litovoi, also litvoy, was a vlach//romanian voivode in the 13th century whose territory comprised northern oltenia (romania). he is mentioned for the first time in a diploma issued by king bÃ©la iv of hungary (1235â1270) on 2 july 1247. the diploma granted territories to the knights hospitaller in the banate of severin and cumania, âwith the exception of the land of the kenazate of voivode litovoi,â which the king leaved to the vlachs âas they had held itâ. the kingâs diploma also refers to the kenazates of farcaÅ and john and to a certain voivode seneslau. although the names of litovoi and seneslau are of slavic origin, they are expressly said to be vlachs (olati) in the king's diploma. bulgarian historian vasil zlatarski, based on an information of rashid-al-din and other sources, suggests that the voivodeship of litovoi was under the suzerainty of the second bulgarian empire.ÐÐ»Ð°ÑÐ°ÑÑÐºÐ¸, ÐÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð». ÐÑÑÐ¾ÑÐ¸Ñ Ð½Ð° Ð±ÑÐ»Ð³Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ°ÑÐ° Ð´ÑÑÐ¶Ð°Ð²Ð° Ð¿ÑÐµÐ· ÑÑÐµÐ´Ð½Ð¸ÑÐµ Ð²ÐµÐºÐ¾Ð²Ðµ. Ð¢Ð¾Ð¼ iii, Ñ. 370-375 see also ÐÐ¾Ð»ÐµÐ´Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð², ÐÐµÑÑÑ. ÐÐ¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ° Ð³ÐµÐ¾Ð³ÑÐ°ÑÐ¸Ñ Ð½Ð° ÑÑÐµÐ´Ð½Ð¾Ð²ÐµÐºÐ¾Ð²Ð½Ð°ÑÐ° Ð±ÑÐ»Ð³Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ° Ð´ÑÑÐ¶Ð°Ð²Ð°, Ñ. 59-60. it seems that litovoi was the most powerful of all the above local rulers. his territories were exempted from the grant to the knights, but half of the royal taxes generated by his land (terra lytua) was assigned to the hospitallers â except for the income from the haÅ£eg district (terra harszoc in the diplomaâs only surviving, papal copy), which the king kept all for himself. according to the romanian historian ioan aurel pop, the king had grabbed haÅ£eg from litovoi shortly before 1247. in 1277 (or between 1277 and 1280), litovoi was at war with the hungarians over lands king ladislaus iv of hungary (1272â1290) claimed for the crown, but for which litovoi refused to pay tribute. litovoi was killed in battle. this event is recounted in the kingâs letter of grant of 8 january 1285, in which king ladislaus iv donated villages in sÃ¡ros county (today in slovakia) to master george, son of simon, who had been sent against litovoi. ioan aurel pop argues that the litovoi mentione
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