Iancu Sasul

Iancu Sasul, " the axis ", Ioan V., ( * before 1579, † September 1582 ) ruled on 21 November 1579 and August 1582 for the principality of Moldavia. He was the illegitimate son of Prince Petru Rareş and the wife of Kronstädters Jörg Weiss.

Iancu (or Hans) knew since childhood of his royal lineage. Convinced to one day ascend the throne Moldovan prince, he renounced the inheritance of his stepfather, and went to Istanbul. There, he married a girl from the Phanariotengeschlecht the Paleologu and took up the fight against Prince Petru Schiopul ( " the Lame "). Using a generous loan of Bartolomeu brutti and also thanks to his influential wife succeeded Iancu 1579 victory over the reigning prince, making him the new ruler of Moldavia.

For the people brought the first months of his reign, the great disillusionment: Iancu inflicted on the country enormous taxes and duties on, as he had one hand to repay huge debts, on the other hand also liked to get even wealth. The abundance of oppressive taxes found its bizarre climax in the so -called " văcărit ", the " cow - tithe "; all farmers had to hand over their every tenth, twentieth, etc. cow in favor of the prince.

Meanwhile, the power of his financiers brutti steadily increased since it was as the right hand of the ruler responsible for all financial matters alone. However, this ultimately led to the break with Chiajna that bitter leaves the country and are now made ​​abroad mood against her brother. Support she found it among the discontented with Iancu boyars; were added the narrow, often dubious contacts Iancus to German circles, the calls for his resignation could always be louder.

Finally, the Sublime Porte spoke of his dismissal and ordered to arrest him. Iancu now tried with a total of 100 wagons, loaded with his possessions (40 served exclusively as " armored car " ), to leave the country over Poland and start a new life in Transylvania. But he came merely to Lviv, where he was held in September 1582 to an end.

Source

  • Nicolae Iorga: History of the Romanians in their state formations. I, p 389
  • Prince ( Moldova )
  • Born in the 16th century
  • Died in 1582
  • Man
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