Hrizea of Bogdănei, also rendered as Hrizică, sometimes Hrizea-Vodă, was a Wallachian boyar and rebel leader, who proclaimed himself reigning prince in 1655. After rising to high office under his relative, Prince Matei Basarab, he was reconfirmed by Constantin Șerban. He alternated the offices of Spatharios, in charge of the Wallachian military forces, and Paharnic, before being won over by the rebellious Seimeni mercenaries. He issued a claim to the throne in Târgoviște, but controlled only part of the country, and had his seat at Gherghița. In summer 1655, his army was defeated, at Șoplea, by Wallachian loyalist troops, supported by Transylvanians and Moldavians.
Remains of a church in Târgșor, a town leveled by the Ottoman army in 1659
Wallachian military forces
The military of Wallachia existed throughout the history of the country. Starting from its founding to 1860, when it was united with the Moldavian army into what would become the Romanian Army.
The Battle of Posada depicted in Chronica Hungarorum (1488)
Scale model of an 1845 Quarter Șaică
The Battle of Posada as depicted in Chronicon Pictum
Battle of Șelimbăr in 1599, engraving by Georg Keller [de]