Constantin Șerban Basarab

Constantin Șerban Basarab

Constantin Șerban Basarab (called the crooked man ; * before 1654; † 1682 in Poland ) was ruler of the Principality of Wallachia from April 19, 1654 to January 26, 1658 and Prince of Moldova in November 1659 and from January 31, 1661 to February 1661 .

Life

Constantin was the son of Radu Șerban (Wallachia) and a descendant of the Basarab and Craiovescu (Kl. Wallachia) families. In 1644 he was Serdar (leader of the mounted troops) and fought for Rakoczy in Transylvania (there he had been sent by Matei Basarab with 6000 soldiers). His farm was in the village of Dobreni , where the church and the konak are still in ruins today.

He became prince with the help of the Transylvanian voivode Rakoczy. He also needed his help to put down the uprising of the "Seimeni" farmhands near Simplea on Teleajen in 1655, which was led by his rival Prince Hrizea. It was precisely because of this uprising and that of the “Dorobanti” units at the same time (“Seimeni” and “Dorobantib” had plundered Wallachia) that Basarab lost the support of the boyars, but also of the common people. In 1659 he reached the Vltava with his army and struck Gheorghe Ghică on the Jijia River . Only when he allied with the Tatars could he drive Basarab out of Moldova.

In May 1660 there was another battle in Bucharest with Ghica, who was now Prince of Wallachia (1659-60). Ghică was defeated over the Danube, but united Turkic-Tatar units wrestled down Basarab and reinstated his adversary as prince. Finally, Basarab undertook a campaign in the Moldavia (beginning of 1661), where he tried to depose Prince Ștefăniță Lupu ("Prince Reed"). Since it was only a partial victory, he withdrew again.

After his final deposition by the Turks, Basarab fled to Transylvania , where he acquired properties in what is now Bihor County. He built the Patriarchal Church in Bucharest , the Orthodox Church in Muncaciu (1661) and the Orthodox Church in Tinăud (Hungarian: Tinod) in the Bihor district. During his reign, the metropolitan area of Alba Iulia received annual grants.

His wife was the Bălașa, the daughter of Stolnic Nicolache. Basarab died in Poland in 1682.

literature

• AD Xenopol: Istoria românilor din Dacia Traiană. Iasi 1888–93, Vol. IV

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