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 | |
| Reign | November – December 1473 |
| Predecessor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Successor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Prince of Wallachia | |
| Reign | Spring 1474 |
| Predecessor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Successor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Prince of Wallachia | |
| Reign | September – October 1474 |
| Predecessor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Successor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Prince of Wallachia | |
| Reign | January 1475 – November 1476 |
| Predecessor | Radu cel Frumos |
| Successor | Vlad the Impaler |
| Prince of Wallachia | |
| Reign | December 1476 – November 1477 |
| Predecessor | Vlad the Impaler |
| Successor | Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr |
| Died | 22 December 1480 |
| House | House of Dănești |
| Father | Dan II of Wallachia |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox |
Biography
editBasarab 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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