House of Dragoș

House of Dragoș (Drăgoșești)
Country	Maramureş, Oaș Country, Moldavia, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Ruthenian Voivodeship
Titles	Prince of Moldavia Voivode of Maramureş Voivode of Transylvania Count of Szatmár County Count of Ugocsa County Count of Máramaros County Count of the Székelys Judge Royal of the Kingdom of Hungary Count of Kraszna County Master of the cupbearers Count of Közép-Szolnok County
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

• Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia
• Sas of Moldavia
• Giula of Giulești
• Balc of Moldavia
• Bartolomeu Dragfi
• Drág, Count of the Székelys
• Bertalan Drágffy, Count of the Székelys
• John Drágfi

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

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  Sas coat of arms

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  Coat of arms of the Transylvanian-Saxon family Drágfi de Beltiug (Hungarian Drágffy de Béltek) scions of Dragoş I of Bedeu

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. 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

• C. Tóth, Norbert (2012). "Szász vajda utódainak felemelkedése és bukása. A család vázlatos története 1365–1424 között [The Rise and Fall of the Descendants of Voivode Szász: The Schematic History of the Family between 1365–1424]". In Hegyi, Géza; W. Kovács, András. A Szilágyság és a Wesselényi család (14–17. század) (in Hungarian). Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület. pp. 135–166. ISBN 978-606-8178-64-6.
• Horváth, Richárd (2012). "A bélteki Drágfiak és a királyi udvar kapcsolata a Hunyadiak korában [The family Drágfi of Beltiug (Béltek) and the Royal Court in the Hunyadis' time (1424–1490)]". In Hegyi, Géza; W. Kovács, András. A Szilágyság és a Wesselényi család (14–17. század) (in Hungarian). Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület. pp. 167–212. ISBN 978-606-8178-64-6.
• Neumann, Tibor (2012). "Drágfi Bertalan politikai szerepe II. Ulászló király idején [The Political Role of Bartholomew Drágfi in the reign of King Wladislas II]". In Hegyi, Géza; W. Kovács, András. A Szilágyság és a Wesselényi család (14–17. század) (in Hungarian). Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület. pp. 213–235. ISBN 978-606-8178-64-6.