Iliaș I.

Iliaș I. , also Ilie , (* before 1432; † after 1442) was a son from the marriage of Alexandru cel Bun with a Moldovan named Ana Neacșa. He ruled from January 1, 1432 to November 1433 as Prince of the Principality of Moldova .

Iliaș was initially awarded the area around Sepenik by Jagiello on the occasion of his oath in 1433 . In 1433 he was selected by Prince I. Stefan , an illegitimate son of Alexander replaced, on the occasion of its tribute to rule the Sepeniker area and the title of Wojwoden received. Both had previously fought against Poland with their deceased father and after a year offered homage to the Polish king. In August 1435, after being mediated by Poland, the brothers concluded a contract and ruled until December 1442, each with the same rank as the title of lord of the Moldovan country . Iliaș paid homage to the Polish king in Lemberg in 1435, officially renounced the Sepenik area and vowed to pay taxes and tribute payments. He received his income from the northern parts of the country, Stefan in turn from the area around Vasluiu , Birlad , Tecuci , Olteni, Covurluiu and Chilia.

Stefan's territory was far more exposed to attacks from the Ottoman Empire than that of Iliaș. In May 1443, with the support of Johann Hunyadis , the later regent of Hungary, he attacked his brother's territory, conquered it and let Iliaş blinded according to Turkish and Byzantine custom . Marinka, the wife of Iliaș and sister of Sophie Holszańska , the wife of the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło, fled the country and left the castles of the Sepenik area to the Poles. Stefan was later beheaded on behalf of Roman , the son of Iliaș.

literature

• Nicolae Iorga: History of the Romanian people in the context of their state formation . Volume I, Gotha 1905, pp. ~ 309-319