Danubian Principalities

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Ottoman vassal state historical political entity

The Danubian Principalities were two semi-autonomous Ottoman vassal states, Wallachia and Moldavia, located along the lower Danube in Eastern Europe and forming a precursor to modern Romania.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form As subject As object
Principality of Moldavia 0 1
Principality of Romania 0 1
Romanian principalities 0 1
Union of the Principalities of 1859 0 1
Union of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia 0 1
United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia 0 1
United Principalities of Romania 0 1
United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman vassal state →
historical political entity →
associatedWith Eastern Question →
Phanariotes →
surface form: Phanariote era
borderedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy →
surface form: Austrian Empire

Black Sea →
Russian Empire →
country Moldova →
surface form: Moldavia

Wallachia →
currency leu →
ethnicMajority Romanians →
event Crimean War →
Treaty of Adrianople (1829) →
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca →
Treaty of Paris (1856) →
Danubian Principalities self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Union of the Principalities of 1859
formedBy Moldova →
surface form: Moldavia

Wallachia →
governmentType principality →
hasCapital Bucharest →
Iași →
hasRuler Alexandru Ioan Cuza →
Constantin Brâncoveanu →
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) →
surface form: Mihai Viteazul
headOfStateTitle Domnitor →
Prince →
historicalRegion Dobruja →
Moldova →
surface form: Moldavia

Wallachia →
language Romanian →
legalStatus semi-autonomous →
locatedIn Eastern Europe →
locatedOn Danube →
surface form: Lower Danube
mergedInto Romania →
Danubian Principalities self-linksurface differs →
surface form: United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia
partOf Ottoman Empire →
politicalStatus vassal state →
precursorOf Romania →
region Balkans →
Carpathian Mountains →
surface form: Carpathian region
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
sovereign Ottoman sultan →
surface form: Ottoman Sultan
successor Kingdom of Romania →
timePeriod 19th century →
Early modern period →
Middle Ages →
underInfluenceOf Austrian Habsburg Monarchy →
surface form: Austrian Empire

Russian Empire →
underSuzeraintyOf Ottoman Empire →

Referenced by (12)

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

Treaty of Paris (1856) → affectedRegion → Danubian Principalities →
Danubian Principalities → event → Danubian Principalities self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Union of the Principalities of 1859
Romanian Land Forces → foundedBy → Danubian Principalities →
this entity surface form: Principality of Romania
this entity surface form: Principality of Moldavia
1848 revolutions → location → Danubian Principalities →
this entity surface form: Romanian principalities
Crimean War → location → Danubian Principalities →
Danube campaign → location → Danubian Principalities →
Danubian Principalities → mergedInto → Danubian Principalities self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia
Filiki Eteria → operatedIn → Danubian Principalities →
Kingdom of Romania → predecessor → Danubian Principalities →
this entity surface form: United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Romanians → stateFormationKeyEvent → Danubian Principalities →
this entity surface form: Union of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia
Wallachia → unionResult → Danubian Principalities →
this entity surface form: United Principalities of Romania