Description: Alexander the Good(Romanian:Alexandru cel Bunpronounced[aleksandru tel bun]orAlexandru I Muat; c. 1375 1 January 1432) was aVoivode(Lord) ofMoldavia, reigning between 1400 and 1432,son ofRoman I Muat. He succeededIugato the throne,and, as a ruler, initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Moldavian Principality. Alexander expanded thebureaucraticsystem by creating the "Council of the Voivode", theChancelloryand by adding (in 1403) the institution ofLogoft Chancellor of the official Chancellery. During his reign, he introduced new fiscal laws by adding commercialprivilegesto the traders ofLviv(1408) andKrakw(1409), improved the situation of trading routes (especially the one linking the port ofCetatea AlbtoPoland), strengthened the forts by guarding them and expanded the Moldavian ports of Cetatea Alb andChilia. He also had a role in ending the conflict of the MoldavianEastern Orthodoxwith thePatriarch of Constantinople. He builtBistria Monasterywhere he is buried and continued the building ofNeam Monastery, which was started in the previous century. The main concern of Alexander the Good was to defend the country in wars against superior armies. In order to do that, he forged a system of alliances withWallachiaand Poland, generally againstHungary(although he had been backed to the throne bySigismund of Hungary). In 1402, he was swornvassalofJogaila, theKing of Poland.The treaty was renewed in 1404, 1407, 1411 and 1415. Alexander participated in two battles against theTeutonic Knights: in 1410 atGrunwaldand in 1422 atMarienburg. In 1420, he also defended Moldavia against the first incursion byOttomansatCetatea Alb. He also got involved in the power struggles of Wallachia by helpingRadu II Prasnaglavain 1418 and 1419 andAlexandru I Aldeain 1429, mostly in order to prevent the capture of Chilia. Due to a territorial claim of Poland and the previous failure of the Polish king to fulfill his part of the vassalic treaty during anOttomanattack in 1420, Alexander launched an attack on Poland during theLithuanian Civil War (14311435). The attack ended with theTreaty of Suceavaon 18 November 1431. Alexander made the first documented confirmation of thegypsyslavery in Moldova, giving the monastery of Bistria 31 gypsy families along with some cattle.Alexandru cel Bun had four legitimate wives: Margareta Loszonc, Ana Neaca,Rymgajla(daughter ofKstutisand sister ofVytautas the GreatofLithuania; divorced in 1421), and Mariana. He had several children: By Margareta: Roman Vasilisa By Ana Neaca: Ilia By Margareta or Ana: Anastasia Maria By Mariana: Petru III Alexandru Bogdan By Stanca, a concubine: Stephen II Unknown mother: Peter Aaron Bogdan II(father ofStephen the Great) Cneajna, who marriedVlad II Dracul He died on January 1, 1432, and was buried in theBistria Monastery
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