House of Dănești

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Dănești
Boyar noble family
Parent familyHouse of Basarab
Country Wallachia
EtymologyDan I
Founded1386 (1386)
FounderDan I
Current head (Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine)
Final rulerMoise
TitlesVovoide of Wallachia
DistinctionsOrder of the Dragon
TraditionsRomanian Eastern Orthodoxy
Estate(s)Bran Castle
Dissolution1530 (1530)
Cadet branchesCraiovești

The House of Dănești was one of the two main lineages of the Wallachian noble family House of Basarab. They were descended from Dan I of Wallachia. The other lineage of the Basarabs is the House of Drăculești.

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  • Nicolae Iorga, Histoire des Roumains : volume IV, Les chevaliers, Bucharest, 1937.


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