Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia
| Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia | |
|---|---|
| Voivode of Wallachia | |
 | |
| Voivode of Wallachia | |
| Reign |
c.1344 – 1352 (with Basarab I) 1352 – November 1364 (alone) |
| Predecessor | Basarab I of Wallachia |
| Successor | Vladislav I of Wallachia |
| Died | November 1364 |
| Spouse |
Doamna Maria Lackfy Doamna Clara Dobokai Doamna Margit Dabkai |
| Issue |
Vladislav I of Wallachia Radu I of Wallachia Elisabeth of Wallachia Anna of Wallachia Anca of Walachia |
| House | Basarab |
| Father | Basarab I of Wallachia |
| Mother | Doamna Margareta |
Nicholas Alexander (Romanian: Nicolae Alexandru) was a Voivode of Wallachia (c. 1352 – November 1364), after having been co-ruler to his father Basarab I.
In the year 1359, he founded the Eastern Orthodox Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia.
After initially resisting pressures to become the Kingdom of Hungary's vassal, he yielded to King Louis I in 1354, and recognized the right of the Roman Catholic Church to establish missions in his principality, as well as the privilege of Saxon traders from Brașov to transit Wallachia without paying duties. In 1355, Nicolae Alexandru and the King of Hungary reached an agreement in return for Severin.
His second wife was Clara Dobokai, a Catholic noblewoman from Hungary.[1]
His daughter, Anna of Wallachia, married Tsar Ivan Stratsimir of Bulgaria and became mother of Tsar Constantine II of Bulgaria and Queen Dorothea of Bosnia. Another daughter Anca married Emperor Stefan Uroš V of Serbia.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- (in Romanian) Constantin C. Giurescu, Istoria Românilor, vol. I, Ed. ALL Educațional, București, 2003.
- (in Romanian) Daniel Barbu, Sur le double nom du prince de Valachie Nicolas-Alexandre, Revue Roumaine d’Histoire XXV, no. 4, 1986.
Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia Died: 1364 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Basarab I |
Voivode of Wallachia 1352–1364 |
Succeeded by Vladislav I |