Principality of Moldavia

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Romanian historical state early modern state former principality medieval state

The Principality of Moldavia was a medieval and early modern Romanian state in Eastern Europe that existed from the 14th to the 19th century, encompassing territories that are now part of Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.

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Label Occurrences
Principality of Moldavia canonical 19
medieval Principality of Moldavia 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romanian historical state ⓘ
early modern state ⓘ
former principality ⓘ
medieval state ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Wallachia ⓘ
capital Iași NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suceava NERFINISHED ⓘ
coexistedWith Principality of Transylvania ⓘ
Wallachia ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Wallachia
continent Europe ⓘ
currency ducat ⓘ
gros ⓘ
dissolution 19th century ⓘ
flagSymbol aurochs head ⓘ
foundedBy Bogdan I of Moldavia ⓘ
Dragoș of Maramureș ⓘ
governmentType hereditary principality ⓘ
historicalRegion Moldavia ⓘ
inception 14th century ⓘ
laterUsedScript Latin script ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
lostTerritory Bessarabia ⓘ
Bukovina ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Russian Empire ⓘ
majorReligionInstitution Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitanate of Moldavia
namedAfter Moldova River ⓘ
notableRuler Alexander the Good ⓘ
Prince Dimitrie Cantemir ⓘ
surface form: Dimitrie Cantemir

Stephen the Great ⓘ
officialLanguage Romanian ⓘ
partOfPresentDay Moldova ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Moldova

Romania ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
rulingDynasty House of Bogdan-Mușat ⓘ
House of Mușat ⓘ
Phanariote rulers ⓘ
successorState Romania ⓘ
Principality of Romania ⓘ
surface form: United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
unionDate 1859 ⓘ
unionFormedEntity Principality of Romania ⓘ
surface form: United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
unionWith Wallachia ⓘ
usedScript Cyrillic script ⓘ
vassalOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bukovina → historicallyPartOf → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Treaty of Adrianople (1829) → grantedAutonomyTo → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Treaty of Jassy → placeSigned → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Chișinău → historicalRegion → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Battle of Pruth → hasParticipant → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Battle of Pruth → hasBelligerent → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Bessarabia → formerSubdivisionOf → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Iași → formerCapitalOf → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Alexandru Ioan Cuza → countryOfCitizenship → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Alexandru Ioan Cuza → birthPlace → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Moldavian Magnate Wars → mainTheater → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Moldavian Magnate Wars → involvedParty → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Romania and Moldova → shareHistoricalState → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Moldovans → historicalStateTradition → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Western Moldavia → historicalAffiliation → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Budjak → historicallyRuledBy → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Principality of Romania → precededBy → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Southern Bukovina → historicalAffiliation → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Churches of Moldavia → partOf → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Principality of Moldavia
Suceava → formerCapitalOf → Principality of Moldavia ⓘ