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Litovoi
Litovoi, also Litvoy, was a Vlach/ Romanian ''voivode'' in the 13th century whose territory comprised northern Oltenia in today's Romania. He is mentioned for the first time in the Diploma of the Joannites issued by king Béla IV of Hungary (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247. The diploma granted territories to the Knights Hospitaller in the Banate of Severin and '' Cumania'', ''“with the exception of the land of the kenazate of Voivode Litovoi,”'' which the king left to the Vlachs ''“as they had held it”''. Name The king’s diploma also refers to the ''kenazate''s of Farcaș and John and to a certain ''voivode'' Seneslau. Although the names of Litovoi and Seneslau are of Slavic origin, they are expressly said to be Vlachs ''(Olati)'' in the king's diploma. It seems that Litovoi was the most powerful of all the above local rulers. His territories were exempted from the grant to the knights, but half of the royal tax generated by his land ''(terra Lytua)'' was assigned to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Țara Litua
Țara Litua () was a country from around Severin to the Olt River. The first mention of the country was in 1247, when Litovoi was its voivode. Likely established as a voivodate in the early 13th century, Țara Litua resisted Hungarian influence until 1279. After the death of Litovoi in a battle against Hungarians around 1279, his successor, Bărbat, was captured and forced to accept Hungarian suzerainty. This status persisted until 1330, when Basarab secured independence following his decisive victory at the Battle of Posada. After this event, Romanian historiography generally identifies Țara Litua as part of the newly founded state of Wallachia. History Creation Bezerenbam is the earliest possible ruler of Țara Litua. He was mentioned by Rashid al-Din Hamadani in Jami' al-tawarikh (1241), described as the ruler of Ilaut (Oltenia) and defeated by the Mongols alongside Mișelav. d'Ohsson p. 627 - 628. Some historians (such as Alexandru D. Xenopol and Bogdan Petricei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bărbat
Bărbat was the brother and successor of ''voivode'' Litovoi whose territory had comprised northern Oltenia (Romania). 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 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 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 (today in Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foundation Of Wallachia
The founding of Wallachia (), that is the establishment of the first independent Romanian principality, was achieved at the beginning of the 14th century, through the unification of smaller political units that had existed between the Carpathian Mountains, and the Rivers Danube, Siret and Milcov.Pop 1999, p. 45.Georgescu 1991, p. 17. Prior to the consolidation of Wallachia, waves of nomadic peoples – the last of them being the Cumans and the Mongols – rode across the territory. The territory became a frontier area between the Golden Horde (the westernmost part of the Mongol Empire) and the Kingdom of Hungary after 1242. The Romanians in Muntenia, east of the Olt River, had to pay tribute to the Mongols; and west of the river, in Oltenia, they were oppressed by the Bans of Severin, appointed by the Kings of Hungary.Vásáry 2005, p. 148. The Golden Horde's domination decreased in the region at the end of the 13th century, and at that time the Kingdom of Hungary also underwen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Baksa
George from the kindred Baksa (; died after 1307) was a Hungarian lord and a distinguished military leader in the second half of the 13th century. He was a key supporter of Ladislaus IV of Hungary and participated in various military campaigns during his reign. He successfully fought against the Mongol Empire, Mongols in Second Mongol invasion of Hungary, Hungary and Third Mongol invasion of Poland, Poland. After granting large-scale domains in Upper Hungary, he was also known as George of Sóvár or George the Salty (, ) and became eponymous progenitor of the Soós family, Sós (or Soós) de Sóvár noble family. Biography Early life George was born around 1250 into the widely extended Baksa (genus), ''gens'' (clan) Baksa, as one of the younger sons of Simon I, the ''ispán'' of the royal forest of Patak in 1262. He had five brothers, Baksa, Thomas Baksa, Thomas III, Simon II, Denis and Derek, the ancestors of the Szerdahelyi, Sztritei, Csapi family, Csapi, Bocskai family, Bocskai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banate Of Severin
The Banate of Severin or Banate of Szörény (; ; ; , ; , ) was a Hungarian political, military and administrative unit with a special role in the initially anti- Bulgarian, latterly anti- Ottoman defensive system of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It was founded by Prince Béla in 1228. Territory The Banate of Severin was a march (or a border province) of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary between the Lower Danube and the Olt River (in present-day Oltenia in Romania). A charter of grant, issued on 2 June 1247 to the Knights Hospitallers, mentioned the Olt as its eastern border. The Knights received the "Land of Severin" ''(Terra de Zeurino)'', along with the nearby mountains, from Béla IV of Hungary. The king had described the same region as a "deserted and depopulated" land in a letter to Pope Gregory IX on 7 June 1238. Modern scholars assume that either the Hungarian conquest of the territory or confrontations between Bulgaria and Hungary had forced the local population t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John (knez)
John, also Joan or Ioan, was a '' cneaz'' (local chieftain or ruler) mentioned in the Diploma of the Joannites issued by King Béla IV of Hungary (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247; the diploma granted territories to the Knights Hospitaller in the Banate of Severin and '' Cumania''. John held a '' kenazate'' which was given to the knights by the king. His ''kenazate'' lay in southern Oltenia. The diploma of Béla IV also refers to the ''kenazate''s of Farcaş and ''voivode'' Litovoi and to ''voivode'' Seneslau. Seneslau and Litovoi are expressly said to be Vlachs ''(Olati)'' in the king's diploma. The Romanian historian Ioan-Aurel Pop suggests that the ''kenazate'' of John was one of the incipient Romanian states south of the Carpathian Mountains. In the diploma, his name is given in its Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seneslau
Seneslau, also Seneslav or Stănislau, was a Vlach ''voivode'' mentioned in the Diploma of the Joannites issued by king Béla IV of Hungary (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247. The diploma granted territories to the Knights Hospitaller in the Banate of Severin and '' Cumania''. According to the diploma, the king gave the territories east of the Olt River to the knights, with the exception of the territory of ''voivode'' Seneslau. The name of Seneslav is of Slavic origin. Seneslau held central and southern Muntenia (''i.e.'', the territories along the rivers Argeş and Dâmboviţa). The Romanian historian Ioan Aurel Pop suggests that Seneslau was quasi independent of the king of Hungary. According to the Hungarian historian István Vásáry, his title ''(voivode)'' suggests that he had a territorial unit under his jurisdiction. The diploma of Béla IV also refers to the '' kenazate''s of John, Farcaş and ''voivode'' Litovoi. Although the names of Seneslau and Litovoi are of Slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farcaș
Farcaș, also Farkas, Farkaș or Farcas, was a '' cneaz'' (local chieftain or ruler) mentioned in the Diploma of the Joannites issued by king Béla IV of Hungary (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247; the diploma granted territories to the Knights Hospitaller in the Banate of Severin and ''Cumania''. Farcaș held a '' kenazate'' which was given to the knights by the king. His ''kenazate'' lay in the northeast of modern Oltenia (in Romania). The diploma of Béla IV also refers to the ''kenazate''s of John and ''voivode'' Litovoi and to ''voivode'' Seneslau. Seneslau and Litovoi are expressly said to be Vlachs ''(Olati)'' in the king's diploma. Farcaș ''(Farkas)'' is a typical Hungarian name meaning ‘wolf’. The Romanian historian Ioan-Aurel Pop suggests that his name is mentioned in Hungarian translation in the diploma, and Farcaș's ''kenazate'' was one of the incipient Romanian states south of the Carpathian Mountains. According to the Hungarian historian István Vásáry, Farca� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diploma Of The Joannites
The Diploma of the Joannites, or Diploma of the Knights of St. John, was a grant issued in 1247 by King Béla IV of Hungary to Master Rembald of the Knights Hospitaller. It allowed the Knights to settle in Severin, in what is today Romania, where they could defend the Hungarian borders against Cuman invaders. The diploma provides valuable information about the existence of early Vlach (Romanian) polities in Wallachia, led by the Voivodes Litovoi and Seneslau and the Cneazes Ioan and Farcaș, as well as about the economic development of the region, whose inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding and fishing. See also * Litovoi * Seneslau * John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ... * Farcaș References * External linksLatin text of the Diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cneaz
''Knez'' or ''Kenez'' (/ or ; ; , sr-Cyrl, кнез) was one of the titles given to the leader of the Vlach communities in the Kingdom of Hungary and western Balkans during the Middle Ages. Terminology In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, official documents, written in Latin, applied multiple terms when they mentioned the Vlach leaders (or chiefs) in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 13th and 14th centuries. The most widely used terms''kenezius'' and its variantsderived from the Slavic ''knyaz'' ("ruler"). The office was closely associated with communities living according to the "Vlach law", thus the term ''knez'' was replaced by the term ''scultetus'' in the northeastern regions, where German law prevailed. A territory subjected to the authority of a ''knez'' was known as ''keneziatus'' (or ''keneziate''). Several ''keneziates'' formed a ''voivodate'', which was subjected to a higher official, the ''voivode''. In the western parts of the medieval Balkans, ''knez'' was one of the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Wallachian Rulers
This is a list of princes of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1859, which led to the creation of Romania. Notes Dynastic rule is hard to ascribe, given the loose traditional definition of the ruling family. On principle, princes were chosen from any family branch, including a previous ruler's bastard sons, being defined as ''os de domn'', "of Voivode marrow", or as having ''heregie'', "heredity" (from the Latin ''hereditas''); the institutions charged with the election, dominated by the boyars, had fluctuating degrees of influence. The system itself was challenged by usurpers, and became obsolete with the Phanariote epoch, when rulers were appointed by the Ottoman Sultans; between 1821 and 1878 (the date of Romania's independence), various systems combining election and appointment were put in practice. Wallachian rulers, like the Moldavian rulers, bore the titles of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of with a population of 19 million people. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southeast of the country. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Bucharest is the country's Bucharest metropolitan area, largest urban area and Economy of Romania, financial centre. Other major urban centers, urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timiș ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
