Calinichia (died 1439), better known as Lady Calinica and sometimes as Kalinikia ( ro, Calinichia, or ;

Middle Bulgarian Middle Bulgarian language was the lingua franca and the most widely spoken language of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Being descended from Old Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian eventually developed into modern Bulgarian language by t ...

: Калиникіѧ, ''Kalinikĭę''), was the second wife of

Radu I Radu I (died 1383) was a Voivode of Wallachia (c. 1377 – c. 1383). His year of birth is unattested in any primary source. He was the son of Nicolae Alexandru and half-brother and successor to Vladislav I. He is identified by many historians as ...

, a 14th-century Wallachian

voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...

(ruler). Calinichia was the mother of

Mircea I of Wallachia Mircea the Elder ( ro, Mircea cel Bătrân, ; c. 1355 – 31 January 1418) was the Voivode of Wallachia from 1386 until his death in 1418. He was the son of Radu I of Wallachia and brother of Dan I of Wallachia, after whose death he inherited ...

and a Byzantine princess; she outlived her husband by 56 years.

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