Constantin Șerban

Constantin Şerban Basarab (called the obliquity; * before 1654, † 1682 in Poland) was ruler of the principality of Wallachia, on April 19, 1654 to January 26, 1658 Prince of Moldova in November 1659 and from 31 January 1661 to the February 1661.

Life

Constantine was the son of Radu Şerban ( Wallachia ) and a descendant of the family of Basarab and Craiovescu (Cl. Wallachia ). In 1644 he was Serdar ( leader of the mounted troops ) and fought in Transylvania for Rakoczy ( there he had been sent by Matei Basarab with 6,000 soldiers ). His farm was located in the village Dobreni, where there are the church and the Konak in ruins today.

Prince, he was using the Transylvanian voivode Rakoczy. Whose help he needed also to put down the rebellion of 1655 " Seimeni " mercenaries at simpleâ on Teleajen, which was led by his rival Prince Hrizea. Precisely because of this uprising, and that the " Dorobanti " units at the same time ( " Seimeni " and " Dorobanti " had Wallachia coated with arson ) lost Basarab the support of the boyars, but also of the common people. In 1659 he came with his army in Moldavia and proposed on Jijia River Gheorghe Ghica. Only when these allied with the Tatars, he could sell Basarab from Moldavia.

In May 1660 came to Bucharest to another battle with Ghica, who was now prince of Wallachia ( 1659-60 ). Ghica was beaten up over the Danube, but combined Turko - Tartar units wrestled down Basarab and put his adversary as a prince again. Finally Basarab made ​​another expedition into Moldavia (early 1661), where he tried Prince Stefanita Lupu ( " Prince reed " ) market. Since there was only a partial victory, he retired again.

After his final dismissal by the Turks Basarab fled to Transylvania, where he purchased in today Bihor county possessions. Were built by him the Patriarchate Church in Bucharest, the Orthodox Church in Muncaciu (1661 ) and the Orthodox Church in Tinăud (Hungarian: Tinod ) in Bihor County. During his reign, the Metropolitan Church in Alba Iulia received annual grants.

His wife was the Bălaşa, the daughter of Nico Stolnic pool. Basarab died in 1682 in Poland.