Family Background and Heirs
Mircea was the son of voivode Radu I of Wallachia and Lady Calinica, thus being a descendant of the House of Basarab. He was the father to Vlad II Dracul and grandfather of Mircea II, Vlad the Impaler (Dracula), Vlad Călugărul and Radu the Handsome. All of these would at one time or the other rule Wallachia, with Mircea II and Vlad Ţepeş both being able military commanders (then later became one of the most notorious leaders in history, and the inspiration for the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker).
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