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Mircea the Elder ( Romanian: Mircea cel Bătrân, pronounced [ˈmirtʃe̯a tʃel bəˈtrɨn] ⓘ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited the throne. After the death of his step-brother Dan ...
- 23 September 1386 – November 1394
- Doamna Calinichia
The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395. [5] The Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea the Elder opposed the Ottoman invasion personally led by Sultan Bayezid I the Thunderbolt. The Turkish force heavily outnumbered the Wallachian troops. The legend says that on the eve of the battle, dressed as a peace emissary, Mircea cel Bătrân ...
- 17 May 1395
- Rovine, Wallachia
- Wallachian victory
Mircea the Elder ( Romanian: Mircea cel Bătrân, pronounced [ ˈmirtʃe̯a tʃel bəˈtrɨn] ⓘ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited the throne.
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Quick Reference. Or Mircea the Great (called Myrxas [Μύρξας] or Miltzes in Byz. sources), prince of Wallachia (from 1386); died 31 Jan. 1418. In Byz. terminology he was referred to as voivod ... From: Mircea the Elder in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ». Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)
4. Of Mircea the Elder’s Rule. Historiographic Views on the so-called Battle of “ Rovine” and its Consequences Tome XIII, Numéro 2, 2011 79 defence with his own internal forces, directly interested in maintaining a number of privileges which were to be in danger in case of subordination to the Turkish power.
The reign of Mircea the Elder (r. 1386–1418) corresponded with the apogee of Wallachia, the voivode playing an important role in the fight against the Ottoman Empire being also involved, after 1402, in the struggle for the succession to the Ottoman throne between the sons of Sultan Bayezid I (r. 1389–1402).
Mircea the Elder remains one of the outstanding figures of the Romanian Middle Ages in a stage in which southeastern Europe was deeply marked by the Ottomans' ascension in Asia Minor. The policy ...
