Iuga of Moldavia

Iuga of Moldavia (14th century – July 19, 1400) (known also as Iurg or Iurie in Romanian literature, Yury in Ruthenian, Jerzy in Polish; the epithet Ologul means "the Crippled")^[1] was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia from November 1399 to June 1400.^{[citation needed]} According to one hypothesis, he may have been the Lithuanian prince George Koriatovich. Other hypotheses posit him as the son of Roman I of Moldavia (1391–1394) and an unknown wife, possibly of Lithuanian extraction from descendants of Karijotas,^{[citation needed]} confused with the Lithuanian prince because of the similar name and background.^{[citation needed]} The nickname "the Crippled" can be found only in the chronicle of Putna Monastery, drafted in the first years of the 16th century, but its origins are unknown.^{[citation needed]} The reasons why he has remained in history with this nickname are not known precisely (probably suffered from a disease that makes it difficult to move).