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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:41, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
... that Michael I of Wallachia was still the co-ruler of his father Mircea I(both pictured) when in 1417 he refused to send the tribute that Mircea had promised to pay to the Ottoman Empire?
Source: Mircea's handpicked successor, his eldest son Mihail I, was acting as prince of Wallachia even before his father's death. He is mentioned as associate ruler in documents as early as 1391... Although the reasons are unclear, Mihail, from the time of his co-regency in 1417, stopped paying tibute to the Turks. ([1])