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Campaign · 1462
Vlad Dracula (the Impaler), prince of Wallachia, allied himself with the king of Hungary and, taking advantage of the sultan's absence on the Trebizond campaign, attacked the Ottoman fortresses on the Danube. According to the TDV article on Mehmed II, Mehmed then invaded Wallachia in the summer of 1462, put Vlad to flight and appointed his brother Radu, who had been at the Ottoman court, as voivode in his place. Wallachia thus again became a principality dependent on the Ottomans.
| Date | Summer 1462 |
|---|---|
| Location | Wallachia |
| Result | Vlad fled; his brother Radu was made voivode under Ottoman suzerainty |
| Belligerents | Ottoman state | Principality of Wallachia |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Mehmed II | Vlad Dracula (the Impaler) |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed II (1451–1481). Mehmed II
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
By the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 826,000 km² in 1462; at the start of Mehmed II's reign they measured 664,000 km², at its end 1,140,000 km².
During Mehmed II (1451–1481) the atlas records 13 regions gained and 0 regions lost.
Regions gained: Istanbul and the Straits (1453), Moldavia (1455), Athens–Central Greece (1456), Morea (Peloponnese) (1460), Trabzon (Pontus) (1461), Kastamonu–Sinop (Candar) (1461), Aegean Islands (Lesbos–Lemnos–Samos) (1462), Bosnia (1463), and 5 more.
The conquest of Constantinople (1453) ended the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), turned the Ottoman state into an empire and moved the centre of the state permanently to Istanbul. By eliminating most of the independent states in the Balkans and Anatolia he consolidated the borders between the Danube and the Euphrates; his first reign was in 1444–1446.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “MEHMED II” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.
Cite as: Atlas of the Sultans, “Ottoman campaign in Wallachia (1462): Date, Commanders and Outcome”, https://padisahlaratlasi.com/en/events/ottoman-campaign-in-wallachia-1462/ (last updated 12 November 2026). Corrections