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Bogdan I of Moldavia

1306 - 1367

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Bogdan I, commonly known as Bogdan the Founder (Romanian: 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 Hungary. However, when the first certain record was made of him in 1343, he was mentioned as a former voivode who had become disloyal to Louis I of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bogdan I of Moldavia has received more than 101,761 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bogdan I of Moldavia is the 6,858th most popular politician (up from 7,454th in 2019).

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bogdan I of Moldavia ranks 6,858 out of 19,576Before him are Shigechiyo Izumi, Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Catalina de Erauso, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Curtis LeMay, and Daniel arap Moi. After him are George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, Kaliman I of Bulgaria, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, and Radola Gajda.

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Among people born in 1306, Bogdan I of Moldavia ranks 4Before him are Philip III of Navarre, Andrea Dandolo, and Anna of Savoy.  Among people deceased in 1367, Bogdan I of Moldavia ranks 2Before him is Peter I of Portugal. After him are Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, and Ashikaga Yoshiakira.

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