The Vlachs - People Formed Around a Dynasty
Ştefan Stareţu
Serbian kings were co-heirs to the Arpad dynasty, Stefan Dragutin and his son, Vladislav, son of eldest daughter last significant king. His Angevin adversaries, descendants a younger sister Dragutin’s wife, had support papacy. In Hungarian regions where Vladislav’s supporters estates, Vlachs colonized. Krasso region, even today population is bilingual in Serb Vlach has mixed identity, which are interchangeable, same, onomastically preserve all main family names that nobility counties colonized later from this such as Maramoros or Hunyad (this Crisov land mentioned Roman Vlachata medieval narrative, first settled by under Hungary they spread). County, wedding Laszlo Kán’s took place, Serbia came reinforcement political enterprise Nemanjic dynasty successor line, despite papal ex-communication. Afterwards, areas Miklos Pok (Maramaros, Ugocsa, Bereg), another ally Dragutin, influenced Andrew Halics, wave colonists came, ancestors Maramaros nobility. acts Catholic Church Câmpulung Muscel, note about Negru Vodă’s wife preserved. She called Katalin, King. This implies identity between semi-legendary XVIIth century figure Vodă Dragutin. probably translation Maurovlach, black Vlach. Heraldry common Serbia, Bosnia, Wallachia, Moldavia, Ethiopic heads, supports origin its Nemanjic. genealogic preserved painted tree Curtea de Argeş, Neagoe Basarab symbolism 12 tribes Israel suggest unity ottoman north.
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