Mircea III Dracul

Mircea III Dracul
Voivode of Wallachia
Young Mircea and his father, Mihnea cel Rău
Voivode of Wallachia
Reign12 October 1509 – 26 January 1510
PredecessorMihnea cel Rău
SuccessorVlad cel Tânăr
BornUnknown
Died1534
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
SpouseDoamna Maria Despina of Serbia
IssueAlexander II Mircea
Peter the Lame
Miloș
Mircea
HouseHouse of Drăculești
FatherMihnea cel Rău
MotherDoamna Voica of Izvorani
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

Mircea III Dracul (died 1534) was one of the two sons of Mihnea cel Rău, making him the grandson of Vlad Dracula. He ruled as prince of Wallachia between 12 October 1509 and 26 January 1510.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rezachevici 2001, p. 137.
  2. ^ Pierre Terjanian; Adam B. Brandow; Matthias Pfaffenbichler; Stefan Krause (2 October 2019). The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 35, 337. ISBN 978-1-58839-674-7.