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Led by the voivode Basarab I, Wallachian forces defeated the Hungarian army in an ambush at the Battle of Posada.
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Historical Slavic noble title
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Historical and geographical region of Romania
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Battle of Posada
1330 battle between Wallachian and Hungarian armies
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