of Logofăt – Chancellor of the
official Chancellery.
During his reign, he introduced new fiscal laws by adding commercial privileges to the
traders of Lviv (1408) and Kraków (1409), improved the situation of trading routes
(especially the one linking the port of Cetatea Albă to Poland), strengthened the forts by
guarding them and expanded the Moldavian ports of Cetatea Albă and Chilia.
He also had a role in ending the conflict of the Moldavian Orthodox Church with
the Patriarch of Constantinople. He built Bistrița Monastery where he is buried and
continued the building of Neamț Monastery, which was started in the previous century.
Alexander made the first documented confirmation of gypsy slavery in Moldavia, giving
Bistrița Monastery 31 gypsy families along with some cattle.[3]
Foreign affairs[edit]
The main concern of Alexander the Good was to defend the country in wars against
superior armies. In order to do that, he forged a system of alliances with Wallachia and
Poland, generally against Hungary (although he had been backed to the throne
 by Sigismund of Hungary). In 1402, he was sworn vassal of Jogaila, the King of Poland.
[4]
The treaty was renewed in 1404, 1407, 1411, and 1415.
Alexander participated in two battles against the Teutonic Knights: the Battle of
Grunwald and the Siege of Marienburg. In 1420, he also with the help
of Poland defended Moldavia against the first incursion by Ottomans at Cetatea Albă.
He also got involved in the power struggles of Wallachia by helping Radu II
Prasnaglava in 1418 and 1419 and Alexandru I Aldea in 1429, mostly in order to
prevent the capture of Chilia.[citation needed]
Due to a territorial claim of Poland and the previous failure of the Polish king to fulfill his
part of the vassalic treaty during an Ottoman attack in 1420, Alexander launched an
attack on Poland during the Lithuanian Civil War. The attack ended with the Treaty of
Suceava on 18 November 1431.
Personal life[edit]
Alexander had a number of wives: Margareta Loszonc, Ana Neacşa, Rimgailė (daughter
of Kęstutis and sister of Vytautas the Great; divorced in 1421).[citation needed] He had several
children, among whom were Iliaș, Petru III, Stephen II, Peter Aaron, and Bogdan II.[5]
He died on 1 January 1432 and was buried in Bistriţa Monastery.
References[edit]
1. ^ Vauchez, Andre (1 April 2001). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Routledge. ISBN 1-
57958-282-6.
2. ^ Williams, Henry Smith (1909). The Historians' History of the World. Hooper & Jackson.
p. 242. ISBN 0-8419-0088-4.
3. ^ Achim, Viorel (2004). The Roma in Romanian History. Central European University Press.
p. 14. ISBN 963-9241-84-9.
4. ^ King, Charles H. (2000). The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the politics of culture.
Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. pp. 15. ISBN 0-8179-9791-1. Alexandru cel Bun
5. ^ "Alexandru cel Bun - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România".

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