- House of Drăculești
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The Drăculeşti were one of two major rival lines of Wallachian voivodes of the House of Basarab, the other being the Dăneşti. [1] These lines were in constant contest for the throne from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries. Descendents of the line of Drăculeşti would eventually come to dominate the rule of this principality until its unification with Transylvania and Moldavia by Mihai Viteazul in 1600.
As the house of Dăneşti, the line of the Drăculeşti began with Vlad II Dracul , one of the sons of one of the most important rulers of Basarab dynasty, Mircea cel Bătrân. The name Drăculeşti is derived probably from the membership of Mircea's son Vlad II Dracul "the Dragon" in the Order of the Dragon (founded 1408). The son of Vlad II was Vlad III Drăculea ("Dracula", i.e. "[son] of Dracul").
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Members of the Drăculeşti line
Members of the Drăculeşti line who held the throne of Wallachia include the following:
Ruler Remark Vlad II Dracul 1436-1442, 1443-1447; son of Mircea cel Bătrân Mircea II 1442; son of Vlad II Vlad III Drăculea 1448, 1456-1462, 1476; son of Vlad II Radu cel Frumos 1462-1473, 1474; son of Vlad II Vlad Călugărul 1481, 1482-1495; son of Vlad II Radu cel Mare 1495-1508; son of Vlad Călugărul Mihnea cel Rău 1508-1509; son of Vlad III Mircea III Dracul 1510; son of Mihnea cel Rău Vlad cel Tânăr 1510-1512; son of Vlad Călugărul Radu de la Afumaţi 1522-1523, 1524, 1524-1525, 1525-1529; son of Radu cel Mare Radu Bădica 1523-1524; son of Radu cel Mare Vlad Înecatul 1530-1532; son of Vlad cel Tânăr Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina 1532-1534, 1534-1535; son of Radu cel Mare Radu Paisie 1534, 1535-1545; son of Radu cel Mare Mircea Ciobanul 1545-1552, 1553–1554, 1558-1559; son of Radu cel Mare Pătraşcu cel Bun 1554-1558; son of Radu Paisie Petru cel Tânăr 1559-1568; son of Mircea Ciobanul Alexandru II Mircea 1568-1574, 1574-1577; son of Mircea III Dracul Vintilă 1574; son of Pătraşcu cel Bun Mihnea Turcitul 1577-1583, 1585-1591; son of Alexandru II Mircea Petru Cercel 1583-1585; son of Pătraşcu cel Bun Mihai Viteazul 1593-1600; possibly a son of Pătraşcu cel Bun Sources
- Constantin C.Giurescu - Istoria românilor vol. II, Editura ştiinţifică şi enciclopedică, Bucureşti 1976
Notes
- ^ C.C.Giurescu p.112
See also
Categories:- Rulers of Wallachia
- People of medieval Romania
- History of Wallachia (1386-1512)
- History of Wallachia (1512-1714)
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