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Mircea II of Wallachia

1422 - 1447

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Mircea II (1428–1447) was the Voivode, or prince, of Wallachia in 1442. He was the oldest son of Vlad II Dracul and brother of Vlad Țepeș and Radu the Handsome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mircea II of Wallachia has received more than 185,251 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mircea II of Wallachia is the 3,530th most popular politician (up from 4,110th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Romanian Politician.

Mircea ii of Wallachia is most famous for his success in defending the country from the Ottoman Empire. He was also known for his patronage of the arts and religious tolerance.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mircea II of Wallachia ranks 3,530 out of 15,577Before him are Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Abd al-Mu'min, Bagoas, Edmund the Martyr, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, and Sigurd Ring. After him are Louis, Count of Évreux, Hiero I of Syracuse, Blaise Compaoré, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Phocion, and Imagawa Yoshimoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1422, Mircea II of Wallachia ranks 3Before him are Agnès Sorel and Federico da Montefeltro. After him are Gaston IV, Count of Foix, William Caxton, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza. Among people deceased in 1447, Mircea II of Wallachia ranks 6Before him are Pope Eugene IV, Vlad II Dracul, Shah Rukh, Masolino da Panicale, and Filippo Maria Visconti. After him are Antipope Clement VIII, Henry Beaufort, Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, Colette of Corbie, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mircea II of Wallachia ranks 63 out of 665Before him are Panait Istrati (1884), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), David Wechsler (1896), Ion Ivanovici (1845), Elisabeth of Romania (1894), and Ana Pauker (1893). After him are Mundzuk (368), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Henri Coandă (1886), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), George Emil Palade (1912), and Dinu Lipatti (1917).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Mircea II of Wallachia ranks 30Before him are Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), György Dózsa (1470), Sigismund Báthory (1572), Traian Băsescu (1951), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), and Ana Pauker (1893). After him are Mundzuk (368), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), László Rajk (1909), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Chivu Stoica (1908), and Petru Groza (1884).