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Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru I Muşat, Alexander the Kind) was the Voivode ( Prince ) of Moldavia 1400 - 1432 , son of Roman I Muşat . He succeeded Iuga to the throne. During his reign he initiated a series of reforms, and consolidated the status of the Moldavian Principality. INTERNAL POLITICS Alexandru cel Bun expanded the Bureaucratical system by creating the "Council of the Voivod", the Chancellory and by adding the institution of Logofăt - Chancellor of the official Chancellery (in 1403 ). During his reign, he introduced new fiscal laws, by adding commercial privileges to the traders of Lviv ( 1408 ) and Krakow ( 1409 ), improved the situation of the trading routes (especially the one linking the port of Cetatea Albă to Poland ), strengthened the forts guarding them, and expanded the Moldavian ports of Cetatea Albă, Brăila and Chilia . He also had a role in ending the conflict of the Moldavian Eastern Orthodox with the Patriarch Of Constantinople , and built the monasteries of Moldoviţa and Bistriţa- Neamţ . EXTERNAL AFFAIRS The main concern of Alexandru cel Bun was to defend the country in wars against superior armies. In order to do that, he forged a system of alliances with Wallachia and Poland, generally against Hungary . In 1402 , he was sworn Vassal of Wladislaus II Of Poland , the King of Poland. The treaty was renewed in 1404 , 1407 , 1411 and 1415 . n coin]] Alexandru cel Bun participated in two battles against the Teutonic Knights in 1410 at Grunwald and in 1422 at Marienburg . He also got involved in the power struggles of Wallachia , by helping Radu II Chelul in 1418 - 1419 and Alexandru I Aldea in 1429 , mostly in order to prevent the capture of Chilia. In 1431 , due to a territorial claim of Poland and the previous failure of the Polish king to fulfill his part of the vassality treaty during an Ottoman attack in 1420, Alexandru launched an attack on Poland, that ended with the treaty of Suceava on November 18 . LIFE Alexandru cel Bun had four legitimate wives - Margareta Loszonc, '''Ana Neacşa''', ''' Rymgajla ''' (daughter of Butaw of Black Ruthenia and sister of Vytautas The Great of Lithuania ; divorced 1421 ), and '''Mariana''' - and at least three concubines. He had twenty-four sons (including Illegitimate ) - six of them later reigning in Moldavia - and seventeen daughters. He was father-in-law to Vlad II Dracul of Wallachia . He died on January 1 1432 , and was buried in the monastery of Bistriţa- Neamţ . EXTERNAL LINK
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