Territorial change of Wallachia (Principality of Wallachia)

“Wallachia”(Principality of Wallachia) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1314 to 1858. Its territory was largest in AD 1395 – 1401, at ≈ 75 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1395 – 1401 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1582: number 99 of 53.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Moldavia — 110 frames
• Ottoman Empire — 108 frames
• Kingdom of Hungary — 36 frames
• Habsburg monarchy — 34 frames
• Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) — 27 frames
• Austrian Empire — 15 frames
• Serbs — 15 frames
• Second Bulgarian Empire — 10 frames
• Eastern Hungarian Kingdom — 7 frames
• Golden Horde — 6 frames
• Tsardom of Vidin — 5 frames
• Kingdom of Serbia — 4 frames
• Despotate of Dobruja — 4 frames
• House of Habsburg — 2 frames
• Serbian Empire — 2 frames
• Tsardom of Russia — 1 frames
• Bessarabia — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 8 by area.

Wikipedia summary

Wallachia is a geographical region of modern-day Romania, as well as one of the two historical Romanian principalities that laid the foundation for the establishment of the modern Romanian state. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians.

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