The House of Bogdan, commonly referred to as the House of Mușat, was the ruling family which established the

Principality of Moldova Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Cent ...

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Bogdan I Bogdan I, or Bogdan the Founder ( ro, Bogdan Întemeietorul), was the first independent ruler, or voivode, of Moldavia in the 1360s. He had initially been the voivode, or head, of the Vlachs in the Voivodeship of Maramureș in the Kingdom of H ...

( 1363–1367), giving the country its first line of

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, one closely related with the Basarab rulers of

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by several marriages through time. The Mușatins are named after Margareta Mușata who married Costea, a son of Bogdan I. For a long time it has been thought that Mușata was a daughter of Bogdan I and Costea was a member of House of Basarab who bore the name Muşat, all speculations unsupported by any documents. The word ''mușat'', which gives the dynasty its name, means ''handsome'' in old Romanian.

Genealogy

Recent studies,Rezachevici, Constantin, ''Cronologia critică a domnilor din Ţara Românească şi Moldova, a. 1324–1881'', vol. I, Editura Enciclopedică, București, 2001, based on the careful consideration of existing documents and a recently discovered chronicle of Moldavia in

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, managed to establish the most likely link between Bogdan I and his successors from the so-called ''house of Mușat'', as well as the succession line and ruling periods of each prince from the 14th century. The following genealogical tree is an oversimplified version, meant to show only the ruling princes, their documented brothers and sisters, and the spouses/extramarital ''liaisons'' of those who had ruling heirs, following the conventions: * Ruling princes have their name emphasized and their ruling years in Moldavia. * Several members of House of Musat ruled in

; those reigning years are marked with ''W''. * If the prince died while ruling, the last year is preceded by a cross. * Small numbers at the end of each name are meant to indicate the mother of each offspring. * No number when the father had several spouses or extramarital affairs, means the mother is unknown. * Spouses and extramarital ''liaisons'' are separated by a horizontal line. *Indeterminate or illegitimate descent are presented with dashed vertical lines.

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* (partial genealogy) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogdan Romanian noble families Rulers of Moldavia Romanian royal houses

Genealogy

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