Army of the Principality of Moldavia

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The Army of the Principality of Moldavia was the medieval and early modern military force of the Moldavian state in Eastern Europe, known for defending its autonomy against larger regional powers such as the Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, and Hungary.

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Army of the Principality of Moldavia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeDuring Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
conflictWith Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
dissolvedWith incorporation of Moldavian territories into larger empires ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Baia ⓘ
Battle of Podul Înalt ⓘ
Battle of Vaslui ⓘ
Moldavian–Hungarian conflicts ⓘ
Moldavian–Ottoman wars ⓘ
Moldavian–Polish wars ⓘ
garrisoned fortresses of Moldavia ⓘ
historicalLanguageContext Romanian ⓘ
notableCommander Alexander the Good ⓘ
John III the Terrible ⓘ
Stephen the Great ⓘ
operatedIn Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
partOf military history of Moldova ⓘ
military history of Romania ⓘ
primaryEnemy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
primaryRole defense of state autonomy ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
recruitmentType feudal levy ⓘ
mercenaries ⓘ
peasant levies ⓘ
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
successor armed forces of modern Romania ⓘ
task border defense ⓘ
protection of trade routes ⓘ
support of princely authority ⓘ
usedBy rulers of Moldavia ⓘ
voivodes of Moldavia ⓘ
usedTactic ambushes ⓘ
defensive warfare ⓘ
fortified positions ⓘ
scorched earth ⓘ
usedUnitType artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
light cavalry ⓘ

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Army of the Principality of Wallachia → relatedTo → Army of the Principality of Moldavia ⓘ