Bărbat

Template:Short description Template:For Bărbat was the brother and successor of voivode Litovoi whose territory had comprised northern Oltenia (Romania).<ref name='Georgescu'>Template:Cite book</ref>

War with Hungary

In 1277<ref name='Georgescu'/> (or between 1277 and 1280),<ref name='Pop'>Template:Cite book</ref> Litovoi renounced fealty to king Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1272–1290)<ref name='Makkai'>Template:Cite book</ref> when the king claimed lands for the crown, but Litovoi refused to pay tribute for them.<ref name='Georgescu'/> King Ladislaus IV dispatched a punitive force,<ref name='Makkai'/> and Litovoi was killed during the battle against the Hungarian army.<ref name='Pop'/> Bărbat was taken prisoner<ref name='Pop'/> and sent to the royal court<ref name='Vásáry'>Template:Cite book</ref> where he was forced not only to pay ransom but also to recognize Hungarian rule.<ref name='Georgescu'/> After Bărbat accepted Hungarian suzerainty under the duress of circumstances, he returned to his country.<ref name='Pop'/>

All these events are recounted in the king’s letter of grant of 8 January 1285, in which king Ladislaus IV donated villages in Sáros County (today in Slovakia) to Master George, son of Simon, who had been sent against Litovoi.<ref name='Vásáry'/>

See also

• Foundation of Wallachia
• Litovoi
• Țara Litua

Sources

• Georgescu, Vlad (Author) – Calinescu, Matei (Editor) – Bley-Vroman, Alexandra (Translator): The Romanians – A History; Ohio State University Press, 1991, Columbus; Template:ISBN
• Makkai, László: From the Hungarian conquest to the Mongol invasion; in: Köpeczi, Béla (General Editor) – Makkai, László; Mócsy, András; Szász, Zoltán (Editors) – Barta, Gábor (Assistant Editor): History of Transylvania - Volume I: From the beginnings to 1606; Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; Template:ISBN
• Pop, Ioan Aurel: Romanians and Romania: A Brief History; Columbia University Press, 1999, New York; Template:ISBN
• Vásáry, István: Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365; Cambridge University Press, 2005, Cambridge; Template:ISBN