Peter the Younger

Peter the Younger
(Petru cel Tânăr)
Portrait from the Snagov Monastery
Voivode of Wallachia
with Doamna Chiajna of Moldavia (1559–1564)
Reign25 September 1559 – 8 June 1568
PredecessorMircea the Shepherd
SuccessorAlexandru II Mircea
Born1547 (1547)
Principality of Wallachia
Died19 August 1569(1569-08-19) (aged 21–22)
Konya, Ottoman Empire
SpouseDoamna Jelena Crepović
HouseHouse of Drăculești
FatherMircea the Shepherd
MotherDoamna Chiajna of Moldavia
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church

Peter the Younger (Romanian: Petru cel Tânăr) (1547 – 19 August 1569) was the Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 25 September 1559 and 8 June 1568. The eldest son of Mircea the Shepherd and Doamna Chiajna, he was named "the Young" because, at the moment of crowning, he was only 13.

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