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Encyclopedia > Basarab I
Posada Battle
Posada Battle

Basarab I was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia, known as Întemeietorul (The Founder) (c. 13101352). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Prince Albert of Monaco on the left represents a principality where he wields administrative authority. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Events May 11 - In France, 64 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake for heresy Abulfeda becomes governor of Hama. ... Events June 4 - Glarus joins the Swiss Confederation. ...


His name is probably of Cuman origin, meaning "Father King", being derived from basar meaning "to rule" and aba meaning "father".Other scholars (especially Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu consider its name as autochtonous, from ban meaning "ruler", and the dacian word saraba meaning "head" (remaining in some romanian regions as saramb). Cuman language was a Turkic language spoken by the Kipchaks (also known as the Cumans) similar to todays Crimean Tatar language. ... Petriceicu_Hasdeu: photograph and signature Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (February 16, 1836_September 7, 1907) a Romanian philologist, was born at Hotin in Bessarabia in 1836, and studied at the university of Kharkiv. ... Alternate meanings: see Dacia (disambiguation) Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci or Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa (Tisza river, in Hungary), on the east by...


In 1330 he defeated the Hungarians led by Carol Robert of Anjou at the Battle of Posada, thus gaining the independence of Wallachia from Hungarian sovereignty. One of the most important records of this battle is the Viennese Illuminated Chronicle. Events The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia. ... Charles I of Hungary (Anjou France 1288 or 1291 - Hungary July 16, 1342), also called Charles Robert, Carobert and Charles I Robert, was the king of Hungary from August 27, 1310. ... The Battle of Posada was a major turning point in early medieval history of Romania, but also of Hungary. ... the army of Charles Robert Anjou ambushed by Basarabs army at Posada The Vienna Illuminated Chroncle or Chronicle of the Hungarians, in Latin: Chronicon Pictum Vindobonense, or Chronica Hungarorum is the most widely-read narrative of early Hungarian history. ...

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Carol Robert fleeing from Posada
Preceded by:
Tihomir
Prince of Wallachia
c.1310-1352
Succeeded by:
Nicolae Alexandru

Image File history File links Molnár_József_Carol_Robert_fleeing_from_Posada_Battle. ... Image File history File links Molnár_József_Carol_Robert_fleeing_from_Posada_Battle. ... Tihomir or Tocomerius/Togomer/Totomer/Tugomir (circa 1290 - circa 1310) was a Cumanian (Kipchak) warlord, possibly the father of Basarab I, the founder of the principality of Wallachia. ... Below is the list of Wallachian rulers, since the first mentioned until the unification with Moldavia in 1859. ... Nicolae Alexandru was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, (1352-1364). ...

References

  • Neagu Djuvara, Iarăşi despre Negru Vodă şi "Descălecătoare", Magazin Istoric, nr. 8 / 2000


 

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