Radu IV the Great ( ro, Radu cel Mare), (1467 – 23 April 1508) was a Voivode (

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

) of Wallachia from September 1495 to April 1508. He succeeded his father,

Vlad Călugărul Vlad IV Călugărul ("Vlad IV the Monk"; prior to 1425 – September 1495) was the Prince of Wallachia in 1481 and then from 1482 to 1495. His father Vlad Dracul had previously held the throne, as had his brothers Mircea II and Radu the Handso ...

, who was one of the three brothers to

Vlad III the Impaler Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ro, Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula (; ro, Vlad Drăculea ; 1428/311476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most imp ...

( ro, Vlad Țepeș). He was married to Princess Catalina Crnojević of Zeta (sometimes spelled as Katarina or Jekaterina), daughter of Andrija Crnojević. The marriage was arranged by her uncle Ivan Crnojević, Prince of Zeta after her father's death. Radu was succeeded by his

first cousin Most generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor. Commonly, ...

Mihnea cel Rău, son to his uncle Vlad Țepeș.

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, - 1508 deaths Rulers of Wallachia Year of birth unknown 1467 births House of Drăculești Burials at Dealu Monastery, Viforâta (Dâmboviţa County) 15th-century rulers in Europe 16th-century rulers in Europe {{Europe-noble-stub