Radu Mihnea

Radu Mihnea
Prince of Wallachia
(1st reign)
ReignNovember 1601 – March 1602
PredecessorSimion Movilă
SuccessorSimion Movilă
Prince of Wallachia
(2nd reign)
ReignApril – May 1611
PredecessorGabriel Báthory
SuccessorRadu Șerban
Prince of Wallachia
(3rd reign)
Reign12 September 1611 – August 1616
PredecessorRadu Șerban
SuccessorGabriel Movilă
Prince of Moldavia
(1st reign)
Reign24 July 1616 – 9 February 1619
PredecessorAlexandru Movilă
SuccessorGaspar Graziani
Prince of Wallachia
(4th reign)
ReignAugust 1620 – August 1623
PredecessorGabriel Movilă
SuccessorAlexandru Coconul
Prince of Moldavia
(2nd reign)
Reign4 August 1623 – 13 January 1626
PredecessorȘtefan IX Tomșa
SuccessorMiron Barnovschi-Movilă
Born1586
Istanbul
Died13 January 1626
Moldavia
SpouseArghira Minetti (five children)
IssueAlexandru Coconul
Mihnea III (alleged)
DynastyDrăculești
FatherMihnea II Turcitul
MotherVoica Bratcul
ReligionEastern Orthodox
Radu Mihnea – rendition of a portrait in Radu Vodă Monastery, Bucharest
Radu Mihnea's tombstone with the coats of arms of Wallachia and Moldavia (detail)

Radu Mihnea (1586 – 13 January 1626) was the voivode (prince) of Wallachia between September 1601 and March 1602, and again between March and May 1611, September 1611 and August 1616, and August 1620 and August 1623. He was also the voivode (prince) of Moldavia from 1616 to 1619 and 1623 to 1626. He was the illegitimate son of Mihnea Turcitul by Voica Bratcul.