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Drăculești
Princely noble family
File:House of Draculesti Arms.svg
Parent family	House of Basarab
Country	Wallachia
Etymology	Dracul ("Devil")
Founded	1390 (1390)
Founder	Vlad the Devil
Final ruler	Michael the Brave
Titles	Voivode of Wallachia Voivode of Moldavia
Distinctions	Order of the Devil
Traditions	Romanian Eastern Orthodoxy
Dissolution	1601 (1601)
Cadet branches	Movilești

The House of Drăculești (Romanian: [drəkuˈleʃtʲ]) were one of two major rival lines of Wallachian voivodes of the House of Basarab, the other being the House of Dănești. These lines were in constant contest for the throne from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries. Descendants of the line of Drăculești would eventually come to dominate this principality until its common rule with Transylvania and Moldavia by Mihai Viteazul in 1600.

The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II Dracul, son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea cel Bătrân. The name Drăculești is derived from the membership of Vlad II Dracul (in old Romanian Dracul means "Devil") in the Order of the Dragon (founded 1408).

Members of the Drăculești line

Members of the Drăculești line who held the throne of Wallachia include the following:

• Mircea the Elder
• Vlad Dracul
• Vlad III the Impaler
• Michael the Brave

See also

• List of rulers of Wallachia

Notes

1. C.C.Giurescu p.112

Sources

• Constantin C.Giurescu – Istoria românilor vol. II, Editura științifică și enciclopedică, București 1976

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "A genealogy of the Drăculești family". Genealogy.EU.

• House of Drăculești
• Rulers of Wallachia
• People of medieval Romania
• Medieval Wallachia
• History of Wallachia (1512–1714)