Wallachia

Wallachia (also spelled Walachia; Romanian: Ţara Româneascăcode: ro is deprecated or "The Romanian Land") is a historical area of Romania. Wallachia is divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia).

Principality of Wallachia Wallachia (Ţara Românească)
1317–1862
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Capital	Câmpulung, Curtea de Argeş, Târgovişte, Bucureşti
Common languages	Romanian (commonly used, later official), Church Slavonic (in early official use)
Government	Principality
Princes of Wallachia (Voivodes, Hospodars)
• 1310-1352	Basarab I - the first
• 1859-1862	Alexander John Cuza - the last
History
•	1317
•	1862
Succeeded by Romanian Principalities

Wallachia Media

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  The Bulgarian lands across the Danube in the ninth century, after the territorial expansion under Krum, Omurtag and Presian

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  The Latin Empire and the Partition of the Byzantine Empire after the 4th crusade, c. 1204; borders are approximate.

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  The seal of Voivode Mircea I of Wallachia from 1390, depicting the coat of arms of Wallachia

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  Probable location of polities in Wallachia around 1246 AD, as described in the Diploma of the Joannites

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  Territories held by Wallachian prince Mircea the Elder, c. 1390

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  Wallachia as pictured in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle

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  Chindia Tower in Târgoviște

• Vlad Ţepeş, the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (1456-1462) (died 1477).jpg

  Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Țepeș), Voivode of Wallachia

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  Poienari Castle, one of the royal seats of Vlad III Dracul

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