• Vlad I (? – 1396/97?) known as Uzurpatorul (the Usurper), was a ruler of Wallachia in what later became Romania. He usurped the throne from Mircea I of...
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    history and a national hero of Romania. He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in 1436. Vlad and his younger brother, Radu...
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    Michael I of Wallachia, Radu II of Wallachia, Alexander I Aldea and Vlad II Dracul, and grandfather of Mircea II, Vlad Țepeș (Dracula), Vlad Călugărul and...
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    1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula...
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  • prince, of Wallachia in 1442. He was the oldest son of Vlad II Dracul and brother of Vlad Țepeș and Radu the Handsome. He was the grandson of his namesake...
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  • of Wallachia as Vlad V Vlad VI Înecatul (c. 1508 – 1532), voivode of Wallachia Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina (died 1535), voivode of Wallachia as Vlad VII...
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    Dobokai. It has been suggested that his son was Vlad I of Wallachia. During his reign, the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja was split in two parts, as...
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  • I Aldea (1397 – December 1436) was a Voivode of Wallachia (1431–1436) from the House of Basarab, son of Mircea the Elder. He came to rule Wallachia during...
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    Vlad IV Călugărul ("Vlad IV the Monk"; prior to 1425 – September 1495) was the Prince of Wallachia in 1481 and then from 1482 to 1495. His father Vlad...
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    Radu the Handsome (category Princes of Wallachia)
    the younger brother of Vlad the Impaler (a.k.a. Vlad III) and prince of the principality of Wallachia. They were both sons of Vlad II Dracul and his wife...
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    century by Basarab I after a rebellion against Charles I of Hungary, although the first mention of the territory of Wallachia west of the river Olt dates...
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    Vlad VI of Wallachia (c. 1508 – September 1532) was the voivode (prince) who ruled Wallachia between June 1530 and September 1532. He has been historically...
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  • This is a list of princes of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the...
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    of Wallachia (1420–1421, 1421–1423, 1423–1424, 1426–1427, and 1427–1431), four were within a period of only seven years. Dan was the son of Dan I of Wallachia...
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    to Charles I of Hungary as the voivode of Wallachia. Basarab became "disloyal to the Holy Crown of Hungary" in 1325. He seized the Banate of Severin and...
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    Radu I (died 1383) was a Voivode of Wallachia (c. 1377 – c. 1383). His year of birth is unattested in primary sources. He was the son of Nicolae Alexandru...
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    Michael I (Romanian: Mihail I), (? – August 1420) was Voivode of Wallachia from 1415 to 1420. He was the only legitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia, who...
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    of Wallachia, was killed by their cousin, Vlad Dracula, in a duel in 1456, Dan settled in Brașov. Besides Dan, Vlad Dracula's half-brother, Vlad the...
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    Târgoviște) was a battle fought between forces of Prince Vlad III of Wallachia, and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, 17 June 1462. The...
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    după viața lui Vlad Voievod căruia norodul i-au zis Țepeș" (Crucified between crosses or the life of and the time after grand duke Vlad, whom the people...
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    Bran Castle (category Castles of the Teutonic Knights)
    tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler, voivode of Wallachia, who shares his name with Dracula. Stoker's description of Dracula's crumbling fictional...
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    The military of Wallachia existed throughout the history of the country. Starting from its founding to 1860, when it was united with the Moldavian army...
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    Radu of Afumați. The dynasty was named after Basarab I, who gained the independence of Wallachia from the Kingdom of Hungary around 1325. The origin of the...
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    (reigned 1316 to 1325), king of Syrmia Vladislav of Bosnia, ruler of Banate of Bosnia, died 1354 Vladislav I, ruler of Wallachia 1364–c. 1377 Władysław II...
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    Mircea III Dracul (category Princes of Wallachia)
    (died 1534) was one of the two sons of Mihnea cel Rău, making him the grandson of Vlad Dracula. He ruled as prince of Wallachia between 12 October 1509...
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  • Tihomir, was the father of Basarab, who would become the first independent voivode of Wallachia. Many Romanian historians, such as Vlad Georgescu and Marcel...
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    Jadwiga was her childless sister's heir in Hungary. Vlad I of Wallachia, a Hungarian vassal, issued an act of submission on 28 May, acknowledging Jadwiga and...
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  • Basarab the Young (category Princes of Wallachia)
    Transylvania with Vlad III Țepeș (Țepeș = the Impaler) who was preferred by king Matthias Corvinus and Stephen III for the throne of Wallachia & subsequently...
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  • The founding of Wallachia (Romanian: descălecatul Țării Românești), that is the establishment of the first independent Romanian principality, was achieved...
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    took place, Mircea the Elder was removed from the throne of Wallachia and replaced by Vlad I (1394–1396) with Turkish help. As a result, in July 1395...
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