Sas | |
Voivode in Moldavia | |
Reign: | c. 1353/1360 – c. 1357/1364 |
Predecessor: | Dragoş |
Successor: | (?) Balc |
Issue: | Balc Drag Dragomir Ştefan |
Father: | Dragoş |
Dynasty: | House of Dragoș |
Death Date: | c. 1357/1364 |
Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second voivode of Moldavia (c. 1353/1360 – c. 1357/1364).[1] [2] He followed his father Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of king Louis I of Hungary to establish a line of defense against the Golden Horde.[2] All chronicles show that he reigned four years.[1]
According to the sequence of the voivodes listed in the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, he was followed by Bogdan (who would become the first independent ruler of Moldavia), but several historians (e.g., Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, Ştefan Pascu) consider Balc as his successor.[1] Victor Spinei thinks that Bogdan came to Moldavia immediately after the death of Sas, before Balc was able to consolidate his reign.[1]
The Drágfi of Béltek family, whose estates would encompass over a hundred villages in the Kingdom of Hungary,[3] descended from one of his sons, Drag.