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Roman I (? – March 1394) was
Voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...
of
Moldavia 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 Centr ...
from December 1391 to March 1394. He was the second son of Costea and Margareta Muşata (= "the beautiful" in Old Romanian) the daughter of the first ruler of Moldavia, Bogdan I and the founder Muşatin family. During his reign, Moldova incorporated all the territories between the
Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The ...
and
Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
, Roman I becoming the first Moldavian ruler to call himself "voivode from the arpathianmountains to the Black_Sea_.html"_;"title="Black_Sea.html"_;"title="Black_Sea">Black_Sea_">Black_Sea.html"_;"title="Black_Sea">Black_Sea_shore"_or_"Prince_of_Moldavia,_from_the_Carpathian_Mountains_to_the_Sea."_The_important_fortress_of_Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.html" "title="Black_Sea">Black_Sea_.html" ;"title="Black_Sea.html" ;"title="Black Sea">Black Sea ">Black_Sea.html" ;"title="Black Sea">Black Sea shore" or "Prince of Moldavia, from the Carpathian Mountains to the Sea." The important fortress of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi">Cetatea Albă Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...
also came under Moldavian rule during this period. Like the previous Moldavian rulers, he paid homage to the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło. However, in 1393 he supported Fyodor Koriatovych, the prince of Podolia, in the war against Władysław II and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuanian grand duke Vytautas the Great, Vytautas. After their defeat at
Braclaw Bratslav ( uk, Брацлав; pl, Bracław; yi, בראָצלעוו, ''Brotslev'', today also pronounced Breslev or '' Breslov'' as the name of a Hasidic group, which originated from this town) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, located ...
, Roman was forced to give up the throne in favour of his son Stephen I. Roman I built the first church and fortifications in the town of
Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
, considered to be named in his honour. He was interred in
Bogdana Monastery Bogdana Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in the town of Rădăuți, northern Romania. Its church is the oldest still standing religious building in Moldavia. The monastery was built by Bogdan I of Moldavia (1359–1365) sometime around ...
, the princely church of Rădăuţi. His wife was Anastasia. According to some historians she could be sister of
Mircea the Elder Mircea the Elder ( ro, Mircea cel Bătrân, ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited t ...
's mother. Others consider her the daughter of
Lațcu of Moldavia Lațcu was Voivode of Moldavia from c. 1367 to c. 1375. He converted to the Roman Catholic faith and attempted to strengthen his realm's autonomy by establishing a Roman Catholic diocese directly subordinated to the Holy See. However, he see ...
- unlikely as Latcu's daughter would have been his first cousin.


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Unibuc CLASSICA, University of BucharestThe oldest Moldavian document, sealed by Roman I of Moldavia
Rulers of Moldavia House of Bogdan-Mușat Burials at Bogdana Monastery Roman, Romania {{Europe-royal-stub