Peter the Younger

Peter the Younger
(Petru cel Tânăr)
Portrait from the Snagov Monastery
Voivode of Wallachia
with Doamna Chiajna of Moldavia (1559–1564)
Reign25 September 1559 – 8 June 1568
PredecessorMircea the Shepherd
SuccessorAlexandru II Mircea
Born1547
Principality of Wallachia
Died19 August 1569
Konya, Ottoman Empire
SpouseDoamna Jelena Crepović
HouseHouse of Drăculești
FatherMircea the Shepherd
MotherDoamna Chiajna of Moldavia
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

Peter the Younger (Romanian: Petru cel Tânăr) (1547 – 19 August 1569) was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 25 September 1559 and 8 June 1568.[1] The eldest son of Mircea the Shepherd and Doamna Chiajna, he was named "the Young" because, at the moment of crowning, he was only 13.[2]

  1. ^ GIURESCU, C.C. – Istoria românilor, vol. II, partea 1. Fundația Regală pentru Literatură și Artă, București, 1943.
  2. ^ GIURESCU, C.C. – Istoria românilor, vol. II, partea 1. Fundația Regală pentru Literatură și Artă, București, 1943.

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