Io (princely title)
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Io is the contraction of a title used mainly by the royalty in Moldavia and Wallachia, preceding their names and the complete list of titles. First used by the Asenid rulers of the Second Bulgarian Em
Coin issued in the 1530s by John George, a Palaiologos descendant through the Palaeologus-Montferrat branch; text introduces him as IO·GEORGIUS
Mircea the Elder
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Mircea the Elder was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited the throne.
Mircea the Elder. Fresco in the Episcopal Church of Curtea de Argeș
