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Radu III of Wallachia, commonly called Radu the Handsome, Radu the Fair, or Radu the Beautiful ( Romanian: Radu cel Frumos; Turkish: Radu Bey; c. 1438 – January 1475), was the younger brother of Vlad the Impaler ( a.k.a. Vlad III) and prince of the principality of Wallachia. They were both sons of Vlad II Dracul and his wife, Princess Cneajna ...
- August 1462 – November 1473
- Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân
Jul 22, 2023 · Radu III, also known as Radu the Handsome, was a 15th century ruler of Wallachia who converted to Islam and became a lover of Sultan Mehmed II. He fought with Mehmed against his brother Vlad III, the notorious Dracula, and helped him conquer Constantinople.
Nov 15, 2023 · Radu III was a Romanian prince who fought with the Ottomans and had a romantic relationship with Mehmed II, the sultan. He also had a rivalry with his brother Vlad III, the inspiration for Dracula, who tried to overthrow him.
Vlad's brother, Radu the Handsome, had died a couple of years earlier and had been replaced on the Wallachian throne by another Ottoman candidate, Basarab the Elder, a member of the Dăneşti clan. At the approach of Vlad's army, Basarab and his cohorts fled, some to the protection of the Turks, others to the shelter of the Transylvanian Alps.
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Vlad was very likely born in the city of Sighişoara in Transylvania, then a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the winter of 1431. Sighişoara was a military fortress at that time. He was born as the second son to his father Vlad Dracul. He had an older brother, Mircea, and a younger brother, Radu the Handsome.
- December 19, 1476 (aged 44/45), near Bucharest
- Ilona Justina Szilágyi de Horogszeg
- 1448; 1456–1462; 1476
Radu VI Bădica: 1523–1524; son of Radu the Great Vlad VII, the Drowned: 1530–1532; son of Vlad the Younger Vlad VIII Vintilă from Slatina: 1532–1534, 1534–1535; son of Radu the Great Radu VII Paisie: 1534, 1535–1545; son of Radu the Great Mircea V, the Shepherd: 1545–1552, 1553–1554, 1558–1559; son of Radu the Great
Oct 29, 2020 · Learn about the life and reign of Vlad III Țepeș, the Wallachian prince who was captured by the Ottomans and became the model for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Discover his conflicts with the Hungarians, the Saxons, and the Ottomans, and his brutal methods of impaling his enemies.
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