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'''Seneslau''',<ref name='Georgescu'>{{cite book | last = Georgescu | first = Vlad | title = The Romanians: A History}}</ref><ref name='Pop'>{{cite book | last = Pop | first = Ioan Aurel | title = Romanians and Romania: A Brief History}}</ref> also '''Seneslav''' or '''Stănislau''',<ref name='Treptow'>{{cite book | last1 = Treptow | first1 = Kurt W. | last2 = Popa | first2 = Marcel | title = Historical Dictionary of Romania}}</ref> was a [[Vlachs|Vlach]] ''[[voivode]]'' mentioned in athe diploma[[Diploma of the Joannites]] issued by king [[Béla IV of Hungary]] (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247;. theThe diploma granted territories to the [[Knights Hospitaller]] in the [[Banate of Severin]] and ''[[Diocese of Cumania|Cumania]]''.<ref name='Vásáry'>{{cite book | last = Vásáry | first = István | title = Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365}}</ref> According to the diploma, the king gave the territories east of the [[Olt River]] to the knights, with the exception of the territory of ''voivode'' Seneslau.<ref name='Vásáry'/>

The name of Seneslav is of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin. Seneslau held central and southern [[Muntenia]]<ref name='Georgescu'/> (''i.e.'', the territories along the rivers [[Argeş River|Argeş]] and [[Dâmboviţa River|Dâmboviţa]]).<ref name='Pop'/> The Romanian historian Ioan Aurel Pop suggests that Seneslau was quasi independent of the king of Hungary.<ref name='Pop'/> According to the Hungarian historian István Vásáry, his title ''(voivode)'' suggests that he had a territorial unit under his jurisdiction.<ref name='Vásáry'/>

*Georgescu, Vlad ''(Author)'' – Calinescu, Matei ''(Editor)'' – Bley-Vroman, Alexandra ''(Translator)'': ''The Romanians – A History''; Ohio State University Press, 1991, Columbus; {{ISBN |0-8142-0511-9}}

*Pop, Ioan Aurel: ''Romanians and Romania: A Brief History''; Columbia University Press, 1999, New York; {{ISBN |0-88033-440-1}}

*Treptow, Kurt W. - Popa, Marcel: ''Historical Dictionary of Romania'' (part ''‘Historical'Historical Chronology’Chronology'''); Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996, Lanham & Folkestone; {{ISBN |0-8108-3179-1}}

*Vásáry, István: ''Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365''; Cambridge University Press, 2005, Cambridge; {{ISBN |0-521-83756-1}}