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    The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia was the official name of the personal union which later became Romania, adopted in 1859 when Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected as the Domnitor of both territories, which were still vassals of the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia

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    The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (Romanian: Principatele Unite ale Moldovei și Țării Românești), [2] commonly called United Principalities or Wallachia and Moldavia, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia.
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    The Principalities of the Danube wider concept - Moldavia, Wallachia, and Serbia The Danubian Principalities in the mid-19th century The Danubian Principalities (Romanian: Principatele Dunărene, Serbian: Дунавске кнежевине, romanized: Dunavske kneževine) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century ...
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    The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romanian: Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române) or, unofficially, the Little Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Micii Uniri), [1] is a public holiday of Romania celebrated every 24 January to commemorate the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), also known as the "Little Union", on 24 January 1859 under prince ...
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    The most important part of Romania's history, Unification Day, is celebrated on January 24. This day marks the important first step to creating the nation of Romania as we know it today. On this day, in 1859, two Romanian principalities, "Moldavia" and "Wallachia", came together to form the "Union of the Romanian Principalities" or the "Little Union". This eventually led up ...
  7. america-times.com

    4 days agoBut this compromise did not match the determination of the Romanian unionists, who found the ingenious solution of electing the same person - Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the candidate of the National Party - as Ruling Prince of both countries, thus creating de facto the United Romanian Principalities.
  8. thecollector.com

    Sep 30, 2024Thus, to understand how Romania became a country, it is important to learn about each region. Moldavia and Wallachia were under Ottoman rule between the 15th and 19th centuries. Collectively, the two were known as the Danubian Principalities. Moldavia refers to a region that today is in Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
  9. A few years earlier, in July 1853, Russian troops had invaded the Romanian Principalities Wallachia and Moldova (the Danube Principalities), which were at that time under the Ottoman Empire's suzerainty. In October 1853 the Ottomans responded by declaring war on Russia. It was the beginning of the Crimean War. In March 1854 France and Great Britain also declared war on Russia, due to its ...
  10. familysearch.org

    Mar 20, 2024The first of the Romanian principalities, Wallachia, was formed in 1330, gaining independence from the kingdom of Hungary. The second, Moldavia, was founded in 1350 east of the Carpathians on the Prut River valley, and became a vassal state of the kingdom of Poland. However, by 1396 Wallachia became a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire; Moldavia became a vassal state in 1512. After the Turks ...
  11. The Union of the Romanian Principalities was particularly supported by Emperor Napoleon III of France. Ad-hoc assemblies, convened in 1857 in Wallachia and Moldavia, under the 1856 Paris Peace Treaty, passed resolutions urging, among other things, the two principalities unification into a single country, to be called Romania.
  12. The union of the Principalities is one of the crucial moments in the history of Romania. It was masterminded by political leaders of the two Romanian principalities - Wallachia and Moldavia - and achieved, as a stroke of political genius, on January 24, 1859 by the election of a single ruler in both states.

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