Principality of Transylvania

State · 1572–1695 CE · at its largest around 1622 CE

A semi-independent principality in the Carpathian basin under Ottoman suzerainty, notable for its religious tolerance among Catholics, Calvinists, Lutherans and Unitarians, which passed to Habsburg rule.

On its lands while it lasted

• Michael the Brave (1558 CE – 1601 CE): Prince of Wallachia who in 1599–1600 briefly ruled Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia together. He is remembered in Romania as a symbol of national unity.

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