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

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

Radu I Radu I (died 1383 or 1385) was a Voivode of Wallachia ( 1377 – 1383/1385). His year of birth is unattested in primary sources. He was the son of Nicolae Alexandru and half-brother and successor to Vladislav I of Wallachia, Vladislav I. He is i ...

, a 14th-century Wallachian

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(ruler). Calinichia was of

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origin,Vergatti, Radu Ștefan. (2018)
Mama lui Mircea cel Mare
'. Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on History and Archaeology.'' Vol 10 No. 2 and was the mother of

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. She was also possibly a

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princess.

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14th-century births 1438 deaths Royal consorts of Wallachia Women of medieval Wallachia 14th-century Byzantine people 14th-century Byzantine women Romanian people of Greek descent 14th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia {{Europe-royal-stub