Radu Mihnea

Radu Mihnea (* 1586, † 1626 ) was ruler of the principality of Wallachia four times and twice Prince of Moldavia (24 July 1616-9 February 1619 and August 4 1623-20 January 1626. . ).

Life and work

As an illegitimate son of Mihnea II Turcitul ( " the Turki Disseminated " in the sense of " to Islam, About Stepped " ), he enjoyed his training for diplomats on Athos and in Venice. He spoke several languages, but was also a supporter of a luxurious lifestyle. Then he allowed the Turkish sultan high income, he has always been favored by the Ottomans; at the same time but paid him the Christian neighbors respect.

On the domestic political level, he surrounded himself with Greek advisers, eventually mustered the local boyars against him. A conspiracy of the boyars Barcan failed, the copyright was beheaded. Especially from 1623 to 1626 is the continuous rapprochement between the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia always apparent. While Radu Mihneas second reign there his son Alexandru Coconul in the Wallachian capital Bucharest. From the duo of father and son reported the Venetian ambassador to the Sublime Porte, the of a letter to " Prince Radulo, who is now Prince of Moldavia, and his son in Wallachia, which is still very young and is directed by his father will "reports. A large load meant the rule of Radu Mihneas mainly by the excessive duties, which raised the prince to finance his ostentatious lifestyle.

Post mortem

Radu Mihnea Radu- Voda is located in Bucharest's Monastery, which he founded, buried in 1615. It is also significant that on Radu Mihneas grave stone both the Wallachian and Moldavian coat of arms that are visible (the actual political unification of the two principalities was however only in 1859 ).