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 most recent information about him dates back to 1514, when he requested the Saxons of Brașov to transport his weapons left behind by John Zápolya to his residence in Cetatea de Baltă (which was then owned by Bogdan III of Moldavia), and asked for assistance in fighting against the Turks. In 1521, a false Venetian rumor spread that he had overthrown Teodosie with the help of Mehmed bei of Nicopolis in Budapest.