Basarab the Old explained

Succession:Prince of Wallachia
Reign1:November – December 1473
Predecessor1:Radu cel Frumos
Successor1:Radu cel Frumos
Succession2:Prince of Wallachia
Reign2:Spring 1474
Predecessor2:Radu cel Frumos
Successor2:Radu cel Frumos
Succession3:Prince of Wallachia
Reign3:September – October 1474
Predecessor3:Radu cel Frumos
Successor3:Radu cel Frumos
Succession4:Prince of Wallachia
Reign4:January 1475 – November 1476
Predecessor4:Radu cel Frumos
Successor4:Vlad the Impaler
Succession5:Prince of Wallachia
Predecessor5:Vlad the Impaler
Successor5:Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr
House:House of Dănești
Father:Dan II of Wallachia
Death Date:22 December 1480
Religion:Eastern Orthodox

Basarab III cel Bătrân ("the Old"), also known as Laiotă Basarab or Basarab Laiotă (? – 22 December 1480) was Voivode of the principality of Wallachia in the 1470s, repeating the achievement of Dan II in being elected by the boyars as voivode on five occasions. Moreover, he succeeded the same ruler (Radu cel Frumos in Basarab's case) on four occasions. Two of his reigns also surrounded the last period in which Vlad III the Impaler ruled over Wallachia.

In 1479 he joined in the Battle of Breadfield, and died in December 1480.

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