Drăculești

House of Drăculești

House of Drăculești

Wallachian noble family

The House of Drăculești (Romanian: [drəkuˈleʃtʲ]) were one of two major rival lines of Wallachian voivodes of the House of Basarab, the other being the House of Dănești.[1] These lines were in constant contest for the throne from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries. Descendants of the line of Drăculești would eventually come to dominate the principality, until its common rule with Transylvania and Moldavia by Mihai Viteazul in 1600.

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Etymology

The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II, the Dragon, son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea the Elder. According to some historians, the name Drăculești is derived from the membership of Vlad II, Dracul (in Old Romanian and related languages, drac meant "dragon") in the Order of the Dragon (founded in 1408 A.D.). The Order's purpose was to make a strong solidarity among central and southeastern Europe's Christians, in their fight against Ottoman and Tartar (from the Golden Horde and Crimean Khanate) Muslims.[2]

Members of the Drăculești line

Members of the Drăculești line who held the throne of Wallachia include the following:

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Trașcă Drăculescu – Wallachian boyar, inhabitant of Oltenia, the "last legitimate" descendant of the dynasty, who died in the 18th century.[6][7]

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    C.C. Giurescu, p. 112
  2. [2]
    "Răstignit între cruci sau viața și după viața lui Vlad Voievod căruia norodul i-au zis Țepeș" (Crucified between crosses or the life of and the time after grand duke Vlad, whom the people called the Impaler), by Vasile Lupașc, vol. I, "Cetatea de scaun" Publishing house, Romania
  3. [3]
    Prince (or grand duke) of all three principalities: Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania (though for the last one, he was made German-Roman governor).
  4. [4]
    Radu R. Florescu; Raymond T. McNally (29 November 2009). Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times. Little, Brown. pp. 188–. ISBN 978-0-316-09226-5.
  5. [5]
    alleged ancestry
  6. [6]
    Alexandru Osvald, Teodoreanu (26 December 2019). "'Cumplitul Trașcă Drăculescul' (in Romanian)" (PDF). dspace.bcu-iasi.ro. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. [7]
    fictitious character laid out by Romanian writer, columnist and lawyer Păstorel Teodoreanu

Sources

  • Constantin C.Giurescu – Istoria românilor vol. II, Editura științifică și enciclopedică, București 1976
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