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Dan I of Wallachia

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Reign
  
1383–1386

Issue
  
Dan II

Children
  
Dan II of Wallachia

Spouse
  
Maria of Serbia

Role
  
Prince


Successor
  
Mircea the Elder

Name
  
Dan of

Predecessor
  
Radu I

House
  
Danesti

Siblings
  
Mircea I of Wallachia

Died
  
September 23, 1386, Bulgaria

Parents
  
Radu I of Wallachia, Lady Calinica

Grandchildren
  
Vladislav II of Wallachia, Basarab Laiota cel Batran, Basarab II of Wallachia

Similar People
  
Mircea I of Wallachia, Basarab Laiota cel Batran, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Basarab I of Wallachia, Vlad II Dracul

Dan I was prince of Wallachia from 1383 to 1386. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and the step-brother of Mircea I of Wallachia.

The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Laonikos Chalkokondyles claims that he was assassinated by his younger step brother Mircea I in collusion with a boyar party. However, the Anonymous Bulgarian Chronicle states that Dan I was assassinated during a campaign fought between 1384-1386 against Ivan Shishman of Tarnovo, who was backed by the Ottomans, purportedly in favour of his uncle Ivan Sratsimir of Vidin, but ultimately part of the early Wallachian rulers' attempts to expand their rule south of the Danube.

Dan I's descendants were members of the House of Dăneşti, one of the two factions descended from Basarab I, that were claimants to the voivodeship of the Principality of Wallachia in subsequent centuries. The other rival faction was the House of Drăculeşti.

References

Dan I of Wallachia Wikipedia


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