La început de domnie. Vlad Călugărul în anii 1481-1482

The intention of this article is to clarify aspects of chronology related to the Wallachian rulers in the years 1480-1482, particularly those related to the early reigns of Vlad called the Monk. He first reigned briefly in the summer of 1481; his second reign began in spring-summer of 1482 and lasted until 1495. Stephen the Great, lord of Moldavia, and Stephen Báthori, voivod of Transylvania, set the anti- Ottoman lord Vlad the Monk as ruler in Wallachia against Basarab the Younger, favored by the Ottomans. The article also analyzes the events connected with the Ottoman expedition in Transylvania and Moldavia in the preceding years, 1479- 1480. The reign of voivod Mircea in Wallachia in 1480 I have proved to be a historiographical fiction. The clarifications are important for understanding the sequence of events in the Lower Danube region and the attitude of the Porte towards the actors in the context of the death of Mehmet II and the struggle between the new Sultan, Bayezid II, and his brother, Prince Dzem. At the end of 1482 Vlad the Monk accepted the peace proposed to him by the Ottomans through Ali Bey Mihaloğlu. By taking this decision Wallachia once again becomes an ally of the Ottomans. Vlad the Monk established a peace with the Ottomans for himself and his successor to the throne, his son Radul, which lasted for over 25 years. I found out that in May 1483 Sultan Bayezid II (re)invest Ali Bey Mihaloğlu as sanjakbey of Nicopolis. In addition to the chronological restructuring of some events of the years 1480-1482, as a result of the analysis I proposed new dates for 10 documents which have been over time otherwise dated by their editors.