List of princes of Wallachia

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This is a '''list of princes of Wallachia''', also known as the '''Voivodes of Wallachia''' from the first mentions of [[Vlach]] rulers situated in the [[Wallachian Plain]] in the mid-13th century until the union with [[Moldavia]] in 1859, which [[unification of Moldavia and Wallachia|led to the establishment]] of [[Romania]].

==Determining Succession==
Dynastic succession in [[Wallachia]] was not strictly [[hereditary]]. Princes could be selected from various branches of a ruling family, and in some cases even from among a ruler’s [[illegitimate]] sons. Such candidates were described as ''os de domn'' (“of voivode stock”) or as possessing ''heregie'' (“heredity”, from the Latin hereditas). The right to elect the ruler formally rested with assemblies dominated by the [[Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia|boyars]], whose influence varied over time. This system was often contested by [[Usurper|usurpers]] and was eventually replaced during the [[Phanariote]] era, when the Ottoman sultans directly appointed rulers. Between the [[Wallachian uprising of 1821|Wallachian uprising]] in 1821 and [[Romanian War of Independence|Romania’s independence]] in 1878, succession involved a mixture of election and appointment.

The rulers of Wallachia, like those of Moldavia, commonly bore the titles of [[Voivode]] (“duke”) and/or [[Hospodar]] (“lord, master”). In Romanian usage, the term Domn (from Latin dominus) was most frequently employed.

==List of Wallachian Princes==
===Prior to 14th-century===
* [[Bezerenbam and Mișelav]]
* [[Seneslau]]
* [[John (knez)]]
* [[Farcaș]]
* [[Litovoi]]
* [[Bărbat]]
* [[Thocomerius]]

===House of Basarab===
From the early 15th century the family was divided in two main branches:
:{{legend2|#fedf|[[House of Dănești|Dănești branch]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
:{{legend2|#def|[[House of Drăculești|Drăculești branch]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style=background:#ababab;| Ruler
!style=background:#efdead;| Portrait
!style=background:#ababab;| Years
!style=background:#efdead;| Marriage
!style=background:#dfdead;| Notes
|- bgcolor=#ffc
|align="center"| ''[[Radu Negru]]'' || [[File:Negru.Voda.pictura.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| {{circa|1290}} – 1310
|align="center"|''Unknown'' ||Radu Negru is the legendary founder of Wallachia; some historians consider him to be just a nickname of [[Thocomerius of Wallachia|Thocomerius]] or [[Basarab I]].
|-
|align="center"|[[Basarab I|Basarab I ''the Founder'']] ''(Basarab I Întemeietorul)''|| [[File:Basarab I of Wallachia.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| {{circa|1310}} – 1352
|align="center"| Margareta two children||Son of Thocomerius; first non-legendary ruler of Wallachia.
|-
|align="center"|[[Nicolae Alexandru]] ||[[File:Nicolae Alexandru.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 1352 – 16 November 1364
|align="center"| Maria Lackfy five children [[Clara Dobokai]] two children Margareta Dabkai no children|| Son of Basarab I; he was already co-ruling with his father since 1344.
|-
|align="center"|[[Vladislav I of Wallachia|Vladislav I]] ''Vlaicu-Vodă'' || [[File:Vladislav Vlaicu.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 16 November 1364 – 1377
|align="center"| ''unknown''||son of Nicolae Alexandru
|-
|align="center"|[[Radu I]]||[[File:Radu I.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 1377 – 1383
|align="center"|Anna one child [[Kalinikia]] c.1354 or 1355 two children||Son of Nicolae Alexandru.
|-
|align="center"|[[Dan I of Wallachia|Dan I]]||
|align="center"| 1383 – 1386
|align="center"|[[Maria of Serbia (wife of Dan I)|Maria of Serbia]] one child||Son of Radu I. After his death, his descendants formed the Danesti family.
|-
|align="center"|[[Mircea cel Bătrân|Mircea I ''the Elder'']] ''(Mircea I cel Bătrân)''||[[File:MirceatheElder.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 23 September 1386 – November 1394 January 1397 – 31 January 1418
|align="center"| [[Maria Tolmay]] six children Anca no children||Son of Radu I. Wallachia reached one of its peaks. He was deposed by a usurper, Vlad, in 1394, but was restored in 1397.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Vlad I Uzurpatorul|Vlad I ''the Usurper'']] ''(Vlad I Uzurpatorul)''||
|align="center"| November 1394 – January 1397
|align="center"|''Unknown''||Second son of Dan I, usurped the throne.
|-
|align="center"|[[Michael I of Wallachia|Mihail I]] ||[[File:Mircea and Mihail.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 31 January 1418 – August 1420
|align="center"|''unknown'' two children ||Son of Mircea I, co-ruled with his father since 1415.
|-
|align="center"|[[Radu II the Bald|Radu II ''the Bald'']] ''(Radu II Praznaglava)''|| [[File:Radu II.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| August 1420 – October 1422<ref>Constantin Rezachevici - "Critical chronology of the lords of Wallachia and Moldova a. 1324 - 1881", Volume I, Enciclopedic Publishing House, 2001, p. 86</ref> December 1426 – March/June 1427
|align="center"|''unknown''
|rowspan="2"| War of succession in Wallachia, which opposed Radu II, brother of Mihail I, to the Danesti pretender Dan II (son of Dan I and member of the [[Order of the Dragon]]), where both had brief periods of power in succession.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Dan II of Wallachia|Dan II ''the Brave'']] ''(Dan II cel Viteaz)'' || [[File:Dan al II-lea.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| October 1422 - December 1426 March/June 1427 - 1 June 1431
|align="center"| ''unknown'' five children
|-
|align="center"|[[Alexandru I Aldea|Alexandru I ''Aldea'']] ||
|align="center"| 1 June 1431 – December 1436
|align="center"| ''unknown''||Son of Mircea I, ousted Dan II of the throne.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Vlad II Dracul|Vlad II ''the Dragon'']] ''(Vlad II Dracul)''|| [[File:Vlad II Dracul of Wallachia.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| December 1436 – 1442 1443 – 7 December 1447
|align="center"| ''Unknown'' one child [[Cneajna of Moldavia]] three children || Illegitimate son of Mircea cel Bătrân; member of the [[Order of the Dragon]] (thus Dracul); While in negotiations outside Wallachia with the [[Ottoman Empire]], his son Mircea was named prince. He returned to the throne in 1443, winning against John Hunyadi, and deposing also Basarab II. He was assassinated in 1447. His descendants, from his sobriquet, founded the Draculesti family.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Mircea II|Mircea II ''the Younger'']] ''(Mircea al II-lea cel Tânăr)''||
|align="center"| September – December 1442 
|align="center"| ''Unmarried''||Son of Vlad II Dracul, sometimes not counted; he ruled while his father was absent, on his way to pay the tribute to the Ottoman Empire; Deposed by [[John Hunyadi]]. Returned in 1446, co-ruling with his father. He was blinded and buried alive by Hunyadi in 1447.
|-style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Basarab II]]||
|align="center"| 1442–1443
|align="center"| Maria (Dobra) two children ||Son of Dan II; Placed in the throne by John Hunyadi, in war with Vlad II.
|-style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Vladislav II of Wallachia|Vladislav II]] ||[[File:Vladislav al II-lea.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 7 December 1447 – 20 August 1456
|align="center"| Neacşa one child ||Son of Dan II; supported by [[John Hunyadi]], Regent of Hungary; The way he came to the throne is debatable, but the most accepted is that he killed Vlad II, and was then replaced in the throne by Hunyadi. Returned in 1448, after deposing Vlad the Impaler, and ruled again until his death in a combat hand-to-hand against Vlad III, who retook the throne
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Vlad the Impaler|Vlad III ''the Impaler'']] ''(Vlad Țepeș)''||[[File:Vlad Ţepeş, the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (1456-1462) (died 1477).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 20 August 1456 – July 1462 June 1476 - January 1477
|align="center"| ''Unknown'' one child [[Justina Szilágyi]] Between 1475 and 1476 no children||Son of Vlad II ''Dracul'', invaded briefly Wallachia in 1448 (October–November) while Vladislav II was away. His real rulership would begin after killing Vladislav II in battle. Vlad III was at war against the Ottomans.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Radu cel Frumos|Radu III ''the Fair'']] ''(Radu cel Frumos)''|| [[File:Radu cel Frumos.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| August 1462 – November 1473 23 December 1473 – March 1474 March - bet. June/September 1474 October 1474 – January 1475
|align="center"| [[Maria Despina]] one child - [[Maria Voichița]] ||Son of Vlad II Dracul; from 1473 in war with Basarab III.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân|Basarab III Laiotă ''the Old'']] ''(Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân)'' || [[File:Laiota basarab fresca.png|100px]]
|align="center"| November - 23 December 1473 March 1474 bet.June/September - October 1474 January1475 -
June1476 January–December 1477
|align="center"| ''Unmarried''|| Son of Dan II; In war against Radu III.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr|Basarab IV ''The Young Impaler'']] ''(Basarab IV Țepeluș cel Tânăr)''||
|align="center"| December 1477 – September 1481 November 1481 – 23 March 1482
|align="center"| Maria one child ||Son of Basarab II. His first reign was briefly contested by:
* Mircea (II), an illegitimate son of Vlad II Dracul, supported by [[Stephen III of Moldavia]] from July to November 1480.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Vlad Călugărul|Vlad IV ''the Monk'']] ''(Vlad Călugărul)''|| [[File:Vlad Calugarul.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|September - November 1481 23 March 1482 – November 1495
|align="center"| Rada Smaranda Before 1460 four children [[Maria Palaiologina (1487)|Maria Palaiologina]] 1487 one child ||Son of Vlad II.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Radu cel Mare|Radu IV ''the Great'']] ''(Radu cel Mare)''||[[File:Radu cel Mare Dealu.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| November 1495 – 23 April 1508
|align="center"| [[Catherine Crnojevic of Zeta|Catherine of Zeta]] 1494 four children ||Son of Vlad IV.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Mihnea cel Rău|Mihnea I ''the Bad'']] ''(Mihnea cel Rău)''||[[File:Mihnea I cel Rau.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 23 April 1508 – 29 October 1509
|align="center"| Smaranda no children Voica three children||Son of Vlad III. Abdicated to his son. Died 1510.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Mircea III Dracul|Mircea III ''the Dragon'']] ''(Mircea III Dracul)''|| [[File:Mihnea al III-lea si fiul.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 29 October 1509 – 26 January 1510
|align="center"| [[Maria of Serbia (1519)|Maria of Serbia]] 1519 two children || Son of Mihnea I.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Vlad cel Tânăr|Vlad V ''the Younger'']] ''(Vlad cel Tânăr)'' ||
|align="center"| 8 April 1510 – 23 January 1512
|align="center"| [[Anca of Zeta]] Before 1508 one child ||Son of Vlad IV; also known as ''Vlăduț''
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Neagoe Basarab]] ||[[File:Neagoe Basarab 01.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 23 January 1512 – 15 September 1521
|align="center"| [[Milica Despina of Wallachia|Milica of Serbia]] 1505 six children ||Possibly son of [[Pârvu Craiovescu]] ([[Craiovești]] family) or Basarab IV; The most accepted theory is that he claimed the throne as a son of Basarab IV, being in fact son of Pârvu. It's possible that the matter arose from the fact that Neagoe's mother was a mistress of Basarab IV. Cultural zenith in Wallachia.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center" colspan="4"| ''Regency of [[Milica Despina of Wallachia|Milica of Serbia]] (15 September - December 1521)'' 
|rowspan="2"| Under regency of his mother. His rule was briefly challenged by:
* (Vlad) Dragomir ''the Monk'', possible son of Vlad the Younger who contested the throne in September-October of 1521.

Teodosie was defeated in 1521, fled with his mother, and died in exile the following year.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Teodosie]] ||[[File:041 - Teodosie.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|15 September - December 1521
|align="center"|''Unmarried''
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Radu of Afumați|Radu V ''of Afumati'']] ''(Radu de la Afumati)'' || [[File:Radu V de la Afumati.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| December 1521 – April 1523 19 January - June 1524 September 1524 – April 1525 August 1525 – 2 April 1529
|align="center"| Voica of Bucsani three children [[Ruxandra Basarab|Ruxandra of Wallachia]] After 1525 no children
||Son of Radu IV; allied with the Craiovești.
|- style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Vladislav III of Wallachia|Vladislav III]] ||
|align="center"| April - 8 November 1523 June - September 1524 19 April - August 1525
|align="center"|''Unknown'' || Nephew of Vladislav II.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Radu Bădica|Radu VI ''Bădica'']] ||
|align="center"| November 1523 – 19 January 1524
|align="center"| ''Unknown'' ||Illegitimate son of Radu IV.
|- style="background:#bbd
|align="center"|''[[Basarab VI]]'' ||
|align="center"| 6 January - 5 February 1529
|align="center"| ''Unknown'' || Non-dynastic; Son of [[Mehmed-bey]].
|-style="background:#fedf
|align="center"|[[Moise of Wallachia|Moise]] ||[[File:Moise Voda.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| January 1529 – June 1530
|align="center"| ''Unknown'' ||Son of Vladislav III. Last of the Dănești. Deposed, died 29 August of that same year.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Vlad Înecatul|Vlad VI ''the Drowned'']] ''(Vlad Înecatul)''|| [[File:Vlad VI of Wallachia.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| June 1530 – September 1532
|align="center"| [[Anna of Moldavia]] 1531 no children ||Son of Vlad V.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina|Vlad VII Vintilă ''de la Slatina'']] || [[File:VladVintila.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| September 1532 – 10 June 1535
|align="center"|Zamfira one child Rada one child ||Illegitimate son of Radu IV.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Radu Paisie|Radu VII ''Paisie'']]||[[File:Radu Paisie si fiul sau Marco.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 10 June 1535 – 1545
|align="center"| Stana three children [[Ruxandra Basarab|Ruxandra of Wallachia]] c.1541 three children || Son of Radu IV. Had to face some very brief boyar usurpations or mere attacks to his sovereignty:
* [[:ro:Barbu Craiovescu al III-lea|Barbu Craiovescu III]] (1535)
* [[:ro:Șerban din Izvorani|Șerban din Izvorani]] (2 June - 15 July 1539)
* [[:ro:Laiotă Basarab|Laiotă Basarab]] (27 April - 2 June 1544)
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Mircea Ciobanul|Mircea IV ''the Shepherd'']] ''(Mircea Ciobanul)'' || [[File:MirceaCiobanul.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| January 1545 – 16 November 1552 11 May 1553 – 28 February 1554 24 December 1557 – 25 September 1559
|align="center"| [[Doamna Chiajna|Chiajna of Moldavia]] June 1546 seven children ||Son of Radu IV.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Radu Ilie Haidăul|Radu VIII Ilie ''the Cowherd'']] ''(Radu Ilie Haidăul)''||
|align="center"| 16 November 1552 – 11 May 1553 || ''Unknown'' ||Son of Radu V. Deposed; died 1558.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Pătrașcu cel Bun|Pătrașcu ''the Good'']] ''(Pătrașcu cel Bun)''||[[File:Patrascu cel Bun - litografie publicata de Dimitrie Papazoglu.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 28 February 1554 – 24 December 1557
|align="center"| Voica of Slatioare four children ||Son of Radu VII.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center" colspan="4"| ''Regency of [[Doamna Chiajna|Chiajna of Moldavia]] (25 September 1559 - 1564)'' 
|rowspan="2"|Son of Mircea IV. Deposed and died in exile in the following year.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Petru cel Tânăr|Petru I ''the Younger'']] ''(Petru cel Tânăr)''||[[File:Petru cel Tanar - Snagov.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 25 September 1559 – 8 June 1568
|align="center"| Jelena Crepovic of Transylvania 22 August 1563 one child
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Alexandru II Mircea]] || [[File:067b - Alexandru al II-lea.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 8 June 1568 – 11 September 1577
|align="center"| [[Catherine Salvaresso]] 1558 [[Beyoğlu|Pera]] one child ||Son of Mircea III Dracul; popularly called ''Oaie Seacă'' (Barren Sheep). His rule was briefly challenged by:
* [[Vintilă of Wallachia|Vintilă]], a son of Pătrașcu, usurped/contested the throne between March and June of 1574.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center" colspan="4"| ''Regency of [[Catherine Salvaresso]] (11 September 1577 - July 1583)'' 
|rowspan="2"|Initially under regency of his mother, both were deposed by the usurper Petru Cercel. Mihnea paid for the assassination of his usurper, returned and ruled alone. In 1591, he was deposed and died in exile in Constantinople, in 1601.
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Mihnea Turcitul|Mihnea II ''the Turk'']] ''(Mihnea Turcitul; Mehmet Bey)''|| [[File:068 - Mihnea Turcitul.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| 11 September 1577 - July 1583 6 April 1585 – 19 May 1591
|align="center"|Neaga de Cislau June 1582 three children
|- style="background:#def
|align="center"|[[Petru Cercel|Petru II ''of the Earring'']] ''(Petru Cercel)''|| [[File:PetruCercel.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"| July 1583 – 6 April 1585
|align="center"|''Unmarried''||Son of Pătrașcu; deposed Mihnea II, but ended up assassinated by his order.
|-
|}

=== House of [[Basarab]], with interventions of [[House of Bogdan-Muşat|Bogdan-Muşat]] and [[Movilești]] dynasties ===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style=background:#ababab;| Ruler
!style=background:#efdead;| Portrait
!style=background:#ababab;| Years
!style=background:#efdead;| Family
!style=background:#dfdead;| Notes
|-
|-
|[[Ștefan Surdul|Ștefan I Surdul]] (Stephen the Deaf) |||| 1591–1592 ||[[House of Bogdan-Muşat|Bogdan-Muşat]] ||
|-
|[[Alexandru cel Rău|Alexandru III cel Rău]] (Alexander III the Bad)|| || 1592–1593 ||[[House of Bogdan-Muşat|Bogdan-Muşat]] || also ruled [[Rulers of Moldavia|Moldavia]] (1592)
|-
|[[Michael the Brave|Mihail II Viteazul]] (Michael II the Brave)|| [[File:MViteazul at Alba Iulia.jpg|100px]] || 1593–1600 || [[House of Drăculești|Drăculești]] || according to some, the illegitimate son of Petru Pătrașcu cel Bun; also ruled [[Prince of Transylvania|Transylvania]] (1599–1600) and [[Rulers of Moldavia|Moldavia]] (1600), briefly bringing the three principalities under a [[personal union]].
|-
|[[Nicolae Pătrașcu]]|| [[File:Nicolae Pătrașcu at Căluiu.png|100px]] || 1599–1600 || [[House of Drăculești|Drăculești]] || Son of Michael II, co-ruled with his father since 1599.
|-
|[[Simion Movilă]] || [[File:Stamp of Moldova 255.gif|100px]] || 1600–1601 1602 || [[Movilești]] ||
|-
|[[Radu Mihnea|Radu IX Mihnea]]|| [[File:Stamp of Moldova 444.gif|100px]] || 1601–1602 1611 1611–1616 1620–1623|| [[House of Drăculești|Drăculești]] || son of Minhea II Turcitul
|-
|[[Radu Șerban|Radu X Șerban]]|| [[File:Painting of Wallachian voivode Radu Șerban at Horezu Monastery.jpg|100px]] || 1602–1610 1611 || [[House of Basarab|Basarab]] || Nephew of Neagoe Basarab. 1st rule
|-
|colspan=5 align="center"| ''Transylvanian occupation: direct rule of [[Gabriel Báthory]]'' (1611)
|-
|[[Gabriel Movilă]]|| || 1616 1618-1620 || [[Movilești]] || son of Simion Movilă
|-
|[[Alexandru Iliaş|Alexandru IV Iliaș]] || [[File:Alexandru Ilias.jpg|100px]] || 1616–1618 1627-1629 || [[House of Bogdan-Mușat|Bogdan-Mușat]] ||
|-
|[[Alexandru Coconul|Alexandru V Coconul]] (Alexander the Child-Prince)|| ||1623–1627 || [[House of Drăculești|Drăculești]] || son of Radu Mihnea
|-
|[[Leon Tomșa]] || [[File:Leon Tomsa.jpg|100px]] || 1629–1632 || [[House of Bogdan-Mușat|Bogdan-Mușat]] ||
|-
|[[Radu Iliaș|Radu XI Iliaș]] |||| 1632 || [[House of Bogdan-Mușat|Bogdan-Mușat]] ||
|-
|[[Matei Basarab]] || [[File:Bessaraba.jpg|100px]] || 1632–1654 || [[Craiovești|Brâncovenești]] ||
|-
|[[Constantin Șerban|Constantin I Șerban]] || [[File:Constantin Serban Basarab.jpg|100px]] || 1654–1658 || [[House of Basarab|Basarab]]|| illegitimate son of Radu Șerban
|-
|[[Mihnea III]] ||[[File:063 - Mihail Radu.jpg|100px]] || 1658–1659 || ||

|}

=== Pre-Phanariote period ===

The Ottoman influence in the Wallachian rulers' election grows from the mid-17th century onward. From 1659, the rulers elected are mostly scions of Greek families, and increasingly less linked to the original Wallachian ruling family. The process reached its peak with the called [[Phanariots|Phanariote period]] (1715-1821), where, between the rulers, there was already no connection (or a very distant one) with the dynasty of Basarab.

====Various dynasties====

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style=background:#ababab;| Ruler
!style=background:#efdead;| Portrait
!style=background:#ababab;| Years
!style=background:#efdead;| Family
!style=background:#dfdead;| Notes
|-
|[[Gheorghe Ghica]] ||[[File:114 - Gheorghe Ghica.jpg|100px]]|| 1659–1660 || [[Ghica family|Ghica]] ||
|-
|[[Grigore I Ghica|Grigore Ghica I]] || [[File:116 - Grigore Ghica.jpg|100px]] || 1660–1664 1672–1673 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
|-
|[[Radu Leon]] ||[[File:Radu Leon.jpg|100px]]|| 1664–1669 || [[House of Bogdan-Mușat|Bogdan-Mușat]] ||
|-
|[[Antonie Vodă din Popeşti]] |||| 1669–1672 || [[Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia|Popeşti]] ||
|-
|[[George Ducas|Gheorghe Ducas]] ||[[File:Stamp of Moldova 114.gif|100px]]|| 1673–1678 || [[Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia|Ducas]] ||
|-
|[[Șerban Cantacuzino]] ||[[File:Serban Cantacuzino.jpg|100px]]|| 1678–1688 || [[Cantacuzene]] ||
|-
|[[Constantin Brâncoveanu]] ||[[File:Constantin Brancoveanu.jpg|100px]] || 1688–1714 || [[Craiovești|Brâncovenești]] ||
|-
|[[Ștefan Cantacuzino]] || [[File:Manastirea dintr-un lemn-Biserica Nasterea Maicii Domnului – ctitor1 Stefan Cantacuzino.jpg|100px]] || 1714–1715 || [[Cantacuzino]] ||
|}

===[[Phanariotes#Danubian principalities|Phanariotes (1715–1821)]]===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style=background:#ababab;| Ruler
!style=background:#efdead;| Portrait
!style=background:#ababab;| Years
!style=background:#efdead;| Family
!style=background:#dfdead;| Notes
|-
|[[Nicholas Mavrocordato|Nicolae Mavrocordat]]|| [[File:NicolaeMavrocordat.gif|100px]] || 1715–1716 1719-1730 || [[Mavrocordato]] ||
|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Habsburg Empire|Habsburg occupation]]'' (1716)
|-
|[[Ioan Mavrocordat]]|| || 1716–1719 || [[Mavrocordato]] ||
|-
|[[Constantine Mavrocordato|Constantin Mavrocordat]]|| [[File:Stamp of Moldova RM442.jpg|100px]] || 1730 1731–1733 1735–1741 1744–1748 1756–1758 1761–1763|| [[Mavrocordato]] ||
|-
|[[Mihai Racoviță]]|| [[File:Stamp of Moldova md412.jpg|100px]] || 1730–1731 1741–1744 || [[Racoviță]] || 1st rule
|-
|[[Grigore II Ghica]]|| [[File:Stamp of Moldova md413.jpg|100px]] || 1733–1735 1748–1752|| [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
|-
|[[Matei Ghica]]||[[File:Matei Ghica.jpg|100px]] || 1752–1753 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
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|[[Constantin Racoviță]] || || 1753–1756 1763–1764|| [[Racoviță]] ||
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|[[Scarlat Ghica]]|| [[File:Scarlat Ghica portrait.jpg|100px]]|| 1758–1761 1765–1766 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
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|[[Ștefan Racoviță]]|| || 1764–1765 || [[Racoviță]] ||
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|[[Alexandru Ghica|Alexandru I Ghica]]|| || 1766–1768 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Russian Empire|Russian occupation]]'' (1768)
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|[[Grigore III Ghica]]|| [[File:Grigore III Ghica, Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia.jpg|100px]] || 1768–1769 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
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|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Russian Empire|Russian occupation]]'' (1769-1770)
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|[[Emanuel Giani Ruset]]||[[File:Kherson-28102009(059).jpg|100px]] || 1770–1771 || [[Rosetti family|Rosetti]] || also called ''Manole'' or ''Manolache''
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|[[Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805)|Alexander Ypsilantis]] ||[[File:Stamp of Moldova md631.jpg|100px]] || 1774–1782 || [[Ypsilantis family|Ypsilanti]] || 1st rule
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|[[Nicolae Caradja|Nicolae Caragea]]|| || 1782–1783 || [[Caradja]] ||
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|[[Mihai Suțu]]||[[File:Le Prince de Moldavie - Choiseul-gouffier Gabriel Florent Auguste De - 1822.jpg|100px]] ||1783–1786 1790–1793 1801-1802 || [[Soutzos]] ||
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|[[Nicolae Mavrogheni]] ||[[File:Nicolae Mavrogheni.jpg|100px]] || 1786–1789 || [[Mavrogheni]] ||
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|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Habsburg Empire|Habsburg occupation]]'' (1789-1790) Military commander: [[Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg]]
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|[[Alexandru Moruzi]]|| [[File:Alexandru Moruzi.jpg|100px]] || 1793–1796 1799–1801 || [[Mourousi]] ||
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|[[Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805)|Alexander Ypsilantis]]||[[File:Stamp of Moldova md631.jpg|100px]] || 1796–1797 || [[Ypsilantis family|Ypsilanti]] || 2nd rule
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|[[Constantin Hangerli]] ||[[File:Alexander Hangerli engraving.jpg|100px]]|| 1797–1799 || [[Phanariots|Hangerli]] ||
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|[[Alexandru Suțu]] || [[File:Alexandru Sutu.jpg|100px]] || 1802 || [[Soutzos family|Soutzos]] ||
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|[[Constantine Ypsilantis|Constantin Ypsilanti]]||[[File:Constantin Ipsilanti.jpg|100px]] || 1802–1806 || [[Ypsilantis family|Ypsilanti]] ||
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|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Russian Empire|Russian occupation]]'' (1806-1812)
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|[[Ioan Gheorghe Caragea]] ||[[File:Italian-school portrait of John Karatzas, circa 1819.png|100px]] || 1812–1818 || [[Caradja]] ||
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|[[Kaymakam|Caimacam]] [[Grigore Brâncoveanu]]|| || 1818 || [[Craiovești]] || assisted by [[Vornic]] [[Barbu Văcărescu]], [[Vistier]] [[Grigore IV Ghica|Grigore Ghica]] and [[Logofăt]] [[Samurcaș]]
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|[[Alexandru Suțu]] || [[File:Alexandru Sutu.jpg|100px]] || 1818–1821 || [[Soutzos family|Soutzos]] ||
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|[[Kaymakam|Caimacam]] [[Grigore Brâncoveanu]] |||| 1821|| [[Craiovești]] ||
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|[[Tudor Vladimirescu]]||[[File:Theodor Aman - Tudor Vladimirescu2.jpg|100px]] || 1821 || || leader of the [[Wallachian uprising of 1821|anti-Phanariote uprising]]
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|[[Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar)|Scarlat Callimachi]] || [[File:Stamp of Moldova md633.jpg|100px]] || 1821 || [[Callimachi]] ||
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===Post-Phanariote period ===
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!style=background:#efdead;| Portrait
!style=background:#ababab;| Years
!style=background:#efdead;| Family
!style=background:#dfdead;| Notes
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|[[Grigore IV Ghica]] || [[File:Grigore Dimitrie Ghica IV.jpg|100px]] || 1822–1828 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Russian Empire|Russian occupation]]'' (1828-1834) Military commanders: [[Fyodor Petrovich Pahlen|Fyodor Pahlen]], [[Pyotr Zheltukhin]], and [[Pavel Kiseleff]]
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|bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=5 align=center| '''[[Regulamentul Organic|Organic Statute]] government (1832–1856)'''
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|[[Alexandru II Ghica]] ||[[File:Alexander II. Ghika.jpg|100px]] || 1834–1842 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
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|[[Gheorghe Bibescu]] ||[[File:Domnitorul Gheorghe Bibescu, c.1860.jpg|100px]]|| 1842–1848 || [[Craiovești|Craiovești / Brâncovenești / Știrbei / Bibescu]]||
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|[[1848 Wallachian revolution|Provisional Government]]|| || 1848 || || [[List of Patriarchs of All Romania|Metropolitan]] [[Neofit II, Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia|Neofit II]], assisted by [[Christian Tell]], [[Ion Heliade Rădulescu]], [[Ștefan Golescu]], [[Gheorghe Magheru]], [[Gheorghe Scurti]]
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|[[1848 Wallachian revolution|Locotenența domnească]] (Regency of three) ||||1848 || || [[Christian Tell]], [[Ion Heliade Rădulescu]], [[Nicolae Golescu]]
|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''Joint [[Russian Empire|Russian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman occupation]]'' (1848-1851) Military commanders: [[Omar Pasha]] and [[Alexander von Lüders]]
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|[[Kaymakam|Caimacam]] [[Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877)|Constantin Cantacuzino]]|| [[File:Pavel Đurković (attrib.) - Constantin Cantacuzino.png|100px]] || 1848 || [[Cantacuzino]] ||
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|[[Barbu Știrbei]] ||[[File:Barbu stirbey 1860.jpg|100px]] || 1848–1853 1854–1856 || [[Craiovești|Știrbei]] ||
|-bgcolor=#fec
|colspan="5" align="center"| ''[[Russian Empire|Russian]]'' (1853-1854), ''[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]'' (1854) ''and [[Austrian Empire|Austrian occupations]]'' (1854-1856) military commander: [[Johann Coronini-Cronberg]] (1854–56)
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|bgcolor=#DDEEFF colspan=5 align=center| '''Protectorate established by the [[Treaty of Paris (1856)|Treaty of Paris]] (1856–1859)'''
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|[[Kaymakam|Caimacam]] [[Alexandru II Ghica]] ||[[File:Alexander II. Ghika.jpg|100px]] || 1856–1858 || [[Ghika|Ghica]] ||
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|[[Kaymakam|Caimacam of three]] |||| 1858–1859 || || [[Ioan Manu]], [[Emanoil Băleanu]], [[Ioan A. Filipescu]]
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|[[Alexander John Cuza]] || [[File:Alexandru Ioan Cuza - Photo by Carol Popp de Szathmáry.jpg|100px]] || 1859–1862 || [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza#Early life|Cuza]] || also ruled [[Moldavia]] in personal union as the [[United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia]].
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|bgcolor=#FFFFDD colspan=5 align=center| '''Formal union of Moldavia and Wallachia''' in 1862 as the [[Romanian United Principalities]]. A [[1866 Constitution of Romania|new constitution]] came into effect in 1866 giving the country the official name '''Romania'''. 
For later rulers, see '''[[Domnitor]]''' and '''[[King of Romania]]'''.
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==See also==
*[[List of rulers of Moldavia]]

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=Cronologia critică a domnilor din Țara Românească și Moldova: a. 1324-1881|author=Constantin Rezachevici|publisher=Editura Enciclopedică|date=2001|isbn=9734503863}}
* {{cite book |last=Treptow |first=Kurt W. |year=2000 |title=Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula |publisher=The Center of Romanian Studies |isbn=973-98392-2-3 }}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Princes of Wallachia}}
*[https://www.sizes.com/time/CHRNWallachia.htm Rulers of Wallachia]

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[[Category:Romania history-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of monarchs in Europe|Wallachia]]
[[Category:Lists of princes]]
[[Category:House of Dănești]]
[[Category:House of Drăculești]]
[[Category:Lists of monarchs of Romania]]

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