We've got plenty more planned for October on the channel - including a new miniseries; plus, in continuing Wallachia's story, we'll take an in-depth look into the reign of Vlad III, otherwise known as the Vlad the Imapler!
Here in Romania we never used such term "Wallachia". We called it "Tara Romaneasca" which translates as "Romanian country" and we never called ourselves "Vlachs". We always called ourselves "Rumani". This Wallachia term is like the entire planet calling Deutschaland "Germany" but they never call themselves "Germans" they call themselves "Deutsche Volk". It would be great if foreigners called Wallachia by its true name "Romanian country". Us Romans called the Deutsche "Germans" and in revenge they called us Wallachians as the term derives from German word: "Walhaz" which translates as "Latin speakers" so this is where our nickname comes from. Germans nicknamed us Wallachians because we nicknamed them Germans.
@@danielmaxter1928 Valahia was formed by kazar kumans Jews and Roma gypsy turco iranienii Avars from kazar khagane army house of Basarab Drăculești clans 1200
Im romanian and i cannot express how good this video is. The quality was way better than expected and it had all the important details explained in a very accurate way.
Awesome; thank you so much Tina! Hope you like our infographics and other stuff over on Instagram. Once we have access to the community tab on UA-cam itself, we'll share some of those here as well.
@@GhostCountries Heii they was cumans kazar and Roma gypsy turcic iranic Avars from same stock kazar army khagane Vlad impaler house of Basarab they was not rumanians blahs
Hey, that’s really interesting man; we definitely are planning to explore the region more in future episodes and that includes stuff relating to Serbia’s history too!
Vlach we are ROMANIANS from Banatul sarbesc..Vlach is real original ROMANIANS Banat dialect is old real Romanian vlach dialect...Romanians in Bucharest over there in muntenia don't speak real Romanian there all mixed with 10 different races
South of Romania was called in the past by slavs and greeks Wallachia, those people that live in Timoc Valley that region was part of South of Romania(Wallachia aka Țara Românească-Terra Romanum) during Mircea The Elder rule. They are daco-romans just like romanians, in ancient times that region was called Tribalia.
Pretty good stuff man - this is coming from a true Geto-Valaho(Wallachian)-Rumanian who knows more than the official story, especially the western version. You got it right. Cheers!
Another great episode! I'm looking forward to the continuation and hope it will not end on Vlad Tepesh. We have to at least get to Michel (Mihai) the Brave. Also, nice pronunciation of Wallachia! At least, that's how we would say it in Poland. I assume that the actual Romanian pronunciation is similar.
Thanks Artur and yeah 😅, I tried making sure my pronunciation in-video was as close to the Romanian version as possible! Interesting to know it's basically the same over in Poland. Okay; we debated exactly what to do here, because there's quite a lot to Wallachia's story - including the exploits of Michael the Brave, like you point out - probably could (and we just might...hahaha) make an entire video on the Battle of Calugareni! However, we decided to end it (more or less) when Wallachia's "true independence" came to an end. Now, that being said, we have plans to do either a "Ghost Biography" about Michael the Brave - going into his story, which goes beyond just Wallachia - and/or a Wallachia Part III, if these episodes are well-received.
We almost certainly (in time) will use these episodes to springboard into the United Principalities and Kingdom of Romania, among others - so, there's plenty more still to come!
romanians never called themselves vlahs/valahi/volohi. There is only evidence of calling themselves ruman and/or roman or at plural rumani/romani.Also "Dac(i)" who can mean wolf people or "d'aci" which means "from here/from this/these land(s). So we dont have an actual correct spelling for valahia once this word was invented and used only by non romanians.The country name in our records was called Tara Romaneasca/Terra Romanorum - Romanian Land(s). We have Tara as Terra , we have Tarina as earth dust but never reffered to it as Valahia or valahians among ourselves. Relating to the Dracul/ea name, the House of Basarab who ruled/founded "Valahia" had two heir branches , the Danesti and Draculesti Clans. Dracu(l) means Devil , devilish but also have positive mean "al dracu" means to have ambition/to never give up.Vlad Tepes/Vlad Draculea the 3rd father name has nothing to do with the order of the dragon. The order in official papers (very rare) is named simply "societa". Others call it unoficially societa draconica or draco brotherhood.The symbol used for this brotherhood was the uroborus, a snake eating his own tale and other symbol is the dragon killed by saint george but the clan/familly name was there before Vlads father joined the Order.
Yeah, and kind of in the same vein as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it's truly one of those ghost countries that - even though not here anymore - has a perceptible legacy, even today! We'll be covering Vlad the Impaler in part II of Wallachia's story, but we've had some viewer recommend going beyond that and, if these videos do well, we definitely plan a video for Michael the Brave.
Thank you for the video very interesting many greetings from Romania, one note if i may , the country was called TARA ROMANESCA meaning the LAND OF THE ROMANIANS not Wallachia and local people called themselves ruman roman rumanj rumani and not walach or vlach, Wallachia was called by the people bordering the country such as hungarians turks germans , Wallachia is just like Wallonia in belgium just a german word to mean a romance people.
Hey, thank you so much Tomy and the history behind the name Wallachia is actually quite interesting - I did a little bit of research after seeing your comment! Also, just saying, it's really neat hearing from someone in Romania 🇷🇴 itself; we're planning to do more videos about Romanian (and southeast European) history in the not too distant future, such as an episode about the United Principalities, etc.
@@GhostCountries your welcome, your video was very interesting, the roman name is not unique in the region as all the balkans population were romans at some point in history ,Greeks have 100 years Since they stop calling themselves romaioi ,we were just former romans living on both sides of the danube, in the south majoity got assimilated some still live south called aromanians and meglo-romanians, as a a modern day romanian see myself as beeing part of the former eastern Roman byzantine empire ,we are orthodox and we are Roman, the people who ruled Wallachia after Michel the brave were byzantine greeks from constantinople called phanariots who also called themselves Romaioi, we still have now in 2022 families such as canatacuzino and paleologu some are men of culture some politicians.
@@GhostCountries thank you for beeing interested in my country, i enjoyed your despotate of epirus was very nice ,i hope you do more about byzantine history in the future such as empire of nicaea or the Vlacho-Bulgarian empire, or anyother video about the eastern roman empire, greetings from Constanta on the black sea cost of Romania.
@@tomytoma6287 That's really interesting, there's so much to regional history once you begin to dig into it and it often takes you to some unexpected places. Oh, and just letting you know, we have actually gotten quite a few requests for a ghost biography episode on Michael the Brave and that almost certainly is going to happen at some point...hopefully sooner than later!
@@tomytoma6287 Definitely; we've still got a bit more planned before wrapping up Epirus' story, but then we'll moving on to other Byzantine successor states (Nicaea, Trebizond, etc.) in time, alongside other ghost countries in the region. And, since you mentioned the Bulgarian Empire, I can almost guarantee we'll be covering that state; working on the Epirus episodes and others showed just how much of a role it played in regional history and that's something we just can't ignore / want to explore further in a proper episode.
Such great quality for such a small channel! I hope you‘ll soon get the glory you deserve and will come out on eye level with the other more known history channels!
Thank you so much for your comment TheViktory 🙌; it really is always nice hearing that our viewers/subscribers enjoy the channel - we're always trying to improve content quality - and we've had some pretty nice growth lately too!
It's pretty cool to see how your videos have evolved since the channel started! 👍 Also, like a lot of other viewers have said, I'm looking forward to the part about Vlad the Impaler - rather apropos with Halloween coming up.
@@GhostCountries they was kazar dummye kazar kumans and Roma gypsy turco iranici .and pecenegă tatars house of Basarab they was not vlah ilirians shepherd
Thanks Historical_Events! I'm pretty sure you'll like the other content - new miniseries premieres next week - that we're putting out this month as well. 😉
The first map and already a LIE >>> no "HUNGARY" existed, it's an Anglo-Saxons invention bluff!!! This territory was in the language of the inhabitants of UHORSKO = UHORSKA ZEM = UHORSKE KRALOVSTVO (no Madar/Magyar) before that it belonged to the whole MAGNA MARAVIA = VELIKA MARAVA!!! Anglo-Saxons speech is primitive and therefore mixes states and nations under their poor language to express concepts 😜😜😜
Nogay Khan isn't great great grandson of Ghenghis Khan he is believed to be related to Ghengis Khan even so there wouldn't be that much of a generation difference as grand grand grandson.I guess it is impossible i cuz Ghengiz Han was born in 1227 and Nogay Khan was born in 1230 .As shown in history books what you claim seems to be impossible.
Oh, really 🤔; at least from the sources we found online that was the relationship given, but if you have a link or another source, we’ll definitely check it out!
...besides the weird, off putting and not necessary Casper ghost being constantly on the screen, this is a good quality video. But ending it without Michael the Brave is like talking about The Roman Empire and ending before Caesar. Bruh...
Hey, thanks for commenting; yeah, I tried getting my pronunciation as close as possible for "Draculea," but if it still sounded off...sorry about that! And regarding "dracul," we tried saying it meant "dragon" or "son of the dragon" - via the Latin "draco" - but later also gained the meaning of devil, largely owing to Vlad III's legacy. But, retrospectively, we could've worded that differently in the script/video.
Thank you so much and really; I was just double checking and for whatever reason English-language sources are extremely vague regarding his death. If you know of anything that would be useful, feel free to let me know, since we'll actually be revisiting Wallachia in an episode about Michael the Brave sometime.
Oh, thank you so much! We're actually talking about doing a part III, since we didn't cover Michael the Brave. We initially put part III on hold, since there didn't seem to be a lot of interest on the part of our viewers, but we've received so many comments lately. So, honestly, I'm excited to revisit another chapter of Wallachian / Romanian history again!
@@Mina.s_sc Oh, that's great to know! All this digging into Romanian history really makes me want to visit the country. I was supposed to back in 2019 or 2020, but that never happened.
Oh, thanks Matt; be sure to check out Wallachia Part II when it's out, which deals with Vlad the Impaler...plus, we've got a new miniseries premiering on the channel next week!
It's difficult to say; I know there's a theory the House of Basarab may have a Cuman or Pecheneg origin, but we didn't come across anything definitive while doing research for this episode.
@@GhostCountries There are various studies of y-chromosome of males that had the Basarab name and they have no corellation with the Asian chromosomes ones.Most likely by the time Basarab the first became ruler of Wallachia he was only Cuman in name.
We've got plenty more planned for October on the channel - including a new miniseries; plus, in continuing Wallachia's story, we'll take an in-depth look into the reign of Vlad III, otherwise known as the Vlad the Imapler!
Here in Romania we never used such term "Wallachia". We called it "Tara Romaneasca" which translates as "Romanian country" and we never called ourselves "Vlachs". We always called ourselves "Rumani". This Wallachia term is like the entire planet calling Deutschaland "Germany" but they never call themselves "Germans" they call themselves "Deutsche Volk". It would be great if foreigners called Wallachia by its true name "Romanian country". Us Romans called the Deutsche "Germans" and in revenge they called us Wallachians as the term derives from German word: "Walhaz" which translates as "Latin speakers" so this is where our nickname comes from. Germans nicknamed us Wallachians because we nicknamed them Germans.
@@danielmaxter1928 Valahia was formed by kazar kumans Jews and Roma gypsy turco iranienii Avars from kazar khagane army house of Basarab Drăculești clans 1200
@@danielmaxter1928tara romaneasca is also know as valahia in romana
Im romanian and i cannot express how good this video is. The quality was way better than expected and it had all the important details explained in a very accurate way.
Oh, thank you so much BaffledWaffle; we've got a second part to this video and will be revisiting Romania's history in future videos too!
@@GhostCountries saw a part of the video. It was really cool
@@GhostCountries kumans was khazars kipcak and numerous tribe bolgars maghiars serbian ..not vlachii ilrii rumunii or arumunii albanese migrated witj sheeps in.kumania today bucharest
Do you drink blood 🩸?
Esti incult!
Another good video, you deserve more fans!
Oh, thank you so much! The channel is growing - slowly, but surely; that being said, every like, comment, and/or share helps!
Heading to Instagram now to follow your fascinating work!
Awesome; thank you so much Tina! Hope you like our infographics and other stuff over on Instagram. Once we have access to the community tab on UA-cam itself, we'll share some of those here as well.
Your content is good man 👍 you deserve more subscribers
I appreciate that!
Vlad III is Vip, but grandpa` Mircea the Elder (or the Wise) was eventually more successful as ruler.
Ne scriu străinii istoria....O fi de bine? Eu unul nu prea cred..
Really enjoyed this I love early European History
Thank you so much kirbyward2001; we've got plenty more like this + a new miniseries planned for this month!
@@GhostCountries Heii they was cumans kazar and Roma gypsy turcic iranic Avars from same stock kazar army khagane Vlad impaler house of Basarab they was not rumanians blahs
Im from Serbia and SOME people that live around Romanian borders like me are called Wallachs or "Власи"
Hey, that’s really interesting man; we definitely are planning to explore the region more in future episodes and that includes stuff relating to Serbia’s history too!
Vlach we are ROMANIANS from Banatul sarbesc..Vlach is real original ROMANIANS Banat dialect is old real Romanian vlach dialect...Romanians in Bucharest over there in muntenia don't speak real Romanian there all mixed with 10 different races
South of Romania was called in the past by slavs and greeks Wallachia, those people that live in Timoc Valley that region was part of South of Romania(Wallachia aka Țara Românească-Terra Romanum) during Mircea The Elder rule.
They are daco-romans just like romanians, in ancient times that region was called Tribalia.
@@nikobelllik3231ti'e belita rau caciula, iti sade anapoda si te face sa gandesti cam strambeanu. Aduna'te traco-romanule sau mori dezbinat.
@@nikobelllik3231 Nonsense... No, mixed with 7 different races...:)) A bulshit.
Pretty good stuff man - this is coming from a true Geto-Valaho(Wallachian)-Rumanian who knows more than the official story, especially the western version. You got it right. Cheers!
Oh, thank you so much! We’re planning more videos in the region; plus, maybe a special on Michael the Brave at some point.
Another great episode! I'm looking forward to the continuation and hope it will not end on Vlad Tepesh. We have to at least get to Michel (Mihai) the Brave.
Also, nice pronunciation of Wallachia! At least, that's how we would say it in Poland. I assume that the actual Romanian pronunciation is similar.
Thanks Artur and yeah 😅, I tried making sure my pronunciation in-video was as close to the Romanian version as possible! Interesting to know it's basically the same over in Poland.
Okay; we debated exactly what to do here, because there's quite a lot to Wallachia's story - including the exploits of Michael the Brave, like you point out - probably could (and we just might...hahaha) make an entire video on the Battle of Calugareni! However, we decided to end it (more or less) when Wallachia's "true independence" came to an end. Now, that being said, we have plans to do either a "Ghost Biography" about Michael the Brave - going into his story, which goes beyond just Wallachia - and/or a Wallachia Part III, if these episodes are well-received.
We almost certainly (in time) will use these episodes to springboard into the United Principalities and Kingdom of Romania, among others - so, there's plenty more still to come!
romanians never called themselves vlahs/valahi/volohi. There is only evidence of calling themselves ruman and/or roman or at plural rumani/romani.Also "Dac(i)" who can mean wolf people or "d'aci" which means "from here/from this/these land(s). So we dont have an actual correct spelling for valahia once this word was invented and used only by non romanians.The country name in our records was called Tara Romaneasca/Terra Romanorum - Romanian Land(s). We have Tara as Terra , we have Tarina as earth dust but never reffered to it as Valahia or valahians among ourselves. Relating to the Dracul/ea name, the House of Basarab who ruled/founded "Valahia" had two heir branches , the Danesti and Draculesti Clans. Dracu(l) means Devil , devilish but also have positive mean "al dracu" means to have ambition/to never give up.Vlad Tepes/Vlad Draculea the 3rd father name has nothing to do with the order of the dragon. The order in official papers (very rare) is named simply "societa". Others call it unoficially societa draconica or draco brotherhood.The symbol used for this brotherhood was the uroborus, a snake eating his own tale and other symbol is the dragon killed by saint george but the clan/familly name was there before Vlads father joined the Order.
Never thought about Wallachia as a Ghost Country! Very interesting though and not limited to Vlad the Impaler, as most channels do :D
Yeah, and kind of in the same vein as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it's truly one of those ghost countries that - even though not here anymore - has a perceptible legacy, even today!
We'll be covering Vlad the Impaler in part II of Wallachia's story, but we've had some viewer recommend going beyond that and, if these videos do well, we definitely plan a video for Michael the Brave.
Thank you for the video very interesting many greetings from Romania, one note if i may , the country was called TARA ROMANESCA meaning the LAND OF THE ROMANIANS not Wallachia and local people called themselves ruman roman rumanj rumani and not walach or vlach, Wallachia was called by the people bordering the country such as hungarians turks germans , Wallachia is just like Wallonia in belgium just a german word to mean a romance people.
Hey, thank you so much Tomy and the history behind the name Wallachia is actually quite interesting - I did a little bit of research after seeing your comment!
Also, just saying, it's really neat hearing from someone in Romania 🇷🇴 itself; we're planning to do more videos about Romanian (and southeast European) history in the not too distant future, such as an episode about the United Principalities, etc.
@@GhostCountries your welcome, your video was very interesting, the roman name is not unique in the region as all the balkans population were romans at some point in history ,Greeks have 100 years Since they stop calling themselves romaioi ,we were just former romans living on both sides of the danube, in the south majoity got assimilated some still live south called aromanians and meglo-romanians, as a a modern day romanian see myself as beeing part of the former eastern Roman byzantine empire ,we are orthodox and we are Roman, the people who ruled Wallachia after Michel the brave were byzantine greeks from constantinople called phanariots who also called themselves Romaioi, we still have now in 2022 families such as canatacuzino and paleologu some are men of culture some politicians.
@@GhostCountries thank you for beeing interested in my country, i enjoyed your despotate of epirus was very nice ,i hope you do more about byzantine history in the future such as empire of nicaea or the Vlacho-Bulgarian empire, or anyother video about the eastern roman empire, greetings from Constanta on the black sea cost of Romania.
@@tomytoma6287 That's really interesting, there's so much to regional history once you begin to dig into it and it often takes you to some unexpected places. Oh, and just letting you know, we have actually gotten quite a few requests for a ghost biography episode on Michael the Brave and that almost certainly is going to happen at some point...hopefully sooner than later!
@@tomytoma6287 Definitely; we've still got a bit more planned before wrapping up Epirus' story, but then we'll moving on to other Byzantine successor states (Nicaea, Trebizond, etc.) in time, alongside other ghost countries in the region.
And, since you mentioned the Bulgarian Empire, I can almost guarantee we'll be covering that state; working on the Epirus episodes and others showed just how much of a role it played in regional history and that's something we just can't ignore / want to explore further in a proper episode.
Such great quality for such a small channel!
I hope you‘ll soon get the glory you deserve and will come out on eye level with the other more known history channels!
Thank you so much for your comment TheViktory 🙌; it really is always nice hearing that our viewers/subscribers enjoy the channel - we're always trying to improve content quality - and we've had some pretty nice growth lately too!
Very interesting as always!
It's pretty cool to see how your videos have evolved since the channel started! 👍 Also, like a lot of other viewers have said, I'm looking forward to the part about Vlad the Impaler - rather apropos with Halloween coming up.
Oh, thank you so much Nomad and yeah, we've got a Halloween theme going on this month - especially with the next couple of episodes. 🎃
@@GhostCountries they was kazar dummye kazar kumans and Roma gypsy turco iranici .and pecenegă tatars house of Basarab they was not vlah ilirians shepherd
first one! as good as always!
You are 😆; thanks as always Jiayi!
Good job!
Thanks Historical_Events! I'm pretty sure you'll like the other content - new miniseries premieres next week - that we're putting out this month as well. 😉
Really interesting topic! Can't wait for the video about Vlad III.
Glad you liked the video John! In part II, we'll be covering Vlad III and his reign over Wallachia in-depth.
@@GhostCountries 👍
The first map and already a LIE >>> no "HUNGARY" existed, it's an Anglo-Saxons invention bluff!!!
This territory was in the language of the inhabitants of UHORSKO = UHORSKA ZEM = UHORSKE KRALOVSTVO (no Madar/Magyar) before that it belonged to the whole MAGNA MARAVIA = VELIKA MARAVA!!!
Anglo-Saxons speech is primitive and therefore mixes states and nations under their poor language to express concepts 😜😜😜
Nogay Khan isn't great great grandson of Ghenghis Khan he is believed to be related to Ghengis Khan even so there wouldn't be that much of a generation difference as grand grand grandson.I guess it is impossible i cuz Ghengiz Han was born in 1227 and Nogay Khan was born in 1230 .As shown in history books what you claim seems to be impossible.
Oh, really 🤔; at least from the sources we found online that was the relationship given, but if you have a link or another source, we’ll definitely check it out!
bathory was just another copycat
Cool video! 👍
Thanks Garrett!
It's Dobrogea not Dobruja
Wrong history
Good stuff.
At @03:40 you say Transilvanian Alps, but it's actually Carpathians :) Thanks for the video!
...besides the weird, off putting and not necessary Casper ghost being constantly on the screen, this is a good quality video. But ending it without Michael the Brave is like talking about The Roman Empire and ending before Caesar. Bruh...
Dracul meant Dragon, as in a fictional creature noting to do with the devil. Also Draculea is pronounced something like Druh ku leah
Hey, thanks for commenting; yeah, I tried getting my pronunciation as close as possible for "Draculea," but if it still sounded off...sorry about that! And regarding "dracul," we tried saying it meant "dragon" or "son of the dragon" - via the Latin "draco" - but later also gained the meaning of devil, largely owing to Vlad III's legacy. But, retrospectively, we could've worded that differently in the script/video.
@@GhostCountries Afterwards yes, it gained that meaning. Great effort! I enjoyed it nevertheless 10/10.
@@corruptsoul7867 Oh, glad to hear it!
I heard that the word changed to mean Devil after Vlad III
ILIRIANS WLLAHIA BIZANTINE ARE ONE
Wrong, the Romanians (Wallachians) have nothing to do with the Illyrians. Only with the Vlachs from Albania.
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Thanks Eugen!
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Very saintly, many thanks.
Realy nice video but Mircea did not die in an Ottoman counter attack. He died in his sleep at Curtea de Arges
Thank you so much and really; I was just double checking and for whatever reason English-language sources are extremely vague regarding his death. If you know of anything that would be useful, feel free to let me know, since we'll actually be revisiting Wallachia in an episode about Michael the Brave sometime.
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Thanks Joyce!
85% true
Huh the flag looks very familiar
Feel like I might've seen it somewhere before. 😉
11:22 dracul means devil, not dragon?
The order was the order of the dragon.
this video teached me so many things about my country of origin :')) the quality is amazing!!
Oh, thank you so much! We're actually talking about doing a part III, since we didn't cover Michael the Brave. We initially put part III on hold, since there didn't seem to be a lot of interest on the part of our viewers, but we've received so many comments lately. So, honestly, I'm excited to revisit another chapter of Wallachian / Romanian history again!
@@GhostCountries Oh yes, Mihai Viteazul is a real legend among romanians!! Cannot wait to watch part III 🥰
@@Mina.s_sc Oh, that's great to know! All this digging into Romanian history really makes me want to visit the country. I was supposed to back in 2019 or 2020, but that never happened.
Good Video! I Love the Retro Style
Oh, thank you so much!
I'm distantly related to the Basarabs of Wallachia so this is great to know. thank you.
That's very cool man! Also, glad you liked the video. 🙌
Don't want to be a party pooper but probably half of the Eastern Europe maybe even more are related to them.
@@Tallborn5 yeah if ur a romanian
Fascinating!
Oh, thanks Matt; be sure to check out Wallachia Part II when it's out, which deals with Vlad the Impaler...plus, we've got a new miniseries premiering on the channel next week!
I thought walanchia is just fiction from castlevania but it's idk it was exist
1. Is Basarab a descendant of Genghis Khan?
It's difficult to say; I know there's a theory the House of Basarab may have a Cuman or Pecheneg origin, but we didn't come across anything definitive while doing research for this episode.
Probably not
@@GhostCountries There are various studies of y-chromosome of males that had the Basarab name and they have no corellation with the Asian chromosomes ones.Most likely by the time Basarab the first became ruler of Wallachia he was only Cuman in name.
@@Tallborn5 Oh, that's really interesting to know and kind of fits with most of what I came across too.
Most likely Basarab was of Cuman origin.The name and the unusual dark hair of his descendants shows Turkic traits.