Sas of Moldavia explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Spinei, Victor . Moldavia in the 11th-14th Centuries.
  2. Book: Treptow . Kurt W. . Popa . Marcel . Historical Dictionary of Romania.
  3. Book: Köpeczi . Béla . Makkai . László . Mócsy . András . Szász . Zoltán . Barta . Gábor . History of Transylvania – Volume I: From the beginnings to 1606.