Description: Bogdan III the One-Eyed(Romanian:Bogdan al III-lea cel Chior) orBogdan III the Blind(Bogdan al III-lea cel Orb) (March 18, 1479 April 20, 1517) wasVoivode of Moldaviafrom July 2, 1504, to 1517. Immediately after Bogdan came to the throne, he expressed his intent to marry Elisabeth, sister ofPolishKingAlexander the Jagiellonian. After being twice refused despite offering generous gifts (including territorial concessions), he raided southern Poland, and Alexander accepted his demandsprovided that Bogdan be more lenient towards the status of theRoman Catholic Churchin Moldaviain 1506. Alexander's death andSigismund the Old's ascendancy led to a breaking of the previous agreement, provoking further incursions on each side. In October 1509, Bogdan was severely defeated on theDniesterriver; a peace was signed on January 17, 1510, when the ruler finally renounced his pretensions. In the same year, Moldavia suffered two majorTatardevastations (they are alleged to have carried away 74,000 as slaves) in 1511, the Tatars even managed to occupy most of the country. The events forced Poland, still recovering from the great invasion of 1506 , to send troops as aid, helping Bogdan regain his lands after a victory in May 1512. In 1514, in order to block the Tatar threat by enlisting the help of a powerful overlord, Bogdan sentchancellorTututo negotiate the terms of Moldavia's submission to theOttoman Empire(then under the rule of Yavuz Sultan Selim, orSelim I). ThePortedemanded that a certain sum (initially expressed as 4,000gold coins) be paid yearly, together with a ceremonial gift of 40 horses and 40 falcons, additional expenses (such as for the celebration ofEid ul-Fitr) and assistance in case of war Princes themselves were required to lead a 4,000-strong army that would place itself under the orders of theSultan. In exchange for these, Moldavia was allowed a high level ofautonomy. Bogdan was blind in one eye, most likely after a wound received during one of his many battles. While the rules of succession to the throne did exclude an impaired individual, asnsemnat("marked"), they seem to have applied just to people who had been affected before their candidacy to the throne, and to those withcongenital disorders.[citation needed] He was married to Stana, Nastasia and finally to Ruxandra, daughter ofWallachianPrinceMihnea cel Ru. He was buried next to his father (and other members of his family) inPutna Monastery.
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Composition: Silver
Year: 1517
Country/Region of Manufacture: Romania
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