Făgăraș was during the Middle
Ages, together with Amlaș, a traditional Romanian enclave in Transylvania. The
first written document mentioning Romanians in Transylvania referred to Vlach
lands ("Terra Blacorum") in the Fogaras Region in 1222. (In this
document, Andrew II of Hungary gave Burzenland and the Cuman territories South
of Burzenland up to the Danube to the Teutonic Knights.) After the Tatar
invasion in 1241-1242, Saxons settled in the area. In 1369, Louis I of Hungary
gave the Royal Estates of Făgăraș to his vassal, Vladislav I of Wallachia, the
territory
