Bogdan the Founder
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Bogdan I, commonly known as Bogdan the Founder, was the first independent ruler, or voivode, of Moldavia in the 1360s. He had initially been the voivode, or head, of the Vlachs in the Voivodeship of M
Bogdan I (on the far left) in a mural at Bogdana Monastery
Grave of Bogdan at Bogdana Monastery, Rădăuţi
Voivodeship of Maramureș
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The Voivodeship of Maramureș, was a Romanian voivodeship centered in the region of the same name within the Kingdom of Hungary. It was the most powerful and well-organized Romanian entity in the broad
Bogdan the Founder
…Întemeietorul), was the first independent ruler, or voivode, of Moldavia in the 1360s. He had initially been the voivode, or head, of the Vlachs in the Voivodeship of Maramureș in the Kingdom of Hungary. However, when the first certain record was made of him in 1343, he was mentioned as a former voivode who had become disloyal…
Europe in the 14th century