Battle of Posada
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The Battle of Posada was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I of Hungary. The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, manage
Dezső sacrifices himself protecting Charles Robert, by József Molnár, oil on canvas in 1855
King Charles I of Hungary receives the envoy of Voivode Basarab (Illuminated Chronicle)
The army of Charles Robert Anjou ambushed by Basarab's army at Posada from Vienna Illuminated Chronicle (1370/1373). The Vlach (Romanian) warriors rolled down rocks over the cliff edges in a place where the Hungarian mounted knights could neither escape from them nor climb the heights to dislodge the Vlach warriors.
The Battle of Posada as depicted in the Viennese Illuminated Chronicle
Wallachia
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Wallachia is a geographical region of modern-day Romania, as well as one of the two historical Romanian principalities that laid the foundation for the establishment of the modern Romanian state. It i
Battle of Posada
…The Battle of Posada (9–12 November 1330) was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I of Hungary (also known as Charles Robert). The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, managed to ambush and defeat the 30,000-strong Hungarian army, in…
Wallachia as pictured in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle
Chindia Tower in Târgoviște
Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Țepeș), Voivode of Wallachia