Mircea the Elder

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Prince of Wallachia person ruler voivode

Mircea the Elder was a late 14th- and early 15th-century voivode of Wallachia known for strengthening the principality, resisting Ottoman expansion, and consolidating political and economic power in the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mircea the Elder canonical 9
Mircea cel Bătrân 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Prince of Wallachia ⓘ
person ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
voivode ⓘ
alliance Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
ally Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
surface form: Sigismund of Luxembourg
alsoKnownAs Mircea I of Wallachia ⓘ
Mircea the Elder ⓘ
surface form: Mircea cel Bătrân
battle Battle of Rovine ⓘ
battleOpponent Bayezid I ⓘ
birthDate c. 1355 ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Curtea de Argeș ⓘ
Târgoviște ⓘ
child Mihail I of Wallachia ⓘ
Vlad II Dracul ⓘ
surface form: Vlad Dracul
conflict Ottoman Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Wallachia ⓘ
deathDate 31 January 1418 ⓘ
dynasty House of Basarab ⓘ
economicActivity encouraged trade along the Danube ⓘ
father Radu I of Wallachia ⓘ
foreignPolicyGoal containment of Ottoman expansion in the Balkans ⓘ
issued charters in both Slavonic and Latin ⓘ
knownFor consolidating economic power in Wallachia ⓘ
consolidating political power in Wallachia ⓘ
resisting Ottoman expansion ⓘ
strengthening Wallachia ⓘ
territorial expansion of Wallachia ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Church Slavonic ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Basarab ⓘ
placeOfRule Wallachia ⓘ
policy fortifying borders ⓘ
strengthening central authority ⓘ
supporting trade ⓘ
positionHeld Voivode ⓘ
surface form: Voivode of Wallachia
predecessor Dan I of Wallachia ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Balkans ⓘ
Lower Danube region ⓘ
reignEnd 1418 ⓘ
reignStart 1386 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
spouse Maria Tolmay ⓘ
successor Mihail I of Wallachia ⓘ
territorialControl Amlaș ⓘ
Banat of Severin ⓘ
Dobruja ⓘ
Făgăraș ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wallachia → notableRuler → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Cozia Monastery → foundedBy → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Cozia Monastery → founder → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Cozia Monastery → burialPlaceOf → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Army of the Principality of Wallachia → notableCommander → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Târgoviște → associatedWithPerson → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Mircea the Elder → alsoKnownAs → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mircea cel Bătrân
Battle of Rovine → hasCommander → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Battle of Rovine → opponent → Mircea the Elder ⓘ
Battle of Rovine → commanderOfWallachia → Mircea the Elder ⓘ