{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Principality of Moldavia",
  "now": "romania",
  "years": "1346–1859",
  "id": "moldavia",
  "index": "c/romania:1346",
  "title": "Banner of the Principality of Moldavia",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#c8102e",
      "note": "Gules field."
    },
    {
      "color": "gold",
      "hex": "#ffcc00",
      "note": "Aurochs head, rose, crescent, star."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Principality of Moldavia (1346–1859) was a Romanian Orthodox state east of the Carpathians, famous for its defiance of the Ottomans under Stephen III (Ștefan cel Mare, 1457–1504)\n - **Construction:** a red banner bearing a gold **aurochs head** with a five-pointed star between its horns, flanked by a rose and a crescent moon — the founding legend-emblem of Voivode Dragoș (c. 1346)\n - The aurochs is still on the Moldovan coat of arms and appears on Romania's arms beside the Wallachian eagle",
  "flag": "empires/moldavia.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Principality of Moldavia",
    "officialName": "Țara Moldovei",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Stephen the Great fought 36 battles defending Moldavian independence; Pope Sixtus IV called him **Athleta Christi**\n - Moldavia united with Wallachia in 1859 to form modern Romania; its eastern half was annexed by Russia in 1812 (today's Republic of Moldova)\n - The aurochs (European bison) was a real animal in medieval Carpathian forests — extinct in the wild by the 17th century",
  "_name": "Principality of Moldavia",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "moldavia"
}