Eustratie (orIstrate) "the Drunk"^[1]Dabija (? – 11 September 1665) wasPrince (Voivode) ofMoldavia between 1661 and his death in September 1665.

Eustratie Dabija
View of the burial, at theBârnova Monastery
Prince of Moldavia
Reign	19 September 1661 – 11 September 1665
Predecessor	Ștefăniță Lupu
Successor	George Ducas
Born	unknown
Died	11 September 1665
Issue	Anastasiya Dabizha
Religion	Orthodox

As financial collapse had marked the history of Moldavia for several decades running, Dabija is noted for re-introducing themint inSuceava from his first year of rule. Previous large-scaleinflation anddevaluation had made Moldaviancurrency undesirable, so the state had to resort to issuingcounterfeit coinage, mainlySwedish andLivonianshillings andriksdalers. Produced with the assistance ofPolish mintmaster Titus Livius Boratini, the imitations are, usually, of extremely poor quality. The only proper monetary issue of his rule are theşalăi (in sources that useLatin, they are referred to assolidi), the smallest coin on the market.

Eustratie Dabija assisted theOttomans during two of their campaigns intoTransdanubia against theHabsburgs, in 1663 and 1664.

He was the step-father ofAnastasiya Dabizha.

He was the father of Maria Dabizha. Her family married her to a rising politician of the country, IordacheRosetti, But Maria died in a few years after the wedding.

Mihai Eminescu's poem,Umbra lui Istrate Dabija - Voievod ("Prince Istrate Dabija's shadow"), presents the image of aninebriated and jovial leader ruling over an isolated andbucolic country.

• Counterfeit coins produced by the Suceava mint under Eustratie Dabija and his successors
• "Şalăi" in the same source
• Mihai Eminescu'sUmbra lui Istrate Dabija - Voievod (in Romanian)