Alexandru II Mircea (3 March 1529 – 11 September 1577) was a
Voivode or
Prince of Wallachia from 1568 to 1574 and 1574 to 1577.
He was the father of
Mihnea II Turcitul
Mihnea II Turcitul ("Mihnea the Turned-Turk"; July 1564 – October 1601) was Prince (Voivode) of Wallachia between September 1577 and July 1583, and again from April 1585 to May 1591.
The only son of Alexandru II Mircea and Ecaterina Salvare ...
. His parents were
Mircea III Dracul
Mircea is a Romanian masculine given name, a form of the South Slavic name Mirče (Мирче) that derives from the Slavic word ''mir'', meaning 'peace'. It may refer to:
People Princes of Wallachia
* Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418), ...
and Maria Despina. Raised by the Turks in Istanbul, he hardly knew his country of origin before gaining the throne of Wallachia.
Rule
Alexandru and his wife
Catherine Salvaresso
Catherine Salvaresso, or ''Ecaterina Salvaresso'' (died 1590 in Tripoli) was a princess consort of Wallachia. She was married to Alexandru II Mircea and was the mother of Mihnea Turcitul
Mihnea II Turcitul ("Mihnea the Turned-Turk"; July 1564 ...
came to
Bucharest in June 1574. Like his great-grandfather
Vlad III Dracula, he was known for cruelty, by slaughtering dissident boyars. Eventually, Alexandru was poisoned by noblemen claiming to be loyal to him.
References
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Rulers of Wallachia
16th-century rulers in Europe
16th-century Romanian people
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
House of Drăculești
1529 births
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