 The history of what is today Moldova has been intertwined with that of Poland for centuries.The Polish chronicler Jan Długosz mentioned Moldavians (under the name "Wallachians") as having joined a military expedition in 1342, under King Ladislaus I, against the Margraviate of Brandenburg.The Polish state was powerful enough to counter the Hungarian Kingdom which was consistently interested in bringing the area that would become Moldova into its political orbit.