Predecessor Mihnea cel Rau Died 1534 Spouse Maria Despina Parents Mihnea cel Rau | Father Mihnea cel Rau Great grandchildren Radu Mihnea Name Mircea Dracul | |
Reign 1509–1510 (co-regent w/ father 1509) House House of Draculesti (branch of the House of Basarab) Children Alexander II Mircea, Peter the Lame Grandchildren Stefan Razvan, Mihnea Turcitul Grandparents Vlad the Impaler, Ilona Szilagyi Similar People Mihnea cel Rau, Mihnea Turcitul, Basarab I of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler, Ilona Szilagyi | ||
Mircea III Dracul was Hospodar of Wallachia in 1510. He was married to Maria Despina and was the father of Alexandru II Mircea and Peter the Lame, and grandfather of Mihnea Turcitul and great-grandfather of Radu Mihnea. His father was Mihnea cel Rău and mother, Mihnea's second wife, Voica. He was the grandson of Vlad III Dracula (Vlad Țepeș). It is known that Mircea was a physically strong and brutal man since he had caught some of the boyars involved in his father's assassination, and killed them with his bare hands.
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