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Basarab the Old
Prince of Wallachia
ReignNovember – December 1473
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorRadu cel Frumos
Prince of Wallachia
ReignSpring 1474
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorRadu cel Frumos
Prince of Wallachia
ReignSeptember – October 1474
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorRadu cel Frumos
Prince of Wallachia
ReignJanuary 1475 – November 1476
PredecessorRadu cel Frumos
SuccessorVlad the Impaler
Prince of Wallachia
ReignDecember 1476 – November 1477
PredecessorVlad the Impaler
SuccessorBasarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr
Died22 December 1480
HouseHouse of Dănești
FatherDan II of Wallachia
ReligionEastern Orthodox

Basarab III cel Bătrân ("the Old"), also known as Laiotă Basarab or Basarab Laiotă (? – 22 December 1480) was Voivode of the principality of Wallachia in the 1470s, repeating the achievement of Dan II in being elected by the boyars as voivode on five occasions. Moreover, he succeeded the same ruler (Radu cel Frumos in Basarab's case) on four occasions. Two of his reigns also surrounded the last period in which Vlad III the Impaler ruled over Wallachia.

In 1479 he joined in the Battle of Breadfield, and died in December 1480.

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Basarab the Old House of Dăneşti Died: 1480 Regnal titles Preceded byRadu the Handsome Voivode of Wallachia 1473 Succeeded byRadu the Handsome Voivode of Wallachia 1474 Voivode of Wallachia 1474 Voivode of Wallachia 1475–1476 Succeeded byVlad the Impaler Preceded byVlad the Impaler Voivode of Wallachia 1476–1477 Succeeded byBasarab the Young