Description: Dan I 1383-1386 AD Wallachia. Silver Denar. PCGS XF 45. Very Rare. Shipped with USPS First Class.Dan II(? 1 June 1432) was avoivodeof theprincipalityofWallachia, ruling an extraordinary five times, and succeeded four times byRadu II Chelul, his rival for the throne. Of those five periods on the throne of Wallachia (14201421, 14211423, 14231424, 14261427, and 14271431), four were within a period of only seven years.Dan was the son ofDan I of Wallachia.[1]His father was the eldest son and successor ofRadu I of Wallachia.[1]After Dan I was murdered in 1387, his brother,Mircea, ascended the throne.[1]Dan was loyal to his uncle during Mircea's reign.[1]Mircea was the first ruler of Wallachia to be forced to pay an annual tribute to the Ottoman Empire.[2]He made his only legitimate son,Michael I, his co-ruler.Dan appears first in the records leading a contingent sent by his uncleMirceaI to assistMusa Celebiin takingAdrianopleduring the Ottoman civil war in 1411. After Michael succeeded Mircea (who died on 4 February 1418), Dan laid claim to Wallachia.The Ottomans defeated Michael in 1419, forcing him to pay tribute and to cedeGiurgiuand other fortresses along the Danube to them.The Wallachian boyars started to defect to Dan.After Michael did not respect his treaty with the Ottomans, Dan broke into Wallachia in early 1420.Initially, Michael could resist.However, Ottoman troops joined Dan, enabling him to defeat Michael and his Hungarian allies in the summer of 1420. Dan II first took the throne in 1420, losing it in 1421, but regaining it that same year. He was primarily able to regain the throne many times because he was an able military commander in the field. In 1423, Dan II led an army against the invadingOttoman Turks, defeating them in battle.[citation needed]The Ottomans were invading in an effort to place Radu II back on the throne. In 1425, he again defeated the Ottomans,[citation needed]winning an important victory in a battle that was the first recorded mention of Wallachia usingmercenariesin their army. In that battle, Dan II had employed a large number ofBulgariansoldiers. In the spring of 1427, Dan II removes Radu II from the throne for the last time, again defeating the Ottomans in battle,[citation needed]taking back thefortressatGiurgiu. In all likelihood, Dan II killed Radu II either during or after that battle, as the latter disappears from historical records afterwards. However, written accounts of the time are sparse at best, and it is not known for certain. On 3 June 1428, Dan II led an army against the Ottomans atGolubac Fortress, which ended with atreatythat would allow Dan II a semi-peaceful rule until 1432. In 1432 his country was invaded by a large Ottoman army. Dan was defeated and killed in battle. He was succeeded byAlexandru I Aldea, a son ofMircea cel Batran, who would reign until his death from illness in 1436, and with him being replaced byVlad II Dracul, father toVlad Tepes. Dan II's son,Basarab II, would replace Vlad Dracul's sonMircea IIin 1443. However, his son lacked the military ability of his father and would lose the throne within a year to Vlad Dracul. Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, an indefatigable traveler, possibly the most well-traveled prince of his time, and brother ofHenry the Navigator, met with Dan II of Wallachia during Pedro's service toSigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.
Price: 3500 USD
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
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Era: Medieval
Grade: XF 45
Certification: PCGS
