The House of Dragoș, also known as the House of Drăgoșești (), was founded by Dragoș (also known as ''Dragoș Vodă''Brezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (2007) "Dragoş Vodă (?–ca. 1353)" ''Historical Dictionary of Moldova'' (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, pages 124-125, or ''Dragoș of Bedeu''), who was traditionally considered the first ruler or prince of

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

and who was ''

Voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

'' in

Maramureș ( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...

.Ro: http://www.probasarabiasibucovina.ro/Carti/IstoriaMaramuresului.pdf

Notable members

* Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia *

Sas of Moldavia Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second ''voivode'' of Moldavia (''c.'' 1353/1360 – ''c.'' 1357/1364). He followed his father Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of king Louis I of Hungary ...

*Giula of Giulești *

Balc of Moldavia Balc () was, according to many historians (''e.g.'', Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, Ştefan Pascu), the third ''voivode'' of Moldavia, ruling in ca. 1359 or 1364, but the sequence of the ''voivode''s listed in the Romanian chronicles does not refer ...

* Drág, Count of the Székelys * Bartolomeu Dragfi (Bertalan Drágffy) * John Drágfi *Gáspár Drágffy (1506-1545), fő

ispán The ispánRady 2000, p. 19.''Stephen Werbőczy: The Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts (1517)'', p. 450. or countEngel 2001, p. 40.Curta 2006, p. 355. (, , and ),Kirschbaum 2007, p. 315. deriving from title of župan, ...

of Közép-Szolnok. *Anna Drágffy (1522-1527), spouse of Kristóf Frangepán / Frankopan (†1527), Ban of

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. *Julianna Drágffy (1498-1500), spouse of András Báthori de Ecsed, Master of the cavalry (''Lovászmester''), fő

of Szabolcs et Szatmár.

Coat of arms and history

'' Dragoş I de Bedő voivode of Máramaros Prince of

and his successor son Szász de Béltek Prince of Moldavia,
- bore the blue (azure) escutcheon with the gold crescent, gold stars and gold arrow on their coat of arms. Other notable scions of Dragoş I were Bartolomeu Drágfi of Béltek, '' Comes Perpetuus'' of Közép-Szolnok County (1479–1488),

Voivode of Transylvania The Voivode of Transylvania (;Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 77. ;Zsoldos 2011, p. 36. ; ) was the highest-ranking official in Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary from the 12th century to the 16th century. Appointed by the King of Hun ...

and ''Comes'' of the Székely people (1493–1499), who had distinguished himself earlier as a royal knight of the Hungarian

Royal Court A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word ''court'' may also be app ...

defeating the

Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks () were a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group in Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia, they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire, in which they remained socio-politically dominant for the e ...

at the

Battle of Breadfield The Battle of Breadfield (, , ) was the most tremendous conflict fought in Transylvania up to that time in the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars, taking place on October 13, 1479, on the Breadfield near the Transylvanian Saxons, Saxon village of Șibot, ...

(1479) together with Pál Kinizsi, István Báthory,

Vuk Branković Vuk Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Бранковић, , 1345 – 6 October 1397) was a Serbian medieval nobleman who, during the Fall of the Serbian Empire, inherited a province that extended over present-day southern and southwestern Serbia, enti ...

and Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân.Joan cavaler de Puscariu - Date istorice privitoare la familiile nobile române (English: ''History of the Romanian Noble Families''). Editura societății culturale Pro Maramures "Dragoș Vodă", Cluj-Napoca, 2003 (in Romanian).
- Prof. Alexandru Filipascu de Dolha și Petrova - Istoria Maramureșului (English: ''History of Maramureş''), Editura "Gutinul" Baia Mare, 1997 (in Romanian).
- Wyrostek, Ludwik - Rod Dragow-Sasow na Wegrzech i Rusi Halickiej (English: ''Clan Dragow-Saxon in Hungary and neighbouring Galicia''). RTH t. XI/1931-1932 (in Polish). At the time of King

Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus (; ; ; ; ; ) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia from 1458 to 1490, as Matthias I. He is often given the epithet "the Just". After conducting several military campaigns, he was elected King of Bohemia in 1469 and ...

' death, Bartholomew Drágfi of Béltek was among the wealthiest landowners of the country, three castles, two manor houses, eight market towns and about 200 villages were in his property. His estates in Közép-Szolnok and Szatmár counties included the castles of Kővár and Erdőd together with the large lordships surrounding them, and further, the castles of Sólyom and the ''

castellum A ''castellum'' in Latin is usually: * a small Roman fortlet or tower,C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War; 2,30 a diminutive of (' military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal station like on Hadrian's Wall. It is distinct from a , which ...

'' of Csehi. Another important family member, among others, was John Drágfi of Béltek ''Comes'' of Temes County in 1525, who died 1526 in the

Battle of Mohács The Battle of Mohács (; , ) took place on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, in the Kingdom of Hungary. It was fought between the forces of Hungary, led by King Louis II of Hungary, Louis II, and the invading Ottoman Empire, commanded by Suleima ...

. File:POL COA Sas I.svg, Sas coat of arms File:POL COA Sas.JPG, Coat of arms of the Transylvanian-Saxon family Drágfi de Beltiug (Hungarian '' Drágffy de Béltek'') scions of Dragoş I of Bedeu

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Coat of arms and history

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