Seneslau,[1][2] also Seneslav or Stănislau,[3] was a Vlach voivode mentioned in a diploma issued by king Béla IV of Hungary (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247; the diploma granted territories to the Knights Hospitaller in the Banate of Severin and Cumania.[4] 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.[4]
The name of Seneslav is of Slavic origin. Seneslau held central and southern Muntenia[1] (i.e., the territories along the rivers Argeş and Dâmboviţa).[2] The Romanian historian Ioan Aurel Pop suggests that Seneslau was quasi independent of the king of Hungary.[2] According to the Hungarian historian István Vásáry, his title (voivode) suggests that he had a territorial unit under his jurisdiction.[4] Bulgarian historian Vasil Zlatarski, based on an information of Rashid-al-Din and other sources, agrees that voivodship of Seneslav was under the Bulgarian sovereignty.[5]
The diploma of Béla IV also refers to the kenazates of John, Farcaş and voivode Litovoi.[4] Although the names of Seneslau and Litovoi are of Slavic origin, they are expressly said to be Vlachs (Olati) in the king's diploma.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Georgescu, Vlad. The Romanians: A History.
- ^ a b c Pop, Ioan Aurel. Romanians and Romania: A Brief History.
- ^ Treptow, Kurt W.; Popa, Marcel. Historical Dictionary of Romania.
- ^ a b c d e Vásáry, István. Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365.
- ^ Златарски, Васил. История на българската държава през средните векове. Том III, с. 370-375 See also Коледаров, Петър. Политическа география на средновековната българска държава, с. 59-60.
Sources
- 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 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
- Златарски, Васил. История на българската държава през средните векове. Том III. Второ българско царство. България при Асеневци (1187—1280), София 1940
- Коледаров, Петър. Политическа география на средновековната българска държава, Втора част (1186-1396), София 1989