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- Vlad II Dracul gained power in Wallachia upon returning from exile in Transylvania in 1436. The identity of Vlad's first wife is unknown. Vlad, having numerous mistresses, also fathered several illegitimate children. In 1436, Vlad Dracul ascended the throne.
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Dracula led a small Turkish invasion of Wallachia in 1448 and succeeded in driving Vladislav II from the throne. However, his victory was short-lived. Two months into his reign, Hunyadi and Vladislav II reassembled their forces and drove Dracula from power.
Aug 30, 2016 · In 1436, Vlad Dracul ascended the throne. Vlad Dracul attempted to follow a middle ground between his two powerful neighbors for six years. When the prince of Wallachia was officially a vassal of the King of Hungary, Vlad was still a member of the Order of the Dragon and was sworn to fight the infidel.
Oct 28, 2021 · In 1448, with Ottoman help, Vlad III, then 16 years old, expelled Vladislav II from Walachia and ascended the throne. He lasted only two months as voivode before the Hungarians reinstated...
Vlad II Dracul recovered the throne of Wallachia in winter/early spring 1444 through c) Diplomacy. Instead of using military force or popular uprising, Vlad II Dracul utilized diplomatic tactics to regain his throne.
Feb 27, 2020 · Vlad became Voivode—a type of military ruler, similar to prince or duke—of Wallachia during a turbulent period, which may explain why he actually ascended the throne three separate times, most of them for relatively short durations. Vlad’s father, Vlad Dracul, had reigned over Wallachia since 1436.
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Wallachia is situated north of the Danube (and of present-day Serbia and Bulgaria) and south of the Southern Carpathians, and is traditionally divided between Muntenia in the east (as the political center, Muntenia is often understood as being synonymous with Wallachia), and Oltenia (a former banat) in the west. (A Banate was a tributary state, usu...
From Roman rule to the state's establishment
In the Second Dacian War (105 C.E.) western Oltenia became part of the Roman province of Dacia, with parts of Wallachia included in the Moesia Inferior province. The Roman limeswas initially built along the Olt River (119), before being moved slightly to the east in the second century—during which time it stretched from the Danube up to Rucăr in the Carpathians. The Roman line fell back to the Olt in 245, and, in 271, the Romans pulled out of the region. The area was subject to Romanization s...
Creation
One of the first written pieces of evidence of local voivodes (commanders) is in connection with Litovoi (1272), who ruled over land each side of the Carpathians (including Făgăraş in Transylvania), and refused to pay tribute to the Hungarian King Ladislaus IV. His successor was his brother Bărbat (1285-1288). The continuing weakening of the Hungarian state by further Mongol invasions (1285-1319) and the fall of the Árpád dynastyopened the way for the unification of Wallachian polities, and t...
1600s
Initially profiting from Ottoman support, Michael the Brave ascended to the throne in 1593, and attacked the troops of Murad III north and south of the Danube in an alliance with Transylvania's Sigismund Báthory and Moldavia's Aron Vodă. He soon placed himself under the suzerainty of Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor, and, in 1599-1600, intervened in Transylvania against Poland's king Sigismund III Vasa, placing the region under his authority; his brief rule also extended to Moldavia later in...
Situated at a cultural and civilizational crossroads, Wallachian culture, like that of the rest of Romania, is a blend of different influences, including Slav, Saxon, Ukrainian, Roman, Gypsy and Turkish. While hostility towards the powers and cultures that conquered the region over the years fed a strong desire for self-determination, animosity did...
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