Eustratie (or Istrate) Dabija was Prince (Voivode) of Moldavia between 1661 and his death in September 1665. Categories: Lists of office-holders | Rulers of Moldavia | History of Romania ... For the heavy metal music band see Voivod (band). ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ...

As finacial collapse had marked the history of Moldavia for previous decades, Dabija is noted for re-introducing the mint in Suceava from his first year of rule. Previous large-scale inflation and devaluation had made Moldavian currency undesirable, so the state had to resort to issuing counterfeit coinage, mainly Swedish and Livonian shillings and riksdalers. Produced with the assistance of Polish mintmaster Titus Livius Boratini, the imitations are, usually, of extremely poor quality. The only proper monetary issue of his rule are the şalăi (in sources that use Latin, they are refered to as solidi), the smallest coin on the market. A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ... Suceava (pronunciation in Romanian: ; German: Suczawa, Yiddish: שאָץ Shots) is a municipality-status city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ... Devaluation is a reduction in the value of a currency. ... A counterfeit is an imitation that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. ... Estonia, Livonia and Courland from a 1740 map Livonia (Latvian: Livonija; Estonian: Liivimaa; German: Livland; Polish: Inflanty; Russian: Лифляндия or Liflandiya) once was the land of the Finnic Livonians, but came in the Middle Ages to designate a much broader territory controlled by the Livonian Order on the eastern coasts of... The shilling (or informally: bob) was an English coin first issued in 1548 for Henry VIII, although arguably the testoon issued about 1487 for Henry VII was the first English shilling. ... The Riksdaler was the name of the currency used in Sweden until 1873 when it was replaced with the krona as an effect of the Scandinavian Monetary Union. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A solidus (the Latin word for solid) was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans. ...

Eustratie Dabija assisted the Ottomans during two of their campaigns into Transdanubia against the Habsburgs, in 1663 and 1664. Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Sogut (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanlı Dynasty... This article is about Transdanubia, the region in Hungary. ... The Habsburg Monarchy, often called Austrian Monarchy or simply Austria, are the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine, between 1526 and 1867/1918. ... // Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ...

Mihai Eminescu's poem, Umbra lui Istrate Dabija - Voievod ("Prince Istrate Dabija's shadow"), presents the image of an inebriated and jovial leader over an isolated and bucolic country. Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (pronunciation in Romanian: ) a. ... Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated with alcohol (i. ... Bucolic, although often used as an adjective, is a noun originally describing a type of pastoral poetry that praises rural life over that of the city. ...

External links

• Counterfeit coins produced by the Suceava mint under Eustratie Dabija and his succesors
• "Şalăi" in the same source
• Mihai Eminescu's "Umbra lui Istrate Dabija - Voievod" (in Romanian)