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May 13, 2022 · In the middle of the 15th century, it was Vlad the "Piercing Duke" Vlad III who ruled Wallachia, who was known for his cruel treatment of the Ottoman invaders. In 1448 Vlad III briefly seized the throne as Archduke of Wallachia in a coup d'état, but was soon ousted by Vladislav II, who had returned from his country.
While the two brothers were captives in Ottoman, their father was struggling to maintain his position as the Wallachia Voivode. In 1447, Vlad II lost the fight, was ousted from his position by the local noblemen and killed along with Dracula’s elder half-brother in Bălteni, a place between Bucharest and Târgovişte in the present-day Romania.
Nov 14, 2023 · Vlad III was installed on the Wallachian throne by the Ottomans after Vlad II was killed. This reign did not last long, for John Hunyadi, a powerful warlord of Hungary, invaded Wallachia and put Vladislav II of the House of Danesti on the throne. The Danesti House was another branch of the House of Basarab—members descended from Dan I of ...
Vladislav III (? – 1525) was the nephew of Vladislav II of Wallachia and Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from April 1523 until November of that same year. He regained the throne in June 1524, only to lose it again that September. He regained the throne a final time in April 1525 and ruled until August of the same year. Vladislav III of Wallachia.
son of Dan II; Placed in the throne by John Hunyadi, in war with Vlad II. Vlad II the Dragon (Vlad II Dracul) 1443–1447: Drăculești: unknown one child Cneajna of Moldavia three children: Returned to the throne, and won against John Hunyadi, deposing also Basarab II. He was assassinated in 1447. Mircea II the Younger (Mircea al II-lea cel ...
According to the historian Nicolae Iorga, Vladislav-Vlaicu (1364-1377) raised the " big army" of the country for the first time (N. Iorga, 1910, p. 62). A document issued by the chancellery of this prince in 1374, shows that the villages belonging to Vodiţa, Jidovstiţa and Vodiţa Mare monasteries had been exempted from " the military service"*.
c. 1277-1290. brother of Litovoi. Thocomerius. c. 1290-1310. some propose Tihomir as a more accurate rendition. Radu Negru. c. 1300. legendary voivode of Wallachia; some historians consider it to be just a nickname of Thocomerius or Basarab I. Wallachian principality attested in the early 14th century.
