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Mircea the Elder

d. 1418 · 15th century · Also known as Mircea I of Wallachia, Mircea the Elder of Wallachia

Mircea the Elder was prince of Wallachia from 1386 to 1418, with a short interruption in the 1390s. He extended his rule over Dobruja and the lower Danube, fought the Ottomans at Rovine in 1395, where Marko Kraljević fell on the Ottoman side, and joined the Crusade of Nicopolis in 1396. Later he intervened in the Ottoman civil war before agreeing to pay tribute to the sultan.

Mircea the Elder
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Principality of WallachiaDespotate of DobrujaKingdom of Prilep

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