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Wallachia was founded as a principality in the early 14th 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 to a charter given to the voivode Seneslau in 1246 by Béla IV of Hungary.
Oct 8, 2024 · Traditionally it is considered to have been founded in 1290 by Radu Negru (“Radu the Black”), a voivode (or military governor) of Făgăraş in southern Transylvania (then part of Hungary), who crossed the Transylvanian Alps and settled at Câmpulung.
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One Romanian tradition records that Wallachia was founded when a certain Radu Negru (‘Radu the Black’) arrived from the Făgăraș region in the 1290s after crossing the Transylvanian Alps with "a great many following him".
Wallachia was founded as a principality in the early fourteenth century by Basarab I, after a rebellion against Charles I of Hungary. In 1415, Wallachia accepted the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire; this lasted until the nineteenth century, albeit with brief periods of Russian occupation between 1768 and 1854.
The name 'Wallachia' derives from the same Germanic base word as the English name for the Romano-Britons: 'Wealas'. Situated to the mountainous region immediate south of the Carpathian Mountains, Wallachia is effectively the 'land of the foreigners'.
Jun 27, 2018 · Wallachia (Walachia, Valahia) Historic region in Romania, formerly the principality between the River Danube and the Transylvanian Alps. It is said to have been established (1290) by Ralph the Black, vassal of the King of Hungary, from whom the region secured temporary independence in 1330.
Oct 13, 2024 · Founding of Wallachia. In 1236 a large Mongol army was collected under the supreme leadership of Batu Khan and set forth to the west, in one of the greatest invasions in world's history. [56] Although some Cuman groups survived the Mongol invasion, the Cuman aristocracy was slain. [58]
