The last information about him comes from 1514, when he asked the saxons from Brașov to deliver his weapons left there by John Zápolya to his residence in Cetatea de Baltă (at that time owned by Bogdan III of Moldavia), and requested assistance in fighting the Turks. In 1521, a false venetian story saying that he managed to take the throne from Teodosie with help from Mehmed bei of Nicopolis circulated in Budapest.
The last recorded details about him come from 1514, when he requested the Saxons of Brașov to transport his abandoned arms left behind by John Zápolya to his home in Cetatea de Baltă (which was then controlled by Bogdan III of Moldavia), and sought help in battling the Turks. In 1521, a false Venetian tale circulated that he had successfully seized the throne from Teodosie with assistance from Mehmed bei of Nicopolis in Budapest.