Wallachia

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Principality of Wallachia
Wallachia ( ?ara Romaneasc? )
1317?1862
Flag of Wallachia
Flag
Coat of arms of Wallachia
Coat of arms
Capital Campulung , Curtea de Arge? , Targovi?te , Bucure?ti
Common languages Romanian (commonly used, later official), Church Slavonic (in early official use)
Government Principality
Princes of Wallachia ( Voivodes , Hospodars )  
? 1310-1352
Basarab I - the first
? 1859-1862
Alexander John Cuza - the last
History  
Basarab I unifies the small voivodships in Wallachia
1317
De Jure Union of the Danubian Principalities
1862
Succeeded by
Romanian Principalities

Wallachia (also spelled Walachia ; Romanian : ?ara Romaneasc? or "The Romanian Land") is a historical area of Romania . Wallachia is divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia).

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