Roman I Mușat of Moldavia was born 1345 to NN son of Bogdan I and Margareta Mușat (c1325-c1394) and died 1394 of unspecified causes.
Roman I was Voivode of Moldavia from December 1391 to March 1394.
The parentage of Roman I is uncertain. According to recent studies, he would be the son of an unknown son of Bogdan I of Moldavia (possibly named Stephen) and of Margareta Mușat (c1325-1394). [1] [2]
During his reign, Moldova incorporated all the territories between the Carpathians and Dniester, Roman I becoming the first Moldavian ruler to call himself "voivode from the Carpathian mountains to the Black Sea shore". The important fortress of Cetatea Albă 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, his brother in law Fiodor Koriatovici of Podolia, feeling threatened by the unification of Poland and Lithuania following the Krewo and Ostrów agreements, formed an alliance with Vladimir Olgierdovich of Kiev, Koribut Olgierdovich of Northern Novgorod and Švitrigaila of Vitebsk against the king of Poland Władysław II and Lithuanian grand duke Vytautas the Great. After their defeat at Bratslav, 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, considered to be named in his honour.
He was interred in the Bogdana Monastery of Rădăuți. <references>
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| Preceded by Petru II of Moldavia |
Voivode of Moldavia 1391–1394 |
Succeeded by Stephen I of Moldavia |
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Stephen I of Moldavia (c1365-1399) | 1345 | Rymgajla of Lithuania (c1369-c1428) | |
| Mihail Muşat (c1366-c1380) | 1345 | 1380 | |
| Iuga of Moldavia (c1368-c1406) | 1368 | 1403 Wallachia, Romania | |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Alexander I of Moldavia (c1370-1432) | 1370 | 1 January 1432 | Margareta Loszonc Ana Neacşa Rymgajla of Lithuania (c1369-c1428) Mariana |
| Bogdan Muşat (c1375-c1430) | |||
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