Polities

Principality of Wallachia

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General Reference

History Atlas. "Principality of Wallachia." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/principality-of-wallachia.

APA Style

History Atlas. (n.d.). Principality of Wallachia. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/principality-of-wallachia

BibTeX

@misc{historyatlas-principality-of-wallachia,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {Principality of Wallachia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/principality-of-wallachia},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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. Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler, ruled it as voivode from 1456 to 1462, fiercely resisting Ottoman rule.

Facts

Capital

Targoviste (1418-1659) 1

Earlier capitals were Campulung and Curtea de Arges (1330-1418); later Bucharest (from 1659).

Start Year

1330 1

End Year

1862 1

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