Basarab the Young
| Basarab Țepeluș | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Wallachia (1st reign) | |
| Reign | November 1477 – September 1481 |
| Predecessor | Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
| Successor | Vlad Călugărul |
| Prince of Wallachia (2nd reign) | |
| Reign | November 1481 – 23 March 1482 |
| Predecessor | Vlad Călugărul |
| Successor | Vlad Călugărul |
| Born | ? before 1444 |
| Died | 23 March 1482 Glogova, Gorj |
| Issue | Neagoe Basarab (claimed) |
| House | Dănești |
| Father | Basarab II of Wallachia |
| Religion | Orthodox |
Basarab IV cel Tânăr ("the Young"), also known as Țepeluș ("the little Impaler"), (before 1444 ? – 23 March 1482) son of Basarab II, and grandson of Dan II (1422-1431) was 4 times the voivode of the principality of Wallachia between 1474 and 1482: from Oct to Dec 1474, from Jan 1478 to June 1480, from Nov 1480 to before July 1481, and again from Aug 1481 to July 1482.
This was during an unstable political climate in medieval Wallachia that had another 4 princes ruling for some periods of time in those years.