Ruler · 1583 – 1590

Petru Cercel

Lived 1583 – 1590; monarch. Lord of Wallachia of Principality of Wallachia, 1583 – 1585.

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Lived: 1583 – 1590; 7 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Principality of Wallachia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Lord of Wallachia

Principality of Wallachia · the 61st of 131 dated reigns · 1330 – 1862

57 before

Vintilă of Wallachia1574

Alexander II Mircea1574 – 1577

Mihnea Turcitul1577 – 1583

Petru Cercel1583 – 1585

Mihnea Turcitul1585 – 1589

Vlad Vodă Miloș1589

Mihnea Turcitul1589 – 1591

67 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1583 – 1585 · 2 years · came to it aged 27

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1585; they died in 1590

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