Mihnea III
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Mihnea III | |
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Sătmar | |
Father | Radu Mihnea (alleged, see § Ancestry claims) |
Religion | Orthodox |
Mihnea III Radu (Turkish: Radu Gioan Bey; 1613 – 5 April 1660), was a Prince of Moldavia,[citation needed] and ruler of Wallachia from March 1658 to November 1659.[1] His father was alleged to have been the Voivode Radu Mihnea.[2][3]
Family
Ancestry claims
Radu's ancestry is uncertain. In his day, Radu claimed to be the son of
However, the lack of contemporary evidence makes it hard to pinpoint his true ancestry.[citation needed]
Descendants
He had one son, Martin, who served as a
Biography
Early life
According to a Turkish traveller, Mihnea was raised in the Greek community of Istanbul.[citation needed] He was a good friend of Grand Vizier Kenan Pasha and his wife, and his status was reportedly comparable to that of an adopted son.[4]
Rise to power
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In July 1653, Mihnea was probably behind an assassination attempt on Matei Basarab's life.[5]
On 29 January 1658, Mihnea swore allegiance to Ottoman Sultan[1] Mehmed IV.[6]
A little over a month later, Ottoman troops invaded Wallachia and overthrew then-voivode Constantin Șerban, installing the more compliant Radu in his place on 5 March 1658.[1]
Death
Mihnea most likely died on April 5, 1660, the day after attending a banquet in
References
- ^ a b c d e f Feodorov (2014, p. 293)
- ^ Xenopol (1896, p. 131)
- ^ Diaconovich (1904, p. 278)
- ^ Feodorov (2014, pp. 293–4)
- ^ Secuiu (2016, p. 398)
- ^ Börekçi (2009, p. 370, "Mehmed IV")
- ^ Feodorov (2014, p. 306)
Bibliography
- Börekçi, Günhan (2009). Ágoston, Gábor; Bruce Masters (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire.
- Diaconovich, Corneliu (1904) [1896]. Enciclopedia română (in Romanian). Vol. 3. W. Krafft.
- Feodorov, Ioana (January 2014). "Mihnea III Radu, Prince of Wallachia, as Seen by Paul of Aleppo and His Father Makāriyūs Ibn al-Zaʻīm, Patriarch of Antioch".
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(help) - Secuiu, Micu (14 September 2016). Studii de istorie - ed. a II-a (in Romanian and German). Zekely Wilhelm. ISBN 9786068796031.
- Xenopol, Alexandru Dimitrie (1896). Istoria romãinilor din Dacia traiana (in Romanian).