Alexander the Good

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
Reign23 April 1400 – 1 January 1432 (1400-04-23 – 1432-01-01)
PredecessorIuga of Moldavia
SuccessorIliaș of Moldavia
Bornc. 1375
Died1 January 1432(1432-01-01) (aged 56–57)
Suceava, Moldavia
Spouse
Issue
DynastyBogdan-Mușat
FatherRoman I of Moldavia
ReligionEastern 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.

  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.

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