Radu Mihnea
Radu Mihnea (* 1586 ; † 1626 ) was ruler of the Principality of Wallachia four times and Prince of Moldova twice (July 24, 1616– February 9, 1619 and August 4, 1623– January 20, 1626).
Live and act
As the illegitimate son of Mihnea II Turcitul ("the Turkicized" in the sense of " the one who converted to Islam "), he enjoyed training as a diplomat on Athos and in Venice. He spoke several foreign languages, but was also a believer in a luxurious lifestyle. Since he enabled the Turkish sultan high income, he was always favored by the Ottomans ; At the same time, however, his Christian neighbors also paid him respect.
On the domestic political level, he surrounded himself with Greek advisors, which eventually turned the local boyars against him. A plot by the boyar Barcan failed and the author was beheaded. From 1623 to 1626 in particular, the constant rapprochement between the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia is more and more evident. During Radu Mihnea's second reign, his son Alexandru Coconul rules the Wallachian capital, Bucharest . The Venetian ambassador to the Sublime Porte also reports about the father-son team , who has written to "Prince Radulo, who is now Prince of Moldavia, and his son in Wallachia, who is still very young and is directed by his father "reported. The reign of Radu Mihnea was a great burden, especially due to the excessive tariffs that the prince levied to finance his pompous lifestyle.
post mortem
Radu Mihnea is buried in the Radu Voda monastery in Bucharest, which he founded in 1615. It is also significant that both the Wallachian and the Moldovan coat of arms can be seen on Radu Mihnea's tombstone (the actual political unification of the two principalities did not take place until 1859, however).
literature
- Pippidi: Quelques drogmans de Constantinople au XVIIe siécle , in Idem: Hommes et idées du Sud-Est européen à l'aube de l'âge moderne , Bucarest-Parigi, 1980: 239-240;
- Ștefan Andreescu: Restitutio Daciae, vol. II, Relațiile politice dintre Țara Românească, Moldova și Transilvania în răstimpul 1601-1659 , Bucharest, 1989,
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mihnea, Radu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ruler of the Principality of Wallachia and Prince of Moldova |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1586 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after January 20, 1626 |