MOLDAVIA
Rulers
Rulers of
Moldavia |
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From about the middle of te 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century the rulers of Moldavia bore their personal arms. From the end of the 14th century they also bore the arms of Moldavia, being a bull’s head between a star, a rose and a crescent (Æ see Part 1). In the time of Ottoman suzereinty and the rule of Phanariot governors (1711-1821) this was sometimes combined with the arms of Walachia, as many governors of Moldavia had also been invested with the governorship of Wallachia before. This resulted in a coat of arms per pale of Moldavia and Walachia or these coats of arms in alliance. (Æ Romania Part 1) Only at the end of the eighteenth century
these devices came to be augmented with a personal device. (In Moldavia) “wonen böß und grimmig leut darin/die ein sunder geisel seind der Siebenbürger. Man findt groß kriegsvolck darinn/ die al zeit zu streit bereit seind. Die hauptstatt darin ir hertzog wont heißt Sossavia/zu deutsch Sotzschen. Es ist ein onüberwindlich land. Es ist künig Mathias von Vngern mitt grossem volck auß den Siebenbürgen darin gezogen/ das er sie straffet und under sich brachte / aber sie namen sich einer flucht an/ und do sich die Vngern ire feyend gar nichts besorgten/ kereten sie umb und fielen in sie und brachten sie fast all umb.” [1] |
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Dragoş |
1345/1359
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The dates are of the conquest and rule of Moldavia
by Dragoş,
formerly voievode of Maramures. In 1352-’53 he was enfeoffed by Louis the
Great of Hungary with some marks in the N.W. of the realm, probably with Baia
as its centre It is thought that the first voievodes - Dragoş and
Sas – used a bull’s head (head of an aurochs, - Bos primigenius
primigenius) together with their own coat of arms being Azure
with an arrow supported by a crescent with a star on each point. [2] Arms of Dragoş These arms
are known from the 15th century Bartholomeu Drágffy, the arms supported by two dragons of the Order of
the Dragon. |
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Sas |
Voivode of
Moldavia 1353/1360-1357-1364 |
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Balc |
1359/1364 |
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House of Muşat |
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Nor of Dragoş nor of Sas a coat of arms
is known with certainty. Also the first rulers from the House of Musat did
not bear a coat of arms. However it is true that Louis the Great printed a
symbol for the realm on coins. On the
reverse of them is the Hungarian double-cross between two bull’s heads with a
star between their horns. Coin of Louis the Great (1342-’82), 1365ca. Obv.: Marten running to the right and above it a crown, below a cloverleaf.
The inscription reads: MONETA
NICOLAI BAN. NI. Rev.: Double cross Below the lower arms two bull’s heads with a cross
between the horns, in chief two crescents. Munt
2. 1|2 van Arpad en dubbelkruis op drie heuvels |
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Bogdan I |
~ 1363-1367 |
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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 by several
marriages through time. The Mușatins are named after Margareta Mușata
who married Costea, a son of Bogdan I. For a long
time it has been thought that Mușata was a daughter of Bogdan I and
Costea was a member of House of Basarab who bore the name Muşat, all
speculations unsupported by any documents. The House is named after the mother of Peter I,
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Latzko |
1367-1375 |
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Peter I Muşat |
1375-1391 |
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In 1387 Peter Musat accepted the suzerainty of the
Polish king (Wladislaw II Jagiello 1386-1434).
Obv.: Bull’s head
between five-pointed star, rose and crescent. Legend: X SIMPETRIWOIWOD Rev.: Arms: Per pale
the dexter barry of seven, the sinister two roses per bend Legend: [*SI]MOLD[AV]IENSIS Another gros of Peter I Obv.: Bull’s head
between five-pointed star, rose and crescent. Legend: ? Rev.: Arms: Per pale
the dexter barry of seven, the sinister two roses per pale. Legend: ? |
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Arms: Per pale the dexter barry of six, the sinister two fleurs de lis per
pale Crest: Bull’s
head between five-pointed star, rose and crescent. According to Gorovei, (p. 266) the arms are barry
Vert and Or and the sinister half of France. The arms would have been granted
by Charles Robert of Hungary (1308-1342) because after his death the
relations between the Moldavian rulers and Hungary deteriorated quickly. |
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Roman I |
1391-1394 |
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Called himself: Great Lord, sole ruler of the
Moldavian Lands from the Mountains to the Sea |
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Stefan I Musat |
1394-1399 |
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Arms: 1|2 Barry (6) and strewn with fleurs de lis
(like Bogdan I (Gorovei, p. 267)) |
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Iuga |
1399-1400 |
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Son
of Roman I |
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Alexander
cel Bun (Alexander the Good) |
1400-1432 |
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Son of Roman I brother of preceding Renewed
the suzerainty of Poland W.: 1/2 of a barry and France. Crest: A bull’s head
between a sun, a star and a crescent. [3] |
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Ilias I |
†1448 1432-1433 |
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Son
of Alexander the Good Gros of Ilias I Arms:. n_n, In chief a cross moline Crest: A bull’s head between a rose, a star and a crescent Legend: ELIAS
WAIWODA |
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Stefan
II Ilias
I Musat Petru
II |
1433-1447 1435-1442 1444-1445 |
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Sons
of Alexander the Good Arms of Elie I Musat Arms: 1|2 of a barry and France . Crest: A bull’s head between a sun, a crescent and a star [4] Arms:
1|2 of a barry and a double cross (Hungary) [5] |
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Roman II Petru II |
1447-1448 1447 |
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Grandson of Alexander the Good and son of Ilias Arms: 1|2 of a barry and a bull’s head Crest: A bull’s head between a crescent, a sun and a star : W.:
1/2 van Arpad en een stierenkop (Gorovei p. 267) Gros of Roman, Voivode [6] |
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Petru II Alexandrel |
1434-1438;
1435-1443; 1443-1444; 1444-1445; 1445-1447 |
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Stephen II (or Ştefan II) †13 July
1447) ruled alone between September 1434 and August 1435, jointly with Iliaş of Moldavia from August 1435 to
May 1443, alone from May 1443 to May 1444, in association with his brother Petru from May 1444 to 1445, and alone
until July 1447. Arms: 1|2 1. Two fleurs de lis conjoined
(thunderbolt); 2. Barry |
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Bogdan II |
1449-1451 |
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Son
of Alexander the Good Gros of
Bogan II Arms: A mace and a sword per pale Crest: A bull’s head between a rose, a star and a crescent |
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Petru
III Aron |
†1470 1451-1452 |
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Son
of Alexander the Good Gros of Petru III. Aron (1451 - 1452/1454 - 1457) Arms: A mace and a sword in saltire Crest: A bull’s head between a
rose, a star and a crescent Legend: Obv.: X MON3tA·P3tRI, Rev:
X WAWIWOD3 MOL |
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Alexandrel |
1449/1452; 1455 |
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Son of
Ilias and grandson of Alexander the Good. |
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Petru
III Aron |
1454-1455 |
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Alexandrel |
1455 |
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Petru
III Aron |
1455-1457 |
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Ştefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) |
1457-1504 |
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Son of Bogdan II and grandson of Alexander the Good Tributary of the Ottomans until 1473 Vassal of Poland 1459- Tributary of the Ottomans from 1486 Sword of Stephen the Great On the
knob of the hilt there are the arms of Moldavia, the bull’s head and the
inscription ”Io Ştefan Voievod
domn al Ţării Moldovei” (I Stephen, voievode and lord of
Moldavia) Sword
hilt with a knob which had a medallion in the middle, possibly of a precious
stone or a coat of arms. On the margin of the disk the engraved inscription
in slavonic script “† I|an´
ŞStefan´ voevoda g” continued on the back: “ospodar´ zemli Moldavskoü” represented in “Spada lui Ştefan
cel Mare” in “Accente”. Chişinău, 2004. More: adev.ro/nsmx4v Apparently the first princes have used the bull’s
head together with their own coat of arms: Azure, an arrow upright Argent
supported by a crescent, two stars on its points Or in base. A sword, at
present in a museum in Istanbul has such arms on one of its sides and on the
other side a bull’s head of archaic design with no other figures. This, and
also the presence of the two heraldic emblems makes us to attribute that
sword to one of the first princes of the first Moldavian House, Arms: a. Parted per bend, in sinister chief a barryu; in dexter base a
cross and a rose. b. A
double cross In the matter of the succession in Hungary in 1458
Stephen took the side of Matthew Corvinus. Later however he became his
opponent and defeated hiim in 1465 at Baia. Arms: a. 1|2
1. a cross and a crescent; 2. Barry. [7] 1470 b. 1|2 1. A cross and a rose; 2. Barry Silver coin of
Stephen the Great (1470 ca) Obv.: Bull’s head with star between the
horns between a sun and a crescent. Legend: X MONETA MOLDAVIE. Rev.: Arms:
Per pale, the dexter a cross patée and a rose; the sinister barry of six. Legend: X STEFANUS VOIEVODA A censer
from Putna monastery, 1470 The arms on
the foot of the censer are: Arms: Per pale, the dexter a cross patée and a
rose; the sinister barry of six. Stone to the memory of the construction of the gate
of the city of Cetatea Alba, 1476 Arms: 1|2 1. Three roses, fleurs de lis or thunderbolts; 2. Barry Crest: A bull’s head The inscription reads: În anii de la
întruparea Domnului 6984
(=1476) s-au săvârșit marea poartă,
în zilele cuviosului I(oan) Ș- tefan voevod și în zilele panului Luca și panului Herman.” That is: In the year since the Creation of the Lord 6984 (= 1476) the great gate was committed in the days of the venerable voivode I (oan) Stephen and in the days of Ban Luca and ban Herman. Stone with inscription of 1479 from Cetatea de Alba Arms: 1|2 1. Three crosses patée; 2. Barry Crest: A bull’s head The inscription reads: În
zilele cuviosului și de
Hristos iubitorului și de Dumnezeu dăruitului
și de toată
lauda vrednicului
Ioan Ștefan voevod, domn a toată Țara Moldovei, fiu
al lui Bogdan voevod, s-a început și s-a sfârșit acest zid, pe vremea
pârcălabilor Duma și Hârman.” That is: In the pious days and of - the loving Christ and God Giver and all praise John Stephen worthy Voivod lord of all Moldavia, son of Bogdan Voivod this wall was started and was finished, In the time of the bans Duma and Harman."[8] Arms above
the entrance of the tower of Putna Monastery, 1481 Arms: Per pale, the dexter a double cross, the sinister a thunderbolt Crest: On a helmet a bull’s head with acrescent and five-pointed star
between its horns, a rose on its sinister. Legend: Binecinstitorul domn a toate tara
Moldovei, Io Stefan Voievod, fiul lui Bogdan Voievod, a zidit si a facut
turnul acesta şi zidul in jurul manastirii in anul 6989 (1481). (The honourable lord of all
Moldavia, I Prince Stefan, son of Prince Bogdan (II, †1451) has built and
made this tower and building within the monastery in the year 6989 (= 1481). In the upper corners a sun and a crescent After the
loss of his two strategically important cities, Chilia on the north bank of
the mouth of the Danube and Cetatea Alba (Akkerman / Belgorod Dnestrovski)
on the mouth of the Dnestr (opposite Odessa) in 1484 to the Ottomans, he was
obliged to pay public homage to Grand Duke Kasimir IV of
Lithuania and king of van Poland. As a result the arms of the Jagelones: Azure, a double cross Or,
appeared on his coinage. Double denar of Stephen the Great Æ 14 mm; 0.61 g,
silver Obv.: Bull’s head with star between the horns
between a sun and a crescent. Legend: +MONETA MOLDA. Rev.: Shield with double cross (Jagiello)
Legend: X STEFANUS VOIEV Bronze bell
with the arms of Stephen the Great in Bistriţa The coat of arms of Stephen the Great on a bell cast
for the chapel of his palace in Bistritsa. The arms are a quarterly with a
bull´s head for crest. A description and a representation of these arms are
in a bible made in 1502 for Stephen in Zografu monastery on Athos by a
certain Father Philip. [9] It
is: 1502 Arms:
¼: 1. Azure a double cross bottony Or (Jagiello); 2. Or, three fesses Vert (Basarab);
3. Vert, three roses Or fimbriated Gules per bend; 4. Azure, a thunderbolt Or
per bend sinister. In fess point a sun radiant . Crest: A bull’s head with a six-ponted star between its horns between a sun
radiant and a crescent Or. The patriarchal cross Or on a blue field, is the
blason of the Jagellones of Poland/Lithuania. In his later rule Stephen the Great quarreled with
John Albert of Poland (1492-1501) with which he made a truce in 1497. The
arms with the bull´s head were used by both the rulers of Moldavia and
Poland. The crest of a bull´s head by the rulers of Moldavia only. Page with the arms of Stephen the Great in the
Gospels of 1502 given by Stephen II the
Great to the Zograf Monastry of Mount Athos [10] The text
reads: "I prince Stephen, with
the mercy of God ruler of Moldavia, son of prince Bogdan and lover of
Christ's words, out of love to Him wanted and was forced to write the Four
Gospels and bound it and had given it for prayer for himself, for his wife
Mary and his son Bogdan, to the Holy Mountain, to his church, in the Zograf
monastery of the patron Saint and Glorious Great Martyr and Victorious
George, in the year of the creation of the World 7010 (= 1502) and the 46th
year of his current reign. Written by the hand of the most sinful among men
the monk Philip, asking for forgiveness if not, with all reverence for God,
all possible has been done ". [11] |
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Bogdan
III cel Orb (the One-eyed) |
1504-1517 |
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Son of Stephen the Great Gros of Bogdan III. (1504 – ‘17)
Became tributary to the Ottoman sultan in 1513. His
tomb is in the church of Putna monastery, meant to be the crypt of the family
of Stephen the Great. On it is a coat of arms of a bull’s head with star between the horns between
a sun and a crescent. The
legend reads: “Acesta este mormintul
binecredinciosului domn, Io Bogdan voievod, Domnul Tarii Moldovei, fiul lui
Stefan voievod, ctitorul acestui sfint locas, care s-a mutat la vesnicile
lacasuri in anul 7025 luna aprilie 20, la miezul noptii.” (= 1517). (This is the tomb of the pious lord prince Io
Bogdan, Lord of Moldavia Country, son of prince Stephen, founder of the sanctuary who passed away in the year
7025 on the 20th of April at midnight) |
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Stephen
the Young (cel Tinar) |
1517-1527 |
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Petru
Rareş Muşat |
1527-1538; 1541-1546 |
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Son of Stephen the Great and ally of the Ottomans. Golden bull
of Petru Rareş
[12] Arms: As Stephen the Great, the upper quarters exchanged Crest: A bull’s head, a five-pointed star
between its horns Or, between a sun and a crescent. |
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Stefan
Lacusta |
1538-1540 |
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Petru
Rareş Muşat |
2nd time
1541-1546 |
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Ilias
II Rareş |
1546-1551 |
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Son of Petru, conversed to Islam Arms of
Ilias II Rareș on the entrance tower of Probota monastery, 1550 The crest of Moldavia, the arms unreadable |
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Stefan Rareş |
1551-1552 |
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Ioan Iacob Heraclid nicknamed
Despot Voda |
*1511-†1563 1561-1563 |
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(Jacob Basiliscus Heraclides) On his seal was the usual coat of arms with a bull’s
head between a star, a sun and a crescent. [13] Golden ducat
of Despot Voda, 1563 [14] Arms:
¼ 1. A tower; 2. A tree and a serpent; 3. A lion; 4.
A fish. In nombril point: a bull’s head Supporter: A two-heade eagle Thaler of
Ioan Iacob Heraclid. 1563 On this gold taler is a crowned coat of arms with a two-headed eagle charged with a quarterly. In the first and fourth we see the arms as on the golden ducat and the second and third quarter, also quarterly: 1. The arms of Stephen the Great; 2 The two-headed eagle of the Empire; 3 a latin (double-) cross; 4. the crown of a Moldavian prince. The blasons in the third quarter somewhat rearranged. The
two-headed eagle may be for his dignity of Knight and Count Palatine which he
received from Charles V in 1555 for his service at the battle of Renty under the command of Günther von
Schwarzburg in 1554. At the same occasion his genealogical tree was
recognized by the chancellery of the empire. The golden thaler of Despot Voda, 1563 With the
legend: HERACLIDIS DESPOT PATRIS PATRIIE 1563 / VINDEX ET
DEFENSOR LIBERTATIS PATRIE |
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Alexandru
IV Lapuşeanu |
1st time 1552-1561 2nd time 1564-1568 |
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Son of Bogdan III, grandson of Stephen the Great Arms: ¼: 1. barry; 2. a double cross; 3. 3 roses per bend; 4 athunderbolt
per bend sinister.In fess pointL a bull’s head.. [15]. Arms on the
façade of the church of St Dumitru in Suceava, 1559 Arms: ¼: Azure a double cross Or; 2.
Barry Gules and Or; 3. Gules, three roses per bend Or; 4. Azure, a thunderbolt
per bend sinister Or. In nombril point rays of the sun shining downwards Or. Crest: A bull’s head a five-pointed star
between its horns Or, between a sun and a faced crescent. photo HdV ’97 Stone with
the arms of Alexandru VI Lapuşeanu, Putna
Monastery, 1559 Arms: Parted per bend in sinsiter chief a rose; in dexter base a
thunderbolt. Crest: A bull’s head with a five-pointed star between a rose/sun and a lion
passant. |
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Bogdan
IV Lapuşeanu |
1568-1572 |
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Ioan Voda
cel Viteaz Musat (The Terrible) |
1572-1574 |
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Petru Schiopul |
1574-1577; 1578-1579; 1582-1591 |
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Son of Mircea III of Walachia |
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Ioan
Potcoava |
1577 |
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Ioan
Potcoavă or Nicoară Potcoav († 16.06.1578) has
been a lord of Moldavia between 18 november and december 1577. He was a
brother of Ioan Vodă cel Viteaz.
(the Brave) |
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Iancu Sasul |
1579-1582 |
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Son of Petru Rareş |
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Aron
Tiranul |
1591-1592; 1592-1595 |
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Son of Alexandru Lăpușneanu |
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Sigismund
Bathory |
*1572-†1613 Voivode 11.05.1581-1586 Prince of Transilvania 1586-1597 Prince of Wallachia and Moldavia 03.06.1595 Knight of the Fleece n° 284 1596 Prince
of Transilvania 1598 – 1599 1601
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Son of
Christofor Bathory and Elizabeth Bocskai. He was elected, still minor, a
prince of Transilvania at the diet of Transilvania in Klausenburg (Cluj) and
reigned from 1588 after he had been declared of age at the Diet of Mediasch. In 1588
he attained his majority, and joined the league of Christian Princes against
the Turks. The obvious danger of such a course caused no small anxiety in the
principality, and the diet of Torda even went so far as to demand a fresh
coronation oath from Sigismund. Upon his refusal to render it, the council
members threatened him with deposition. Ultimately Báthory got the better of
his opponents, and executed all whom he got into his hands (1595). In 1595,
at Gyulafehérvár (today Alba Iulia), Sigismund Báthory signed a treaty with
Michael the Brave, the Voivod of Wallachia, in which Wallachia came under
sovereignty of Transylvania, requiring Sigismund to send Michael the Brave an
aid for fighting the Ottomans. On August
13, 1595 at the Battle of Călugăreni near the Neajlov river,
Michael defeated a Turkish army led by Sinan Pasha. Despite the victory
Michael, having too few troops to continue the war, retreated toward
Transylvania. Joining Sigismund Báthory’s 40,000-strong army led by István
Bocskay, they liberated Târgovişte (8 October 1595), Bucharest (12
October 1595) and Brăila. Wallachia was liberated on 29 October 1595. The
turning-point of his career was his separation from his wife, Archduchess
Maria Christina of Austria (1574-1621) (daughter of Archduke Charles II of
Inner Austria), in 1599, an event followed by his own abdication the same
year. It was on this occasion that he offered the throne of Transylvania to
Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary, in exchange for the duchy
of Opole in Silesia. As Duke of Opole he also was a Prince of the Holy Roman
Empire. In April
1598 Sigismund resigned as Prince of Transylvania in favor of Emperor Rudolf,
reversed his decision in October 1598, and then resigned again in favor of
Cardinal Andrew Báthory, his cousin. This allowed Transylvania to fall under
the influence of the King of Poland. Michael the Brave reestablished an
alliance with Emperor Rudolf, began a campaign against Andrew on October 5,
1599, and became Prince of Transylvania in November 1599, while the Habsburg
general Giorgio Basta entered Transylvania from the west at the same time. In 1600,
however, Sigismund at the head of an army of Poles and Cossacks, attempted to
recover his throne again, but was routed by Michael the Brave, voivode of Moldavia
and Wallachia, at Suceava. In February 1601 the diet of Kolozsvár (today:
Cluj-Napoca, Romania) reinstated him, but again he was driven out, after the
Battle of Goroszló, by Michael the Brave and general Giorgio Basta, never to
return. He died at Prague in 1613 Æ For the arms of Sigismund Bathory
see Romania |
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Ieremia
Movila |
1595-1600; 1600-1606 |
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Dragomirna
Monastery, 1602-1609 |
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Mihai Viteazul (The Brave) |
1600 |
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The
mother of Michael, Theodora Kantakouzene was a member
of the Kantakouzenoi, a noble family present in Wallachia and Moldavia, and
allegedly descended from the Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos
(1292-1383). The
Kantakouzenos family bore lions supporting a sword as its heraldic emblem. Arms of Kantakouzenos by Conrad Grüneberg, fol. 144.
[16] This
branch of the Kantakouzenoi bore, according to Conrad Grüneberg: Arms: Azure, two lions Or, supporting a sword
upright, proper. The
legend above the arms, identifying the bearer, reads: “Contta von Cussinus der ist der xii Sebherrenn ainer des kaiserthumb
zu Constantinopel.” (That is:
Kantakouzenos is one of the 12 sebastokrators
of the Empire of Constantinople) |
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Ieremia Movila |
1600-1606 |
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Ottoman Suzerainty 1618-1812 |
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From
the first decennia before Ottoman Suzerainty until its last few decennia the
rulers did not expose any personal arms. |
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Alexandru
Mavrocordato |
1782-1785 |
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Alexandru
Ioan Mavrocordato Jr. |
1785-1786 |
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Achievement of Moldavia above
the entry of the St Spiridon Hospital in Iaşi, 1786 Achievement
of Alexandru Ioan Mavrocordat on his portrait by J. Eberspach Achievement Arms: ¼; 1. Moldavia; 2. Walachia; 3. Vacaresti; 4. Mavrocordat Crown:
A princely crown Supporters: A peacock, a sword, a mace, standards and armory in saltire. The arms of Văcăreşti Monastery show an eleptical shield of a base chequy 3´2, two
mountains and a cross in chief, supported by an angel The arms of Mavorcordat are: Azure, a phenix Or. [17] Seal, 1786 Æhttps://tiparituriromanesti.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/hrisov-de-danie-al-lui-alexandru-ioan-mavrocordat-voievod-catre-manastirea-secu-1786/ |
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Alexandru
Ipsilanti |
1786-1788 |
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Manole
Giani Ruset (Rosetti) |
1788-1789 |
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Alexandru
Moruzi |
1792 |
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Mihai
I Suţu |
1793-1795 |
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Alexandru
Callimachi |
1795-1799 |
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Constantin
Ypsilanti |
1799-1801 |
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Alexandru
Nicolae Suţu |
1801-1802 |
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Alexandru Moruzi |
1802-1806 |
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Russo-Turkish
War 1806-1812 |
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Scarlat Callimachi |
Lord of Moldavia 1806; 1807-1810;1812-1819 Lord of Wallachia 1821 |
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Bottom of
his seal-box, 1814 [18] The text on the socle reads: We Scarlat Alexander
Callimachi voievod, Februari 1814 |
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Alexandru
Moruzi 1806-1807 |
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Alexandru
Handjery 1807 |
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Russian
occupation of the principalities and separation of Bessarabia at the Peace of
Bucarest, 1812 |
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Mihai
II Suţu 1819-1821 |
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Ioan
Sandu Sturdza |
1822-1828 |
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Arms of the
Sturdza family Grădina Cișmigiu
(București) Arms: Per pale of Moldavia, the field Azure; and Sturdza:
Gules, a crowned lion rampant holding a sword upright, Or. Crown
and regalia: A Princely Crown and a mace and a sword in saltire Supporters: Two dolphins respecting Motto: UTROQUE
CLARESCERE PULCHRUM (Shining everywhere and
exquisitely) Mantle: Purpure fringed and tasseled Or, placed on a
trophy with banners and cannon etc. in saltire |
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Russo-Turkish
War 1828-1829 |
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Pavel
Dimitrievic Kiseleff |
1828-1834 |
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During
the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 Kiselyov was appointed to command the
Russian occupying troops in Wallachia and Moldavia, and appointed
Plenipotentiary President of the Divans in Wallachia and Moldavia (de facto
governor) on 19 October 1829 (he was in Zimnicea at the time). He remained
the most powerful man in the Danubian Principalities until 1834, when Mahmud
II, the Ottoman Sultan, appointed new hospodars,
Alexandru II Ghica in Wallachia and Mihail Sturdza in Moldavia. Achievement of Pavel Kiseleff. |
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Mihai
Grigore Sturdza |
1834-1849 |
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Princely
achievement 1834-1849 Arms: Per pale of Moldavia, the field Azure; and Sturdza:
Gules, a crowned lion rampant holding a sword upright, Or. Crown
and regalia: A Princely Crown and a mace and a sword in saltire Supporters: Two dolphins respecting Motto: UTROQUE
CLARESCERE PULCHRUM (Shining everywhere and
exquisitely) Mantle: Purpure fringed and tasseled Or, placed on a
trophy with banners and cannon etc. in saltire The same, on
a publication, 1843 |
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Grigore
Alexandru Ghica |
1849-1853/1854-1856 |
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Coat of arms
of Grigore Alexandru Ghica After his
seal, 1849 [19]. |
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Æ In the head of this article the arms of Grigore
Alexandru Ghica, at the cemetery
of La Mée s-Seine: (France): Arms: Per pale: The the dexter per fess Gules and
Azure, a bull’s head [Sable] with a five-pointed star between its horns Or;
the sinister per fess Azure and Gules, an eagle [Or] on its breast an
escutcheon Vert, twelve lance-points or tears, six and six reversed Argent,
separatet by six besants (Or). Crown and regalia: A ducalcrown and two sceptres in saltire Supporters: Two dolphins respecting, heads in base Mantle:
[Purpure, fringed and tasseled Or] royally crowned and posed on a trophy of cannon,
banners etc. in saltire. [20] Ghica |
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© Hubert de Vries 2017-08-07
[1] Münster, S. op.cit. p. Mxxxviii. Sossavia =
Suceava.
[2] Gorovei, Stefan: Les armoiries de la Moldavie
et de ses princes règnants (XIVe-XVIe siècles). In: Recueil du 11ème congrès
International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique. 1972. P. 266. Without giving any reference
[3] Cernovodeanu, Dan: Stiinta si Arte Heraldica in
Romania. Editura Stiintifica si Encyclopedica. Bucuresti, 1977. 566 pp.,
320pl. Pl. XXXV, 3&4; ,and Gorovei, p. 267.
[4] Ibid pl Pl. XXXVI
[5] Gorovei p. 267
[6] Cernovodeanu op cit 1977 Pl. XXXVI
[7] Ibid Pl. XXXVIII.
[8] Ibid Pl. XXXVIII, XXXIX
[9] Berza, Mihai: Stema Moldovei in timpul lui Stefan cel
Mare. In: Studii si cercetari de Istoria Artei, vol. II, n 1-2, pp. 69-88. București 1955 and: the
same: Stema Moldovei in Veacul al XVI-lea. In: Studii si Cercetari de Istoria Artei. Vol. III (1956) N° 1-2 pp. 99-128. Bucuresti, 1956.
[10]
See also: Berza, Mihai: Steme Moldovei in Timpul
lui Stefan cel Mare. In: Studii si
Cercetari de Istoria Artei. Vol. II
(1955) N° 1-2 pp. 69-88. Bucuresti, 1955.
[11] https://tiparituriromanesti.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/blazonul-lui-stefan-cel-mare-dintr-un-manuscris-moldovenesc-pastrat-la-viena-1502/ After the traduction of: Caproșu,
I, & E. Chiaburu: Însemnări de pe manuscrise și cărți
vechi din Țara Moldovei, vol. I (1429-1750), Iași, 2008. Photo from:
Buluță, Gheorghe: Manuscrise
miniate și ornate românești în colecții din Austria, București,
1990.
[12] Attributed to Petru Schiopul (†1594)
[13] Cernovodeanu op cit. 1977 Pl. XXV dd. 1563
[14] Ibid. Pl. XXXVII-4-5
[15] Ibid. Pl. XXXVII.3
[16] http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00035320/images/index.html?id=00035320&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=119. The same arms
ascribed to the Boccaliorum family
by: Caroli Du Fresne domini Du Cange Illyricum vetus & novum, siue,
Historia.P. 140 Caput XX: De Boccaliorum familia. This Boccaliorum-family is
said to originate from Albania
[17] Dogaru, Maria: Un Armorial Romanesc din 1813.
Spita de Neam a Familiei Balş dotata cu Steme. Directia Generala a Arhivelor
Statului. Bucuresti, 1981. pp. 33-34
[18] Dogaru, op.cit. 1981 p. 54
[19] Cernevodeanu, op.cit 1977
Pl. XXXIII; XXXIV dd.
1851; XLIII dd. 1849, z.d.