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Neagoe Basarab

Type Figure Region Wallachia Time c. 1481–1521 Also known as Prince Neagoe

Prince of Wallachia (1512–1521) of the Basarab dynasty, his mother being Ruxandra, daughter of Moldavian Prince Stephen III;…

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  1. c. 1481–1491Wallachia · Principality of WallachiaHis father was Cipeleuș Basarab and his mother the Moldavian princess Ruxandra; he grew up from childhood in the turbulent environment of the Wallachian court.
  2. 1492–1500Târgoviște · Principality of WallachiaIn the 1490s, active as a nobleman of Moldavian royal blood amid the succession of Wallachian princes, receiving ecclesiastical and classical education, building the connections and reputation that would later lead to his accession.
  3. 1512–1521Curtea de Argeș · Principality of WallachiaAcceded in 1512, built the Curtea de Argeș Monastery, and navigated between the Ottomans and Hungary; wrote 'To His Son' setting out his views on governance and faith, and died in 1521.

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