Radu II of Wallachia

Radu II of Wallachia

Radu II Praznaglava (Radu II Empty Head/in Old Bulgarian/), (? – 1427?) was a ruler of Wallachia in the 15th century, ruling for 4 terms, each time preceded by Dan II, his rival for the throne, and each time succeeded by him. Of those 4 periods on the throne of Wallachia, all were within a period of only 7 years, and 3 terms lasted less than a year. He ruled: August 1420 – 1422 summer of 1423 autumn of 1424 January – spring of 1427 Son of Mircea cel Batran, he was probably the last voievod of Wallachia to assert control of Banat and southern Basarabia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Radu II of Wallachia is the 12,395th most popular politician (up from 12,548th in 2024). (up from 3,182nd in 2019)