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Principality of Wallachia

Wallachia (Ţara Românească)

1317–1862

Flag

Coat of arms

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

• Basarab I unifies the small voivodships in Wallachia

1317

• De Jure Union of the Danubian Principalities

1862

Succeeded by

Romanian Principalities

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

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Bulgaria after the territorial expansion under Krum, Omurtag and Presian
The seal of Voivode Mircea I of Wallachia from 1390, depicting the coat of arms of Wallachia
The territorial extent of the Second Bulgarian Empire under the reign of Ivan Asen II
Wallachia as pictured in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle
Chindia Tower in Târgoviște
Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş), Voivode of Wallachia
Poienari Castle, one of the royal seats of Vlad III Dracul
Wallachia (highlighted in green) towards the end of the 16th century
Fighting between Michael the Brave and the Ottomans in Giurgiu, 1595
Central and Southeastern Europe (including the Balkan peninsula) from the 15th to the 18th century
Welcoming of the Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in Bucharest (1789)
The Principality of Wallachia, 1793–1812, highlighted in green
The Legislative Assembly of Wallachia in 1837
Wallachia (in green), after the Treaty of Paris (1856)
The present-day counties comprising Wallachia
The Battle of Posada in the Chronicon Pictum
1848 revolutionaries carrying an early version of the flag of Romania. The text on the flag can be translated as: "Justice, Brotherhood".
Wallachia's Ad hoc Divan in 1857
Territorial extent of the Principality of Wallachia (alongside neighbouring Moldavia and Transylvania) throughout the late Middle Ages
Wallachia, as shown on a wider map of the Black Sea (mid 16th century)
The Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1786, as depicted on an Italian map by G. Pittori (after the geographer Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni)
F.J.J., von Reilly, Das Furstenthum Walachey, Viena, 1789
Bucharest
Craiova
Ploiești
Brăila
Pitești
Buzău
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Râmnicu Vâlcea
Târgoviște
Târgu Jiu
Călărași
Giurgiu
Caracal
Câmpina
Râmnicu Sărat
Calafat
Câmpulung
Călimănești
Curtea de Argeș
Sinaia

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