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  Wallachia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wallachia (also spelt Walachia, known as Ţara Românească, "the Romanian Land" in Romanian) is a historical region in Southern Romania, corresponding to a principality formed in the late Middle Ages and in existence until the mid-19th century.
Wallachia was situated north of the Danube and south of the Carpathian Mountains.
Wallachia is represented by an eagle in the Coat of Arms of Romania.
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 Wallachia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Olt is a romanian county (jude) in the wallachia region,...
Oltenia or lesser wallachia is a historical province of romania....
Basarab i was an early ruler of the principality of wallachia, and known as întemeietorul (the founder) (circa 1310-1352)....
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wallachia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nicolae Alexandru was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, (1352-1364).
After 1716, the Ottomans decided to cease choosing the voivod from among the Romanian boyars and established the Phanariote regime: the rulers were to be appointed from the influential Greeks of the Phanar neighbourhood of Istanbul.
Wallachia (also spelt Walachia) formed a Romanian principality in eastern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the mid-19th century.
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 Wallachia
Wallachia (also spelt Walachia) formed a principality in eastern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the mid-19th century.
In the fourteenth century, along with the decline of the neighboring empires (Poles, Hungarians, Tatars), several feudal states formed in the south and the east of the Carpathian Mountains - Wallachia under Basarab I (around 1360) and Moldavia under Bogdan I[?] (around 1359).
In 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania, under the rule of Alexander John Cuza.
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 Principality of Wallachia - heraldry
The area was under Russian protectorate until 1856 and in 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldova to form the state of Romania.
The red stripe was charged by eight white 8-pointed stars representing the upper Wallachia districts; in the blue stripe there was an eagle with a sword and a sceptre; the yellow stripe was charged with seven white 7-pointed stars representing the seven lower Wallachia districts (proportions circa 1:2).
The revolutionary government of Wallachia adopted, on 14 June 1848, an horizontal tricolour blue, yellow and red, with, in the central yellow stripe, the words DREPTATE ('justice' in the Wallachian language) and, in Cyrillic characters, FRATIE ('brotherhood' in the Moldovan language).
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 Wallachia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wallachia (also spelt Walachia) formed a Romania n principality in eastern Europe from the late Middle Age s until the mid- 19th century.
In 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania, under the rule of Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
Portrait of Neagoe Basarab and his son Theodosios On this small panel are portrayed, turning three-quarters to the right, the busts of the ruling Prince of Wallachia, Neagoe Basarab (1512-21), and his son Theodosios.
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Wallachia is a province of Romania bordered to the north by Transylvania and Moldavia, to the east by the Black Sea and to the south by Bulgaria.
Wallachia first emerged as a political entity during the late thirteenth century from the weltering confusion left behind in the Balkans as the East Roman Empire slowly crumbled.
The throne of Wallachia was hereditary but not by the law of primogeniture; the boyars or great nobles had the right to elect the voivode from among the various eligible members of the royal family.
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 Vlad Dracula
Wallachia is a provence of Romania bordered to the north by Transylvania and Moldavia, to the east by the Black Sea and to the south by Bulgaria.
Wallachia first emerged as a political entity during the late thirteenth centuryfrom the weltering confusion left behind in the Balkans as the East Roman Empire slowly crumbled.
The throne of Wallachia was hereditary but not by the law of primogeniture; the boyers or great nobles had the right to elect the voivode from among the various eligable members of the royal family.
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 Wallachia -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wallachia (also spelt Walachia, known as The Romanian Country in Romanian: Ţara Românească) formed a Romanian principality in eastern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the mid-19th century.
Wallachia had to accept the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire for more than three centuries, though there were a few attempts to regain independence: in particular Michael the Brave who in 1600 managed to unite for a short period of time the three principalities of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania.
In 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania, under the rule of Alexandru Ioan Cuza/Alexander John Cuza.
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 Wallachia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Across the mountains to the South and East there are Wallachia and Moldavia, to the West the Banat region and to the North the rolling hills of Northern...
Built in the neo-Gothic style in 1864 by Alexandru B Stirbey, the son of the Prince of Wallachia, this palace has a basement, ground floor and two floors with...
In the 14th century, along with the decline of the neighboring Poless, Hungarians, Tatars, several feudal states formed in the south and the east of the Carpathian Mountains - Wallachia under Basarab I (around 1330) and Moldavia under Bogdan I (around 1359).
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 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Vlad Tepes (1456-1462) of Wallachia fought many defensive battles against the Ottomans, preventing them from expanding into Central Europe.
Mircea the Elder extended Wallachia to the mouths of
In 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania, under the rule of
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 Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pechenegs, the Cumans and Uzes were also mentioned by historic chronicles on the territory of Romania, until the founding of the Vlachian principalities of Wallachia by Basarab I, and Moldavia by Dragoş during the 13th and 14th centuries respectively.
Wallachia and Moldavia would later come gradually under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire during the 15th and 16th centuries (1476 for Wallachia, 1514 for Moldavia), as vassal tributary states with complete internal autonomy and an external independence which was finally lost in the 18th century.
The modern state of Romania was formed by the merging of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 under the Moldavian domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
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Between 1711 and 1821 Moldavia and Wallachia were ruled by princes, mostly of Greek origin, appointed by the Turks (the Phanariot period); afterward native princes were appointed or elected.
Moldavia and Wallachia were allowed to establish their own sanitary cordons and quarantines (the plague had struck Wallachia fourteen times from 1784 to 1829).
Letters from Wallachia to Moldavia are unfortun- ately confined to the latter; it is not that M. Iacovinko, who is the director, is not one of the most honorable men I know; but it does not depend on him that the secrecy of letters is not violated.
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 VLAD TEPES - The Historical Dracula
In broad terms this is a story of the struggle to obtain control of Wallachia, a region of the Balkans (in present-day southern Romania) which lay directly between the two powerful forces of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.
The rulers of Wallachia were thus forced to appease these two empires to maintain their survival, often forging alliances with one or the other, depending upon what served their self-interest at the time.
The prince of Wallachia was officially a vassal of the King of Hungary and Vlad was still a member of the Order of the Dragon and sworn to fight the infidel.
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 www.myspace.com/wallachia
Wallachia was formed as a solo project in the year of 1992 by Lars Stavdal.
WALLACHIA "FROM BEHIND THE LIGHT" CD Dark Horizon Records announces the re-release of the cult album WALLACHIA "FROM BEHIND THE LIGHT", which was originally released on the now defunct Velvet Music International.
WALLACHIA has long been one of our favorite releases of old and are an over looked band from the early 90's era of True Norwegian Black Metal.
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 Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Wallachia
Situated to the immediate south of the Carpathian Mountains, Wallachia is effectively "land of the foreigners." In this instance, the word arrived via the Goths who ventured down toward the Balkans.
The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia were the first Vlach (Romance-language) states that formed north of the Danube.
In occupied Wallachia and Moldavia, the Ottomans begin the destructive practice of appointing Greek tax farmers, known as the Phanariots (from the Phanar section of Istanbul), as princes.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/Kinglistseurope/Easternwallachia.Htm   (396 words)

  
 Principality of Wallachia
The area was under Russian protectorate until 1856 and in 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania.
The revolutionary government of Wallachia adopted, on 14 June 1848, an horizontal tricolour blue, yellow and red, with, in the central yellow stripe, the words DREPTATE ('justice' in the Wallachian language) and, in Cyrillic characters, FRATIE ('brotherhood' in the Moldavian language).
But in July of the same year "...because until now it was not clear how to make national flags..." the same government stated that "...the national flag is a vertical tricolour dark blue, dark yellow and carmine red: the blue at the hoist, the yellow in the middle and the red at the fly.".
www.fotw.net /flags/ro-wall.html   (884 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Royal Court of Wallachia
Wallachia is a Orthodox nation, loyal to the Patriarch of Constantinople.
Wallachia also claims Transylvania, as it is heavily influenced, and has a lot of Romanians in it.
Wallachia intends to stay friends with you Romans, you are the only close ethnical brothers we have.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=89289   (3112 words)

  
 Wallachia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wallachia (also spelt Walachia) formed a Romanian principality in eastern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the mid- 19th century.
A specific characteristic ofRomanian history from the Middle Ages to modern times is that they lived inthree adjacent principalities - Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania, which was anautonomous voivodship of Hungary.
In the 14th century, along with the decline of the neighboring Poles, Hungarians, Tatars, several feudal states formedin the south and the east of the Carpathian Mountains - Wallachia under Basarab I (around 1330) and Moldavia under Bogdan I (around 1359).
www.therfcc.org /wallachia-52452.html   (339 words)

  
 Wallachia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
'''Wallachia''' (also spelt '''Walachia'''; Romanian: ''Ţara Românească'' - literally "''Romanian country''"; also '' Vlahia'' or ''Valahia''; Turkish: ''Eflak'') formed a Romanian principality in eastern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the mid-19th century.
In the 14th century, along with the decline of the neighboring Byzantine, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Tatar states, several feudal states formed in the south and the east of the Carpathian Mountains - Wallachia under Basarab I (around 1330) and Moldavia under Bogdan I (around 1359).
Mircea the Elder extended Wallachia to the mouths of Danube around 1400.
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 Wallachia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Beginning with the tenth century Byzantine Slavic and Hungarian sources and later Western ones mention existence of small states peopled by Romanians leaders known as cneji or voievozi - at first in Transylvania then in the 12th - 13th centuries in the territories east and south the Carpathian Mountains.
A specific characteristic of Romanian history the Middle Ages to modern times is that they lived in three principalities - Wallachia Moldavia and Transylvania which was an autonomous voivodship of Hungary.
In the 14th century along with the decline of the Poles Hungarians Tatars several feudal states formed in the and the east of the Carpathian Mountains Wallachia under Basarab I (around 1330) and Moldavia under Bogdan I (around 1359).
www.freeglossary.com /Walachia   (632 words)

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