George Ducas - Rule in Wallachia

Rule in Wallachia

In 1674, through the intervention of the Cantacuzino boyars, he was awarded the throne in Bucharest; soon however, the alliance between the Cantacuzinos and Ducas crumbled, the Prince being replaced by Şerban Cantacuzino.

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