Bărbat was the brother and successor of ''
voivode
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''
Litovoi whose territory had comprised northern
Oltenia
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(
Romania
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).
War with Hungary
In 1277
(or between 1277 and 1280),
Litovoi renounced fealty to king
Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1272–1290)
when the king claimed lands for the crown, but Litovoi refused to pay
tribute
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for them.
King Ladislaus IV dispatched a punitive force,
and Litovoi was killed during the battle against the
Hungarian army.
Bărbat was taken prisoner
and sent to the royal court
where he was forced not only to pay
ransom
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When ransom means "payment", the word comes via Old French ''rançon'' from Latin ''re ...
but also to recognize Hungarian rule.
After Bărbat accepted Hungarian suzerainty under the duress of circumstances, he returned to his country.
All these events are recounted in the king’s letter of grant of 8 January 1285, in which king Ladislaus IV donated villages in
Sáros County
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(today in
Slovakia
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) to Master
George, son of Simon, who had been sent against Litovoi.
See also
*
Foundation of Wallachia
*
Litovoi
References
Sources
*Georgescu, Vlad ''(Author)'' – Calinescu, Matei ''(Editor)'' – Bley-Vroman, Alexandra ''(Translator)'': ''The Romanians – A History''; Ohio State University Press, 1991, Columbus;
*Makkai, László: ''From the Hungarian conquest to the Mongol invasion''; ''in:'' Köpeczi, Béla ''(General Editor)'' – Makkai, László; Mócsy, András; Szász, Zoltán ''(Editors)'' – Barta, Gábor ''(Assistant Editor)'': ''History of Transylvania - Volume I: From the beginnings to 1606''; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest;
*Pop, Ioan Aurel: ''Romanians and Romania: A Brief History''; Columbia University Press, 1999, New York;
*Vásáry, István: ''Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365''; Cambridge University Press, 2005, Cambridge;
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