Basarab the Old

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Basarab III cel Bătrân ("the Old"), also known as Laiotă Basarab or Basarab Laiotă (? – 22 December 1480) was ruler of the Principality of Wallachia in the 1470s.

Basarab the Old
Prince of Wallachia
ReignNovember – December 1473
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorRadu cel Frumos
Prince of Wallachia
ReignSpring 1474
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorRadu cel Frumos
Prince of Wallachia
ReignSeptember – October 1474
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorRadu cel Frumos
Prince of Wallachia
ReignJanuary 1475 – November 1476
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorVlad the Impaler
Prince of Wallachia
ReignDecember 1476 – November 1477
PredecessorVlad the Impaler
SuccessorBasarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr
Died22 December 1480
HouseHouse of Dănești
FatherDan II of Wallachia
ReligionEastern Orthodox

Biography

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Basarab repeated the achievement of Dan II in being elected by the boyars as Voivode on five occasions. Moreover, he succeeded the same ruler (Radu cel Frumos in Basarab's case) on four occasions. Two of his reigns also surrounded the last period in which Vlad III the Impaler ruled over Wallachia.

In 1479 he joined in the Battle of Breadfield, and died in December 1480.

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Basarab the Old
 Died: 1480
Regnal titles
Preceded by Voivode of Wallachia
1473
Succeeded by
Voivode of Wallachia
1474
Voivode of Wallachia
1474
Voivode of Wallachia
1475–1476
Succeeded by
Preceded by Voivode of Wallachia
1476–1477
Succeeded by