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
The Battle of Posada in the Chronicon Pictum
Wallachia as pictured in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle
Chindia Tower in Târgoviște
Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Țepeș), Voivode of Wallachia
Vlad the Impaler
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Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia during three separate reigns. He was born in the House of Drăculești, as the son of Vlad II Dracul. Vlad is chief
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…Wallachia was able to preserve autonomy within the Empire as well as experience interruptions to Ottoman rule brought about by local rulers such as Vlad the Impaler and Michael the Brave and later external powers such as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. In 1859, Wallachia united with…
The house in the main square of Sighișoara where Vlad's father lived from 1431 to 1435
Ruins of the Târgoviște Princely Court in Târgoviște
The Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II, who invaded Wallachia during Vlad's reign