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{{Short description|Vlach voievode mentioned in the Diploma of the Joannites}} '''Seneslau''',<ref name='Georgescu'>{{cite book | last = Georgescu | first = Vlad | title = The Romanians: A History}}</ref><ref name='Pop'>{{cite book | last = Pop | first = Ioan Aurel | title = Romanians and Romania: A Brief History}}</ref> also '''Seneslav''' or '''Stănislau''',<ref name='Treptow'>{{cite book | last1 = Treptow | first1 = Kurt W. | last2 = Popa | first2 = Marcel | title = Historical Dictionary of Romania}}</ref> was a [[Vlachs|Vlach]] ''[[voivode]]'' mentioned in the [[Diploma of the Joannites]] issued by king [[Béla IV of Hungary]] (1235–1270) on 2 July 1247. The diploma granted territories to the [[Knights Hospitaller]] in the [[Banate of Severin]] and ''[[Diocese of Cumania|Cumania]]''.<ref name='Vásáry'>{{cite book | last = Vásáry | first = István | title = Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365}}</ref> According to the diploma, the king gave the territories east of the [[Olt River]] to the knights, with the exception of the territory of ''voivode'' Seneslau.<ref name='Vásáry'/> The name of Seneslav is of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin. Seneslau held central and southern [[Muntenia]]<ref name='Georgescu'/> (''i.e.'', the territories along the rivers [[Argeş River|Argeş]] and [[Dâmboviţa River|Dâmboviţa]]).<ref name='Pop'/> The Romanian historian Ioan Aurel Pop suggests that Seneslau was quasi independent of the king of Hungary.<ref name='Pop'/> According to the Hungarian historian István Vásáry, his title ''(voivode)'' suggests that he had a territorial unit under his jurisdiction.<ref name='Vásáry'/> The diploma of Béla IV also refers to the ''[[cneaz|kenazate]]''s of [[John (knez)|John]], [[Farcaş]] and ''voivode'' [[Litovoi]].<ref name='Vásáry'/> Although the names of Seneslau and Litovoi are of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin, they are expressly said to be Vlachs ''(Olati)'' in the king's diploma.<ref name='Vásáry'/>
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