Dukansu Poland da Hungary sun yi amfani da raguwar Golden Horde ta hanyar fara sabon haɓaka a cikin 1340s.Bayan da sojojin kasar Hungary suka fatattaki Mongols a shekara ta 1345, an gina sabbin garu a gabashin Carpathians.Yarjejeniya ta sarauta, tarihin tarihi da sunayen wuri sun nuna cewa 'yan mulkin mallaka na Hungary da Saxon sun zauna a yankin.Dragoș ya mallaki filaye tare da Moldova tare da amincewar Sarki Louis I na Hungary, amma Vlachs sun yi tawaye ga mulkin Louis tun a ƙarshen 1350s.Kafuwar Moldavia ya fara ne da zuwan wani Vlach (Romania) voivode (shugaban soja), Dragoș, ba da daɗewa ba mutanensa suka biyo baya daga Maramureș, sannan kuma voivodeship, zuwa yankin kogin Moldova.Dragoș ya kafa siyasa a can a matsayin vassal zuwa Masarautar Hungary a cikin 1350s.An sami 'yancin kai na Masarautar Moldavia lokacin da Bogdan I, wani Vlach voivode daga Maramureș wanda ya yi rikici da Sarkin Hungarian, ya ketare Carpathians a 1359 kuma ya mallaki Moldavia, ya kori yankin daga Hungary.Ya kasance mai mulki har zuwa 1859, lokacin da ta haɗu tare da Wallachia, wanda ya fara ci gaban jihar Romania ta zamani.