1. Tudor Vladimirescu is known as Tudor din Vladimiri or, occasionally, as Domnul Tudor.
16 Facts About Tudor Vladimirescu
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Tudor Vladimirescu became administrator of the boyar's estate and, in 1806, was named vataf at Closani.
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Tudor Vladimirescu traveled briefly to Vienna, in 1814, in order to attend a lawsuit involving Glogoveanu's wife's patrimony.
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The trip coincided with the Peace Congress, and it is believed that Tudor Vladimirescu followed the treaties' outcome.
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Back in the country in 1815, Tudor Vladimirescu learned that Ada Kaleh Ottoman garrison, who roamed Mehedinti and Gorj, had destroyed his household from Cerneti.
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From 1812 to 1821, Tudor Vladimirescu slowly built a follower base.
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Tudor Vladimirescu would have been familiarised with the outcomes of the First and Second Serbian Uprising.
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The very same day, Tudor Vladimirescu sent a letter to the Ottoman Court of Mahmud II, stating that his objective was not the rejection of Ottoman rule, but that of the Phanariote regime, and showing his willingness for preservation of the traditional institutions.
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In line with these, Tudor Vladimirescu asked for the banishment of some Phanariote families and forbidding future Princes to hold a retinue that would compete with local boyars for offices.
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The meeting between Ypsilanti and Tudor Vladimirescu brought a new compromise.
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The country was divided into a Greek administration and a Wallachian one, with Tudor Vladimirescu's declaring itself neutral in the face of large Ottoman armies preparing to cross the north of the Danube.
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Tudor Vladimirescu was no longer capable of maintaining the discipline and cohesion of his own troops, some of whom had resorted to robbery.
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Tudor Vladimirescu's rebellion ensured that Wallachia would stay under military occupation.
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The Romanian film Tudor Vladimirescu narrated his life from the return home in 1812 to his death.
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Tudor, portrayed by Emanoil Petrut, falls from his horse after being shot in the back, claiming to return "as the grass of spring" - a far easier death than what Vladimirescu had endured in reality.
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The day Tudor Vladimirescu entered Bucharest, 21 March, is celebrated in Oltenia as Oltenia Day, which was promulgated on 13 April 2017 by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis.