A late holder of this title issued the Caragea law code and aggressively combatted an outbreak ofthe plague by burying sick people alive. This office was held by a man who lobbied in Vienna andParis for external support for his ascension before offending the populace with his openlyhomosexual lifestyle, Peter the Earring. Another holder of this office used popular support to facedown an army of SzÃ©kely mercenaries before briefly being deposed at Manesti. An early holder ofthis office secured his independence by defeating Charles I at the Battle of Posada. This title was heldby men bynamed The Shepherd, The Mean, The Drowned, and The Empty-Headed, and a Lombardimposter named Rosso combated with an Islamic convert known as "The (*) Turned-Turk" for thisthrone. A holder of this office, which was held by the progenitor Basarab I, joined a Catholic order foundedby Sigismund of Hungary and was the father of another man who attempted to gain Turkish support for thispost by converting to Islam, Radu the Handsome. For 10 points, identify this
A late holder of this title issued the Caragea law code and aggressively combatted an outbreak ofthe plague by burying sick people alive. This office was held by a man who lobbied in Vienna andParis for external support for his ascension before offending the populace with his openlyhomosexual lifestyle, Peter the Earring. Another holder of this office used popular support to facedown an army of SzÃ©kely mercenaries before briefly being deposed at Manesti. An early holder ofthis office secured his independence by defeating Charles I at the Battle of Posada. This title was heldby men bynamed The Shepherd, The Mean, The Drowned, and The Empty-Headed, and a Lombardimposter named Rosso combated with an Islamic convert known as "The (*) Turned-Turk" for thisthrone. A holder of this office, which was held by the progenitor Basarab I, joined a Catholic order foundedby Sigismund of Hungary and was the father of another man who attempted to gain Turkish support for thispost by converting to Islam, Radu the Handsome. For 10 points, identify this royal title which Radu foughtover for several years with his brother, Vlad Tepes, who impaled dissenters to his claim on this throne.
A late holder of this title issued the Caragea law code and aggressively combatted an outbreak ofthe plague by burying sick people alive.
voivode of Wallachia [or prince of Wallachia; or duke of Wallachia; don't accept "king" of anything or any answer including "Romania"]