# Dan III Danicul

> Dan the Younger was a pretender to the throne of Wallachia from 1456 to 1460. He was the son of Dan II of Wallachia who died fighting for the throne in 1431. After Dan's brother, Vladislav II of Wallachia, was killed by their cousin, Vlad Dracula, in a duel in 1456, Dan settled in Brașov. Besides Dan, Vlad Dracula's half-brother, Vlad the Monk, and Dan's brother, Basarab Laiotă, laid claim to Wallachia against Dracula. Dan tried to seize Wallachia with the support of the burghers of the town, but he was defeated and captured in a battle near Rucăr. He was forced to dig his own grave before being beheaded.

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Model
- **Category:** Models
- **Died:** 1460
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Dan al III-lea](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_al_III-lea)
- [Νταν Γ΄ της Βλαχίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Dan III of Wallachia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_III_of_Wallachia)
- [Dan III Danicul](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_III_Danicul)
- [III. Dan](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/III._Dan)
- [Dan III di Valacchia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_III_di_Valacchia)
- [ダン3世](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B33%E4%B8%96)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3013104)

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