Petru Cercel

Petru II Cercel
Voivode of Wallachia
Petru Cercel at the Căluiu Monastery
Voivode of Wallachia
Reign29 August 1583 – 16 April 1585
PredecessorMihnea Turcitul
SuccessorMihnea Turcitul
DiedMarch 1590
HouseDrăculești
FatherPătrașcu cel Bun

Petru II Cercel (Peter Earring or Earring Peter; c. 1545 – March 1590) was a Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from 1583 to 1585, legitimate son to Pătrașcu cel Bun and alleged half-brother of Mihai Viteazul. A polyglot and a minor figure as a poet, Petru is noted for having written his verses in Tuscan.