Neamuri şi înrudiri la boierii lui Ştefan cel Mare
Stephen the Great’s Boyars. Families and Kinships

Summary/Abstract: The genealogy of the grand boyars of the time of Stephen the Great can be traced back to the second part of fourteenth century. The boyars of Stephen the Great, and those of Petru Rareş and of Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, in the sixteenth century, were the descendants of the brave soldiers rallied around Dragoş and Bogdan, the founders of Moldavia. A demonstration of this assertion can only be made through prosopographical research. The present paper is focused on the families and kinships of ten members on the princely council of Stephen the Great: Ion Dobrul, stolnic Barsu, Cozma Şandrovici, pârcălab Şteful, Ivaşco Hrincovici, Steţco Dămăcuş, Oană Pântece, Hodco Ştibor, Toma Cândea, and Costea Orăş. The author’s research efforts point out to 20 additional officials of Stephen the Great, parents and relatives of the aforementioned boyars. It is concluded that the fundamental principle of all boyar families lay in successful matrimonial alliances with the purpose to preserve patrimony and determine an increase in the authority of the family. For this reason, the political elite of the time of Stephen the Great had old and extensive kinships.

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