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Wallachia
The principality the Basarabs founded, between the Carpathians and the Danube.
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The Wallachian Dynasty
The House of Basarab
From the founding of Wallachia in the early 14th century, the Basarab line gave the principality its first voivodes, its golden eagle, and its enduring seal.
Overview
The dynasty that made a principality
For over two centuries the House of Basarab ruled Wallachia — founding its church, its capital, and the golden-eagle seal still read on medieval charters.
The Seat of the Dynasty
Curtea de Argeș
The Basarabs raised their first capital on the Argeș river. Its princely church became the necropolis of the dynasty — the resting place of Basarab I's heirs and the spiritual heart of early Wallachia.
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The rise of the dynasty
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c. 1310 — Basarab I
Basarab I unites the lands south of the Carpathians under one voivode.
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1330 — Posada
Basarab defeats Charles I of Hungary, winning de facto independence for Wallachia.
- 3
1352 — Curtea de Argeș
The princely church is raised; the capital becomes the dynasty's necropolis.
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1386 — Mircea the Elder
Wallachia reaches its height; the Dănești and Drăculești lines soon diverge.
The Lands of Basarab
Where the dynasty ruled
“Basarab I broke the Angevin army at Posada in 1330 — and with that victory Wallachia stood as a principality in its own right.”
The Arms of the House of Basarab
Azure, an eagle displayed Or bearing a cross of the same in its beak, between a sun and a waxing moon — the golden bird of the founding dynasty of Wallachia.