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Dragos (Drágfi of Béltek) was a Maramures Voivode ruling over the lands of what was to become Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 (between 1351 and 1353). He left Maramures by orders from the Hungarian
Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary , which existed from 1000 to 1918, and then from 1920 to 1946, was a considerable state in Central Europe....
 King
List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
 Louis I
Louis I of Hungary

Louis I the Great was King of Hungary from 1342 and of King of Poland from 1370.Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty....
, in order to establish a defense line against the Golden Horde
Golden Horde

The Golden Horde is a East-Slavic designation for the Mongol?later Turkic languages?Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus....
. He was succeeded by his son, Sas (Szász or Sas of Béltek) (ruled 1354-1358).






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Dragos (Drágfi of Béltek) was a Maramures Voivode ruling over the lands of what was to become Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 (between 1351 and 1353). He left Maramures by orders from the Hungarian
Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary , which existed from 1000 to 1918, and then from 1920 to 1946, was a considerable state in Central Europe....
 King
List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
 Louis I
Louis I of Hungary

Louis I the Great was King of Hungary from 1342 and of King of Poland from 1370.Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty....
, in order to establish a defense line against the Golden Horde
Golden Horde

The Golden Horde is a East-Slavic designation for the Mongol?later Turkic languages?Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus....
. He was succeeded by his son, Sas (Szász or Sas of Béltek) (ruled 1354-1358). Sas was then succeeded by his own son, Balc in 1359, but managed to rule the country for only one year before being deposed by another voivode from Maramures, Bogdan
Bogdan I of Moldavia

Bogdan of Cuhea is the second founding-figure of the Principality of Moldavia, its List of rulers of Moldavia between 1359 and 1365. He was a Moldovans nobleman and Voivode of Maramures, inside the Kingdom of Hungary....
. The direct bloodline of Dragos in the Moldavian rulership ended there.

Legends


A Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
n legend
Legend

A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude ....
 recounts Dragos' founding of Moldavia as the result of an aurochs
Aurochs

The aurochs or urus was a very large type of cattle that was prevalent in Europe until its extinction in 1627. The animal's original scientific name, Bos primigenius, was meant as a Latin translation of the German language term Auerochse or Urochs, which was interpreted as literally meaning "primeval ox" or "proto-ox"....
 (or wisent
Wisent

File:Bison bonasus right eye close-up.jpgThe wisent , or European bison , is a bison species and the heaviest surviving Terrestrial animal in Europe....
) hunt, during which Molda, a female hound of his, was mortally wounded. In its remembrance, Dragos named the river Moldova
Moldova River

The Moldova River is a river of Romania, in the historical regions of Romania of Moldavia. The river rises from a crest of Bukovina in Suceava County and joins the Siret River near the city of Roman, Romania in Neamt County....
 - the name was to be extended to the country itself at a latter date. This version is present in the works of Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
n chronicler Radu Popescu and the Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir
Dimitrie Cantemir

Dimitrie Cantemir was twice List of Moldavian rulers of Moldavia . He was also a prolific Intellectual – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguistics, ethnographer, and geographer....
 (namely, his Descriptio Moldaviae). The Moldavian coat of arms, which depicts an aurochs
Aurochs

The aurochs or urus was a very large type of cattle that was prevalent in Europe until its extinction in 1627. The animal's original scientific name, Bos primigenius, was meant as a Latin translation of the German language term Auerochse or Urochs, which was interpreted as literally meaning "primeval ox" or "proto-ox"....
, relates to this legend.

Other records of the legend hold certain differences: while some indicate that Dragos hunted alone, Grigore Ureche
Grigore Ureche

Grigore Ureche was a Moldavian chronicler who wrote on Moldavian history in his Letopisetul Tarii Moldovei , covering the period from 1359 to 1594....
's account (which is also the most detailed) says that "Dragos of Cuhea" (in Maramures), a man "of royal origins" was accompanied by 300 men who would later be the founders of the village of Boureni
Boureni

Boureni may refer to several villages in Romania:* Boureni, a village in Afumati, Dolj Commune, Dolj County* Boureni, a village in Bals Commune, Iasi County...
 (from bour, meaning "aurochs"), the first village in the Principality.

The accuracy of the founding (descalecat - literally, "dismounting") story has been disputed ever since the early 1700s (Cantemir). In the late 1800s, Dimitrie Onciul argued that the "descalecat" was a myth
Mythology

The word mythology refers to a body of folklore/myths/legends that a particular culture believes to be true and that often use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity....
 attempting to explain the origin of aurochs depicted in the Moldavian coat-of-arms
Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia

The flag and coat of arms of Moldavia, one of the two Danubian Principalities, together with Wallachia, which formed the basis for the Romanian state, were subject to numerous changes throughout their history....
 (as present today in Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
n and Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
n heraldry
Heraldry

Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of devising, granting, and blazoning Coat of arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms....
).

Legacy

  • Legend has Dragos as the founder of the city of Vatra Dornei
    Vatra Dornei

    Vatra Dornei is a city and a ski resort in the north of Romania, in Suceava County. It includes the city proper and three villages: Argestru, Rosu and Todireni....
    , named in memory of a beautiful shepherdess whom he would have met there.
  • A wooden church at Volovat (5 km away from Radauti
    Radauti

    Radauti is a Municipalities of Romania in Suceava County, Romania with a population of 27,759 inhabitants....
    ) was raised by Dragos in 1346; it was restored and moved to Putna
    Putna

    Putna can refer to:* Putna, Suceava - a commune in Suceava County, Romania* the Putna Monastery* Putna River - a river in Suceava County* Putna River - a river in Vrancea County, Romania...
     in 1468 by Stephen the Great.


See also


  • Etymology of Moldova
    Etymology of Moldova

    The name of Moldova is Romanian language for a medieval Principality which included territories in Eastern Romania, the Republic of Moldova and parts of Southern Ukraine....