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List of rulers of Wallachia

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The following is a list of rulers of Wallachia, from when there were first rulers until near the present:

Ruler Years Family Notes
Seneslauc. 1247Voivode on the eastern side of the Olt River (around the Argeş).
Litovoi1247-1277Voivode on the western side of the Olt River.
Bărbatc. 1277-1290brother of Litovoi
Thocomeriusc. 1290-1310some propose Tihomir as a more accurate rendition
Radu Negruc. 1300legendary voivode of Wallachia; some historians consider it to be just a nickname of Thocomerius or Basarab I
Wallachian principality attested in the early 14th century.
Basarab Ic. 1310-1352Basarabson of Thocomerius; first non-legendary ruler of Wallachia; later also called Basarab Întemeietorul (Basarab the Founder);
Nicolae Alexandru1352-1364Basarabson of Basarab I
Vladislav Ic. 1364-1377Basarabson of Nicolae Alexandru; also known as Vlaicu-Vodă
Radu Ic. 1377-1383Basarabson of Nicolae Alexandru
Dan Ic. 1383-1386Dăneştison of Radu I
Mircea cel Bătrân
(Mircea the Elder)		1386 - 1418Basarabson of Radu I
Vlad I Uzurpatorul
(Vlad I the Usurper)		1394-1397
Mihail I1418-1420Basarabson of Mircea cel Bătrân
Dan II1420 - 1421Dăneştison of Dan I, member of the Order of the Dragon; 1st rule
Radu II Chelul
(Radu the Bald)		1421Basarabson of Mircea cel Bătrân; 1st rule
Dan II1421 - 1423Dăneşti2nd rule
Radu II Chelul1423Basarab2nd rule
Dan II1423-1424Dăneşti3rd rule
Radu II Chelul1424-1426Basarab3rd rule
Dan II1426-1427Dăneşti4th rule
Radu II Chelul1427Basarab4th rule
Dan II1427-1431Dăneşti5th rule
Alexandru I Aldea1431-1436
Vlad II Dracul1436 - 1442Drăculeştiillegitimate son of Mircea cel Bătrân; member of the Order of the Dragon (thus Dracul); 1st rule
Mircea II1442Drăculeştison of Vlad II Dracul
Basarab II1442 - 1443Dăneştison of Dan II
Vlad II Dracul1443-1447Drăculeşti2nd rule
Vladislav II1447-1448Dăneştison of Dan II; supported by John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary; 1st rule
Vlad III Ţepeş
(Vlad the Impaler)		1448Drăculeştison of Vlad II Dracul, thus called Vlad Dracula (son of Dracul); 1st rule
Vladislav II1448-1456Dăneştison of Dan II; supported by John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary; 2nd rule
Vlad III Ţepeş1456-1462Drăculeşti2nd rule
Radu cel Frumos
(Radu the Fair)		1462-1473Drăculeştison of Vlad II Dracul; 1st rule
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân
(Basarab Laiotă the Elder)		1473Dăneştison of Dan II; 1st rule
Radu cel Frumos1473-1474Drăculeşti2nd rule
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân1474Dăneşti2nd rule
Radu cel Frumos1474Drăculeşti3rd rule
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân1474Dăneşti3rd rule
Radu cel Frumos1474-1475Drăculeşti4th rule
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân1475-1476Dăneşti4th rule
Vlad III Ţepeş1476Drăculeşti3rd rule
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân1476-1477Dăneşti5th rule
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr
(Basarab Ţepeluş the Younger)		1477-1481Dăneştison of Bassarab II; 1st rule
Mircea1481
Vlad Călugărul
(Vlad the Monk)		1481Drăculeştison of Vlad II Dracul; 1st rule
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr1481-1482Dăneşti2nd rule
Vlad Călugărul1482-1485Drăculeşti2nd rule
Radu cel Mare
(Radu the Great)		1495-1508Drăculeştison of Vlad Călugărul
Mihnea cel Rău
(Mihnea the Wrongdoer)		1508-1509Drăculeştison of Vlad III Ţepeş
Mircea III1509-1510Drăculeştison of Mihnea cel Rău
Vlad cel Tânăr
(Vlad the Younger)		1510-1512Drăculeştinephew of son Radu cel Mare; also known as Vlăduţ
Neagoe Basarab1512-1521Craioveşti
Teodosie15211st rule
Vlad Călugărul1521Drăculeşti3rd rule
Teodosie1521-15222nd rule
Radu de la Afumaţi1522-1523Drăculeştiillegitimate son of Radu cel Mare; allied with Craioveşti 1st rule
Vladislav III1523Dăneştison of Vladislav II; 1st rule
Radu Bădica1523-1524
Radu de la Afumaţi1524Craioveşti2nd rule
Vladislav III1524Dăneşti2nd rule
Radu de la Afumaţi1524-1525Craioveşti3nd rule
Vladislav III1525Dăneşti3rd rule
Radu de la Afumaţi1525-1529Craioveşti4th rule
Basarab V1529
Moise1529-1530
Vlad Înecatul
(Vlad the Drowned)		1530-1532Drăculeştison of Vlad cel Tânăr
Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina1532-1535Drăculeştison of Radu cel Mare
Radu Paisie1535-1545Drăculeştison of Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina
Mircea Ciobanul
(Mircea the Shepherd)		1545-1552Drăculeştison of Radu cel Mare; 1st rule
Radu Ilie Haidăul
(Radu Ilie the Cowherd)		1552-1553Drăculeştison of Radu de la Afumaţi
Mircea Ciobanul1553-1554Drăculeşti2nd rule
Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun
(Pătraşcu the Kind)		1554-1558Drăculeştison of Radu Paisie; 3rd rule
Mircea Ciobanul1558-1559Drăculeşti3rd rule
Petru cel Tânăr
(Peter the Younger)		1559-1568Drăculeştison of Mircea Ciobanul
Alexandru II Mircea1568-1574Drăculeştison of Mircea II; popularly called Oaie Seacă (Barren Sheep); 1st rule
Vintilă1574Drăculeştison of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun
Alexandru II Mircea1574-1577Drăculeşti2nd rule
Minhea II Turcitul
(Mihnea the Turned-Turk)		1577-1583Drăculeştison of Alexandru II Mircea; 1st rule
Petru Cercel
(Peter Earring)		1583-1585Drăculeştison of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun
Mihnea II Turcitul1585-1591Drăculeşti2nd rule
Ştefan Surdul
(Stephen the Deaf)		1591-1592
Alexandru cel Rău
(Alexander the Wrongdoer)		1592-1593also ruled Moldavia (1592)
Mihai Viteazul
(Michael the Brave)		1593-1600Drăculeştiillegitimate son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun; also ruled Transylvania (1599-1600) and Moldavia (1600), briefly uniting the three principalities.
Simion Movilă1600-1601Movileşti1st rule
Radu Mihnea1601-1602Drăculeştison of Minhea II Turcitul; 1st rule
Simion Movilă1602Movileşti2nd rule
Radu Şerban1602-16101st rule
Gabriel Báthory1611Báthoryalso Prince of Transylvania
Radu Mihnea1611Drăculeşti2nd rule
Radu Şerban16112nd rule
Radu Mihnea1611-1616Drăculeşti3rd rule
Gabriel Movilă1616Movileştison of Simion Movilă; 1st rule
Alexandru Iliaş1616-16181st rule
Gabriel Movilă1618-1620Movileşti2nd rule
Radu Mihnea1620-1623Drăculeşti4th rule
Alexandru Coconul
(Alexander the Child-Prince)		1623-1627Drăculeştison of Radu Mihnea
Alexandru Iliaş1627-16292nd rule
Leon Tomşa1629-1632
Radu Iliaş1632
Matei Basarab1632-1654Brâncoveneşti
Constantin Şerban1654-1658illegitimate son of Radu Şerban
Mihnea III1658-1659
Gheorghe Ghica1659-1660Ghica
Grigore I Ghica1660-1664Ghica1st rule
Radu Leon1664-1669
Antonie Vodă din Popeşti1669-1672
Grigore I Ghica1672-1673Ghica2nd rule
Gheorghe Duca1673-1678
Şerban Cantacuzino1678-1688Cantacuzene
Constantin Brâncoveanu1688-1714Brâncoveneşti
Ştefan Cantacuzino1714-1715Cantacuzene
Phanariote rule (1715-1821)
Nicolae Mavrocordat1715-1716Mavrocordato1st rule
Habsburg occupation1716
Ioan Mavrocordat1716-1719Mavrocordato
Nicolae Mavrocordat1719-1730Mavrocordato2nd rule
Constantin Mavrocordat1730Mavrocordato1st rule
Mihai Racoviţă1730-1731Racoviţă1st rule
Constantin Mavrocordat1731-1733Mavrocordato2nd rule
Grigore II Ghica1733-1735Ghica1st rule
Constantin Mavrocordat1735-1741Mavrocordato3rd rule
Mihai Racoviţă1741-1744Racoviţă2nd rule
Constantin Mavrocordat1744-1748Mavrocordato4th rule
Grigore II Ghica1748-1752Ghica2nd rule
Matei Ghica1752-1753Ghica
Constantin Racoviţă1753-17561st rule
Constantin Mavrocordat1756-17585th rule
Scarlat Ghica1758-1761Ghica1st rule
Constantin Mavrocordat1761-17636th rule
Constantin Racoviţă1763-1764Racoviţă2nd rule
Ştefan Racoviţă1764-1765Racoviţă
Scarlat Ghica1765-1766Ghica2nd rule
Alexandru Ghica1766-1768Ghica
Russian occupation1768
Grigore III Ghica1768-1769Ghica
Russian occupation1769-1770
Emanuel Giani Ruset1770-1771Rosettialso called Manole or Manolache
Alexandru Ipsilanti1774-1782Ypsilanti1st rule
Nicolae Caradja1782-1783Caradja
Mihai Suţu1783-1786Soutzos1st rule
Nicolae Mavrogheni1786-1789
Habsburg occupation1789-1790military commander: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg
Mihai Suţu1791-1793Soutzos2nd rule
Alexandru Moruzi1793-1796Mourousi1st rule
Alexandru Ipsilanti1796-1797Ypsilanti2nd rule
Constantin Hangerli1797-1799
Alexandru Moruzi1799-1801Mourousi2nd rule
Mihai Suţu1801-1802Soutzos3rd rule
Alexandru Suţu1802Soutzos
Constantin Ipsilanti1802-1806Ypsilanti
Russian occupation1806-1812
Ioan Gheorghe Caradja1812-1818Caradja
Caimacam
Grigore Brâncovenu		1818assisted by Vornic Barbu Văcărescu, Vistier Grigore Ghica and Logofăt Samurcaş
Alexandru Suţu1818-1821Soutzos
Caimacam
Grigore Brâncoveanu		1821
Tudor Vladimirescu1821leader of the anti-Phanariote uprising
Scarlat Callimachi1821Callimachi
Grigore IV Ghica1822-1828Ghica
Russian occupation1828-1834military commanders: Fyodor Pahlen, Pyotr Zheltukhin, and Pavel Kiseleff
Organic Statute government (1832-1856)
Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica1834-1842Ghica
Gheorghe Bibescu1842-1848Bibescu
Provisional Government1848Metropolitan Neofit II, assisted by Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Ştefan Golescu, Gheorghe Magheru, Gheorghe Scurti
Locotenenţa domnească
(Regency of three)		1848Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Nicolae Golescu
Joint Ottoman and Russian occupation1848-1851military commanders: Omar Pasha and Alexander von Lüders
Caimacam
Constantin Cantacuzino		1848
Barbu Ştirbei1848-1853Ştirbei1st rule
Russian occupation1853-1854
Ottoman occupation1854
Austrian occupation1854-1856military commander: Johann Coronini-Cronberg
Barbu Ştirbei1854-1856Ştirbei2nd rule
Protectorate established by the Treaty of Paris (1856-1859)
Caimacam
Alexandru II Ghica		1856-1858
Caimacam of three1858-1859Ioan Manu, Emanoil Băleanu, Ioan A. Filipide
Alexander John Cuza1859-1862also ruled Moldavia in personal union
Formal union of Wallachia and Moldavia since 1862.

For later rulers, see Domnitor and Kings of Romania.

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