Mircea I of Wallachia

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Mircea I of Wallachia was a late 14th- and early 15th-century voivode of Wallachia known for his military resistance against the expanding Ottoman Empire and efforts to strengthen and stabilize his principality.

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Mircea I of Wallachia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
medieval monarch ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
voivode ⓘ
alliedWith Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
battle Battle of Karanovasa ⓘ
Battle of Rovine ⓘ
birthYear c. 1355 ⓘ
burialPlace Cozia Monastery ⓘ
capital Curtea de Argeș ⓘ
child Mihail I of Wallachia ⓘ
Vlad Dracul ⓘ
linked to: Vlad II Dracul
country Wallachia ⓘ
deathYear 1418 ⓘ
dynasty Basarab dynasty ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
father Radu I of Wallachia ⓘ
foreignRelations Bulgarian Tsardom of Tarnovo ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Serbian Despotate ⓘ
issued charters to monasteries ⓘ
knownAs Mircea the Elder ⓘ
languageOfCourt Church Slavonic ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Basarab ⓘ
notableFor diplomatic relations with neighboring powers ⓘ
military resistance against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
strengthening the Wallachian state ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Sultan Bayezid I ⓘ
linked to: Bayezid I
patronage Eastern Orthodox monasteries ⓘ
policy fortifying borders ⓘ
promoting trade ⓘ
strengthening central authority ⓘ
positionHeld Voivode of Wallachia ⓘ
predecessor Dan I of Wallachia ⓘ
reignEnd 1418 ⓘ
reignStart 1386 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
spouse Maria Tolmay ⓘ
successor Mihail I of Wallachia ⓘ
supported King Sigismund of Luxembourg ⓘ
territorialExpansion Amlaș ⓘ
Dobruja ⓘ
Făgăraș ⓘ
title Duke of Amlaș and Făgăraș ⓘ
Great Voivode and Lord of all Wallachia ⓘ
Lord of the lands of Dobruja ⓘ

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Battle of Nicopolis → commander → Mircea I of Wallachia ⓘ
House of Basarab → notableMember → Mircea I of Wallachia ⓘ
Mircea the Elder → alsoKnownAs → Mircea I of Wallachia ⓘ