Alexander I, commonly known as Alexander the Good (Romanian: Alexandru cel Bun; Romanian: [alekˈsandru t͡ʃel bun] ; c. 1375 – 1 January 1432) was Voivode of Moldavia between 1400 and 1432. He was the son of Roman I and succeeded Iuga to the throne. As ruler he initiated a series of reforms while consolidating the status of the Principality of Moldavia.
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Alexander expanded the bureaucratic system by creating the "Council of the Voivode", the Chancellory and by adding (in 1403) the institution of Logofăt – Chancellor of the official Chancellery.
During his reign, he introduced new fiscal laws by adding commercial privileges to the traders of Lviv (1408) and Kraków (1409), improved the situation of trading routes (especially the one linking the port of Cetatea Albă to Poland), strengthened the forts by guarding them and expanded the Moldavian ports of Cetatea Albă and Chilia.
He also had a role in ending the conflict between the Moldavian Orthodox Church and the Patriarch of Constantinople. He built the Bistrița Monastery, where he is buried, and continued the building of the Neamț Monastery, which was started in the previous century.