 On 6 February 1859, on his first journey to Bucharest since being elected "domnitor" of Wallachia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza was greeted at the edge of the city of Buzău by the commander of the "dorobanţi", who was carrying a tricolor flag.The sight deeply moved Cuza.Until 1861 the old flags of Moldavia and Wallachia were used alongside the tricolor.