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Voivodeship of Litovoi

1247 CE – 1279 CE (approx.)

Romanian voivodeship west of the Olt whose ruler died fighting Hungary around 1279, an early step towards an independent Wallachia.

Origins

Litovoi's land appears in Béla IV's charter of 1247 to the Knights Hospitaller, which names a knezate of Litovoi in the region of the Jiu and Olt, possibly including the Hațeg country across the Carpathians.

Rule and society

Litovoi ruled Romanian knezes as a Hungarian tributary. A royal charter of 1285 says that around 1277–1279 a voivode Litovoi, with his brothers, seized part of the kingdom and refused to pay tribute to Ladislaus IV of Hungary.

Decline and legacy

A Hungarian force under Master George defeated the rebels: Litovoi was killed and his brother Bărbat captured and forced to pay a large ransom. The land later became part of the Principality of Wallachia under Basarab I.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Voivodeship of LitovoiPrincipality of Wallachia 1310 CE – 1859 CE

Connections (1)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Voivodeship of Litovoi. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/voivodeship-of-litovoi
MLA
“Voivodeship of Litovoi.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/voivodeship-of-litovoi. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Voivodeship of Litovoi.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/voivodeship-of-litovoi.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Voivodeship of Litovoi’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/voivodeship-of-litovoi (Accessed: ).

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