Rule of Voivode Mircea of Wallachia and resistance to the Ottomans (1390s)

Name: Rule of Voivode Mircea of Wallachia and resistance to the Ottomans (1390s)
Start: 1390
End: 1400

Type Event Region Europe Time 1390–1400

In the 1390s, Voivode Mircea ruled Wallachia, repelled an invasion by Ottoman sultan Bayezid I at the Battle of Rovine in 1395, and allied with the K…

Timeline

1390–1393Bucharest · RomaniaVoivode Mircea unified the Wallachian noble factions, strengthened central authority, built monasteries and fortresses, and consolidated the principality's rule north of the Danube.
1395Rovine · RomaniaOttoman sultan Bayezid I led an army to invade Wallachia; Voivode Mircea, joined by Serbian and Hungarian reinforcements, won a decisive victory at Rovine, temporarily checking the Ottoman advance eastward.
1396–1400Danube frontier · Southeastern EuropeMircea maintained independence with the support of King Sigismund of Hungary while paying tribute to the Ottomans to secure peace, maneuvering flexibly between the two great powers to preserve the principality.

Sources

The Ottoman Centuries — Lord Kinross (1977)