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Michael the Brave

1558 - 1601

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Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul [miˈhaj viˈte̯azul] or Mihai Bravu [ˈbravu]; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593–1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600). He is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes. Since the 19th century, Michael the Brave has been regarded by Romanian nationalists as a symbol of Romanian unity, as his reign marked the first time all principalities inhabited by Romanians were under the same ruler.His rule over Wallachia began in the autumn of 1593. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael the Brave has received more than 692,568 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Michael the Brave is the 1,797th most popular politician (up from 1,866th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 35th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Romanian Politician.

Michael the Brave was a Romanian prince who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in the late 1500s.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael the Brave ranks 1,797 out of 15,577Before him are Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Edgar the Peaceful, Maria Josepha of Austria, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Gongmin of Goryeo, and Constantine VI. After him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Kubrat, Barkiyaruq, Agesilaus II, Marozia, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Michael the Brave ranks 1After him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Hendrik Goltzius, Ishikawa Goemon, Oda Nobutaka, Olivier van Noort, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Thomas Kyd, Robert Greene, and Thomas Lodge. Among people deceased in 1601, Michael the Brave ranks 2Before him is Tycho Brahe. After him are Louise of Lorraine, Kuchum, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Starina Novak, Henriette of Cleves, Thomas Nashe, and Ivan Moskvitin.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Michael the Brave ranks 32 out of 665Before him are Theodoric I (393), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Elie Wiesel (1928), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), and Gheorghe Zamfir (1941). After him are Mihai Eminescu (1850), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), George Enescu (1881), Klaus Iohannis (1959), János Bolyai (1802), and Álmos (820).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Michael the Brave ranks 16Before him are Vlad II Dracul (1395), Béla Kun (1886), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Ion Iliescu (1930), Theodoric I (393), and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901). After him are Klaus Iohannis (1959), Álmos (820), Gabriel Bethlen (1580), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Milan I of Serbia (1854), and Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820).