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Mircea I of Wallachia

1355 - 1418

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Mircea the Elder (Romanian: Mircea cel Bătrân, pronounced [ˈmirtʃe̯a tʃel bəˈtrɨn] ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mircea I of Wallachia has received more than 367,057 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Mircea I of Wallachia is the 2,750th most popular politician (down from 2,595th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Romania (down from 45th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Romanian Politician.

Mircea I of Wallachia is most famous for his victory over the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Șelimbăr in 1396.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mircea I of Wallachia ranks 2,750 out of 15,577Before him are Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Omri, Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, Armah, Franz Ziereis, and Sverker I of Sweden. After him are Khieu Samphan, Theophano, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Emperor Dezong of Tang, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, and Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1355, Mircea I of Wallachia ranks 2Before him is Gemistus Pletho. After him are Gülçiçek Hatun, Konstantin Dejanović, Melchior Broederlam, Manuel Chrysoloras, Konrad von Jungingen, Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, Theodore I Palaiologos, Dorothea of Bulgaria, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, and Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1418, Mircea I of Wallachia ranks 1After him are Catherine of Lancaster, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, and Ostoja of Bosnia.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mircea I of Wallachia ranks 50 out of 665Before him are Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Milan I of Serbia (1854), John Cassian (360), Sergiu Celibidache (1912), Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), and Alexander Löhr (1885). After him are Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Ilie Năstase (1946), Edward G. Robinson (1893), György Dózsa (1470), Sigismund Báthory (1572), and Traian Băsescu (1951).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Mircea I of Wallachia ranks 23Before him are Klaus Iohannis (1959), Álmos (820), Gabriel Bethlen (1580), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Milan I of Serbia (1854), and Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820). After him are Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), György Dózsa (1470), Sigismund Báthory (1572), Traian Băsescu (1951), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), and Ana Pauker (1893).