House of Dragoș

House of Dragoș (Drăgoșești)
Country
Titles
Founded 1352: Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia

The House of Dragoș,[1] also known as the House of Drăgoșești[2][3] (Hungarian: Drágfy , Drágffy, Drágffi) was founded by Dragoș[4][5] (also known as Dragoș Vodă[6] or Dragoș of Bedeu[7]), who was traditionally been considered the first ruler[4] or prince of Moldavia and who was Voivode in Maramureş.[8]

Notable members

Family descendants

Currently the family descendants live in Romania (Maramureș County and Oaș Country of Satu Mare County), also in Poland, Ukraine.

Coat of arms

References

  1. http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/bitstream/123456789/48190/1/Pop%20Ioan%20Aurel-Medieval%20Genealogies%20of%20Maramures-2010.pdf, 22.03.2015
  2. http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/bitstream/123456789/48164/1/Pop%20Ioan%20Aurel-Genealogii%20maramuresene-2011.pdf, 22.03.2015
  3. Romanian: Proiect de hotarare Primăria Municipiului Sighetu Marmaţiei Nr. 5651/09.04.2014, 12.11.2014
  4. 1 2 Klepper, Nicolae. Romania: An Illustrated History.
  5. Georgescu, Vlad. The Romanians: A History.
  6. Brezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (2007) "Dragoş Vodă (?ca. 1353)" Historical Dictionary of Moldova (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, pages 124-125, ISBN 978-0-8108-5607-3
  7. Spinei, Victor. Moldavia in the 11th-14th Centuries.
  8. Ro: http://www.probasarabiasibucovina.ro/Carti/IstoriaMaramuresului.pdf

Sources

House of Dragoș (Drăgoșești)
New title Ruling House of Moldavia
1345 – 1364
Succeeded by
House of Bogdan-Mușat
Preceded by
Báthory
Ruling House of Transylvania
1493 – 1499
Succeeded by
Szentgyörgyi


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