Sas of Moldavia

Voivode of Moldavia

Sas

Voivode of Moldavia
Reign| c. 1353/1360 – c. 1357/1364
Predecessor| Dragoş
Successor| (?) Balc
Died| c. 1357/1364
Issue| Balc
Drag
Dragomir
Ştefan
Dynasty| House of Dragoș
Father| Dragoş

Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second voivode of Moldavia (c. 1353/1360 – c. 1357/1364).[1][2] He followed his father Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of king Louis I of Hungary to establish a line of defense against the Golden Horde.[2] All chronicles show that he reigned four years.[1]

According to the sequence of the voivodes listed in the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, he was followed by Bogdan (who would become the first independent ruler of Moldavia), but several historians (e.g., Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, Ştefan Pascu) consider Balc as his successor.[1] Victor Spinei thinks that Bogdan came to Moldavia immediately after the death of Sas, before Balc was able to consolidate his reign.[1]

The Drágfi of Béltek family, whose estates would encompass over a hundred villages in the Kingdom of Hungary,[3] descended from one of his sons, Drag.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Spinei, Victor. Moldavia in the 11th-14th Centuries.
2. ^ a b Treptow, Kurt W.; Popa, Marcel. Historical Dictionary of Romania.
3. ^ Köpeczi, Béla; Makkai, László; Mócsy, András; Szász, Zoltán; Barta, Gábor. History of Transylvania – Volume I: From the beginnings to 1606.

## Sources

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* Köpeczi, Béla (General Editor) – Makkai, László; Mócsy, András; Szász, Zoltán (Editors) – Barta, Gábor (Assistant Editor): History of Transylvania - Volume I: From the beginnings to 1606; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; ISBN 963-05-6703-2
* Spinei, Victor: Moldavia in the 11th-14th Centuries; Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1986, Bucharest
* Treptow, Kurt W. – Popa, Marcel: Historical Dictionary of Romania (the list ‘Rulers of Romania – Moldavia’, and entry ‘Dragoş (Mid-14th Century)’); The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996, Lanham (Maryland, USA) & Folkestone (UK); ISBN 0-8108-3179-1

Sas of Moldavia

House of Dragoș

Regnal titles
Preceded by

Dragoș

|  Voivode of Moldavia
1353-1360 – 1357-1364  | Succeeded by

Balc