{"slug": "mircea-the-elder", "label": "Mircea the Elder", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_the_Elder", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322043", "qid": "Q322043", "description": "Ruler of Wallachia", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [1355, 1418], "span_label": ["1355 CE", "1418 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Mircea I of Wallachia"], "related": [{"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "romania", "label": "Romania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dobruja", "label": "Dobruja", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moldavia", "label": "Moldavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hungarians", "label": "Hungarians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-turks", "label": "Ottoman Turks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "serbs", "label": "Serbs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgarians", "label": "Bulgarians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wadysaw-ii-jagieo", "label": "Władysław II Jagiełło", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "silistra", "label": "Silistra", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1355, "year_label": "1355 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Mircea the Elder, Voivode of Wallachia (d. 1418)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357199170#Births", "title": "1355", "revid": 1357199170, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1386, "year_label": "1386 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Dan I of Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania) is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Elder, one of the greatest rulers of Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359789728#July–September", "title": "1386", "revid": 1359789728, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1388, "year_label": "1388 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mircea I of Wallachia takes control of the region of Dobruja, thus preventing its occupation by the Ottomans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360557860#Date_unknown", "title": "1388", "revid": 1360557860, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1389, "year_label": "1389 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Mircea I of Wallachia and Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło sign their first treaty, to protect their countries against Ottoman expansion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559797#Date_unknown", "title": "1389", "revid": 1360559797, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1395, "year_label": "1395 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Battle of Rovine: With the help of the Hungarians, Wallachia resists an invasion by the Ottomans and their Serb and Bulgarian vassals. 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