Iancu Sasul

Iancu Sasul
Prince of Moldavia
Reign21 November 1579 – September 1582
PredecessorPeter the Lame
SuccessorPeter the Lame
Bornunknown
Died28 September 1582
Lviv
IssueBogdan Sasul, Chrisotina
DynastyBogdan-Mușat
FatherPetru Rareș
ReligionOrthodox

Iancu Sasul (John the Saxon) or Ioan Vodă V (Voivode John V; died 28 September 1582) was the bastard son of Petru Rareş from his relationship with the wife of Braşov Transylvanian Saxon Iorg (Jürgen) Weiss, and Prince of Moldavia between November 1579 and September 1582.