| Ruler
|
Years
|
Family
|
Notes
|
| Seneslau |
c. 1247 |
|
Voivode on the eastern side of the Olt River (around the Argeş).
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| Litovoi |
1247-1277 |
|
Voivode on the western side of the Olt River.
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| Bărbat |
c. 1277-1290 |
|
brother of Litovoi
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| Thocomerius |
c. 1290-1310 |
|
some propose Tihomir as a more accurate rendition
|
| Radu Negru |
c. 1300 |
|
legendary 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 I |
c. 1310-1352 |
Basarab |
son of Thocomerius; first non-legendary ruler of Wallachia; later also called Basarab Întemeietorul (Basarab the Founder);
|
| Nicolae Alexandru |
1352-1364 |
Basarab |
son of Basarab I
|
| Vladislav I |
c. 1364-1377 |
Basarab |
son of Nicolae Alexandru; also known as Vlaicu-Vodă
|
| Radu I |
c. 1377-1383 |
Basarab |
son of Nicolae Alexandru
|
| Dan I |
c. 1383-1386 |
Dăneşti |
son of Radu I
|
Mircea cel Bătrân
(Mircea the Elder) |
1386 - 1418 |
Basarab |
son of Radu I
|
Vlad I Uzurpatorul
(Vlad I the Usurper) |
1394-1397 |
|
|
| Mihail I |
1418-1420 |
Basarab |
son of Mircea cel Bătrân
|
| Dan II |
1420 - 1421 |
Dăneşti |
son of Dan I, member of the Order of the Dragon; 1st rule
|
Radu II Chelul
(Radu the Bald) |
1421 |
Basarab |
son of Mircea cel Bătrân; 1st rule
|
| Dan II |
1421 - 1423 |
Dăneşti |
2nd rule
|
| Radu II Chelul |
1423 |
Basarab |
2nd rule
|
| Dan II |
1423-1424 |
Dăneşti |
3rd rule
|
| Radu II Chelul |
1424-1426 |
Basarab |
3rd rule
|
| Dan II |
1426-1427 |
Dăneşti |
4th rule
|
| Radu II Chelul |
1427 |
Basarab |
4th rule
|
| Dan II |
1427-1431 |
Dăneşti |
5th rule
|
| Alexandru I Aldea |
1431-1436 |
|
|
| Vlad II Dracul |
1436 - 1442 |
Drăculeşti |
illegitimate son of Mircea cel Bătrân; member of the Order of the Dragon (thus Dracul); 1st rule
|
| Mircea II |
1442 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad II Dracul
|
| Basarab II |
1442 - 1443 |
Dăneşti |
son of Dan II
|
| Vlad II Dracul |
1443-1447 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
| Vladislav II |
1447-1448 |
Dăneşti |
son of Dan II; supported by John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary; 1st rule
|
Vlad III Ţepeş
(Vlad the Impaler) |
1448 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad II Dracul, thus called Vlad Dracula (son of Dracul); 1st rule
|
| Vladislav II |
1448-1456 |
Dăneşti |
son of Dan II; supported by John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary; 2nd rule
|
| Vlad III Ţepeş |
1456-1462 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
Radu cel Frumos
(Radu the Fair) |
1462-1473 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad II Dracul; 1st rule
|
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân
(Basarab Laiotă the Elder) |
1473 |
Dăneşti |
son of Dan II; 1st rule
|
| Radu cel Frumos |
1473-1474 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
| Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
1474 |
Dăneşti |
2nd rule
|
| Radu cel Frumos |
1474 |
Drăculeşti |
3rd rule
|
| Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
1474 |
Dăneşti |
3rd rule
|
| Radu cel Frumos |
1474-1475 |
Drăculeşti |
4th rule
|
| Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
1475-1476 |
Dăneşti |
4th rule
|
| Vlad III Ţepeş |
1476 |
Drăculeşti |
3rd rule
|
| Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
1476-1477 |
Dăneşti |
5th rule
|
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr
(Basarab Ţepeluş the Younger) |
1477-1481 |
Dăneşti |
son of Bassarab II; 1st rule
|
| Mircea |
1481 |
|
|
Vlad Călugărul
(Vlad the Monk) |
1481 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad II Dracul; 1st rule
|
| Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr |
1481-1482 |
Dăneşti |
2nd rule
|
| Vlad Călugărul |
1482-1485 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
Radu cel Mare
(Radu the Great) |
1495-1508 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad Călugărul
|
Mihnea cel Rău
(Mihnea the Wrongdoer) |
1508-1509 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad III Ţepeş
|
| Mircea III |
1509-1510 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Mihnea cel Rău
|
Vlad cel Tânăr
(Vlad the Younger) |
1510-1512 |
Drăculeşti |
nephew of son Radu cel Mare; also known as Vlăduţ
|
| Neagoe Basarab |
1512-1521 |
Craioveşti |
|
| Teodosie |
1521 |
|
1st rule
|
| Vlad Călugărul |
1521 |
Drăculeşti |
3rd rule
|
| Teodosie |
1521-1522 |
|
2nd rule
|
| Radu de la Afumaţi |
1522-1523 |
Drăculeşti |
illegitimate son of Radu cel Mare; allied with Craioveşti 1st rule
|
| Vladislav III |
1523 |
Dăneşti |
son of Vladislav II; 1st rule
|
| Radu Bădica |
1523-1524 |
|
|
| Radu de la Afumaţi |
1524 |
Craioveşti |
2nd rule
|
| Vladislav III |
1524 |
Dăneşti |
2nd rule
|
| Radu de la Afumaţi |
1524-1525 |
Craioveşti |
3nd rule
|
| Vladislav III |
1525 |
Dăneşti |
3rd rule
|
| Radu de la Afumaţi |
1525-1529 |
Craioveşti |
4th rule
|
| Basarab V |
1529 |
|
|
| Moise |
1529-1530 |
|
|
Vlad Înecatul
(Vlad the Drowned) |
1530-1532 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad cel Tânăr
|
| Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina |
1532-1535 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Radu cel Mare
|
| Radu Paisie |
1535-1545 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina
|
Mircea Ciobanul
(Mircea the Shepherd) |
1545-1552 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Radu cel Mare; 1st rule
|
Radu Ilie Haidăul
(Radu Ilie the Cowherd) |
1552-1553 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Radu de la Afumaţi
|
| Mircea Ciobanul |
1553-1554 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun
(Pătraşcu the Kind) |
1554-1558 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Radu Paisie; 3rd rule
|
| Mircea Ciobanul |
1558-1559 |
Drăculeşti |
3rd rule
|
Petru cel Tânăr
(Peter the Younger) |
1559-1568 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Mircea Ciobanul
|
| Alexandru II Mircea |
1568-1574 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Mircea II; popularly called Oaie Seacă (Barren Sheep); 1st rule
|
| Vintilă |
1574 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun
|
| Alexandru II Mircea |
1574-1577 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
Minhea II Turcitul
(Mihnea the Turned-Turk) |
1577-1583 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Alexandru II Mircea; 1st rule
|
Petru Cercel
(Peter Earring) |
1583-1585 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun
|
| Mihnea II Turcitul |
1585-1591 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
Ştefan Surdul
(Stephen the Deaf) |
1591-1592 |
|
|
Alexandru cel Rău
(Alexander the Wrongdoer) |
1592-1593 |
|
also ruled Moldavia (1592)
|
Mihai Viteazul
(Michael the Brave) |
1593-1600 |
Drăculeşti |
illegitimate son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun; also ruled Transylvania (1599-1600) and Moldavia (1600), briefly uniting the three principalities.
|
| Simion Movilă |
1600-1601 |
Movileşti |
1st rule
|
| Radu Mihnea |
1601-1602 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Minhea II Turcitul; 1st rule
|
| Simion Movilă |
1602 |
Movileşti |
2nd rule
|
| Radu Şerban |
1602-1610 |
|
1st rule
|
| Gabriel Báthory |
1611 |
Báthory |
also Prince of Transylvania
|
| Radu Mihnea |
1611 |
Drăculeşti |
2nd rule
|
| Radu Şerban |
1611 |
|
2nd rule
|
| Radu Mihnea |
1611-1616 |
Drăculeşti |
3rd rule
|
| Gabriel Movilă |
1616 |
Movileşti |
son of Simion Movilă; 1st rule
|
| Alexandru Iliaş |
1616-1618 |
|
1st rule
|
| Gabriel Movilă |
1618-1620 |
Movileşti |
2nd rule
|
| Radu Mihnea |
1620-1623 |
Drăculeşti |
4th rule
|
Alexandru Coconul
(Alexander the Child-Prince) |
1623-1627 |
Drăculeşti |
son of Radu Mihnea
|
| Alexandru Iliaş |
1627-1629 |
|
2nd rule
|
| Leon Tomşa |
1629-1632 |
|
|
| Radu Iliaş |
1632 |
|
|
| Matei Basarab |
1632-1654 |
Brâncoveneşti |
|
| Constantin Şerban |
1654-1658 |
|
illegitimate son of Radu Şerban
|
| Mihnea III |
1658-1659 |
|
|
| Gheorghe Ghica |
1659-1660 |
Ghica |
|
| Grigore I Ghica |
1660-1664 |
Ghica |
1st rule
|
| Radu Leon |
1664-1669 |
|
|
| Antonie Vodă din Popeşti |
1669-1672 |
|
|
| Grigore I Ghica |
1672-1673 |
Ghica |
2nd rule
|
| Gheorghe Duca |
1673-1678 |
|
|
| Şerban Cantacuzino |
1678-1688 |
Cantacuzene |
|
| Constantin Brâncoveanu |
1688-1714 |
Brâncoveneşti |
|
| Ştefan Cantacuzino |
1714-1715 |
Cantacuzene |
|
| Phanariote rule (1715-1821)
|
| Nicolae Mavrocordat |
1715-1716 |
Mavrocordato |
1st rule
|
| Habsburg occupation |
1716 |
|
|
| Ioan Mavrocordat |
1716-1719 |
Mavrocordato |
|
| Nicolae Mavrocordat |
1719-1730 |
Mavrocordato |
2nd rule
|
| Constantin Mavrocordat |
1730 |
Mavrocordato |
1st rule
|
| Mihai Racoviţă |
1730-1731 |
Racoviţă |
1st rule
|
| Constantin Mavrocordat |
1731-1733 |
Mavrocordato |
2nd rule
|
| Grigore II Ghica |
1733-1735 |
Ghica |
1st rule
|
| Constantin Mavrocordat |
1735-1741 |
Mavrocordato |
3rd rule
|
| Mihai Racoviţă |
1741-1744 |
Racoviţă |
2nd rule
|
| Constantin Mavrocordat |
1744-1748 |
Mavrocordato |
4th rule
|
| Grigore II Ghica |
1748-1752 |
Ghica |
2nd rule
|
| Matei Ghica |
1752-1753 |
Ghica |
|
| Constantin Racoviţă |
1753-1756 |
|
1st rule
|
| Constantin Mavrocordat |
1756-1758 |
|
5th rule
|
| Scarlat Ghica |
1758-1761 |
Ghica |
1st rule
|
| Constantin Mavrocordat |
1761-1763 |
|
6th rule
|
| Constantin Racoviţă |
1763-1764 |
Racoviţă |
2nd rule
|
| Ştefan Racoviţă |
1764-1765 |
Racoviţă |
|
| Scarlat Ghica |
1765-1766 |
Ghica |
2nd rule
|
| Alexandru Ghica |
1766-1768 |
Ghica |
|
| Russian occupation |
1768 |
|
|
| Grigore III Ghica |
1768-1769 |
Ghica |
|
| Russian occupation |
1769-1770 |
|
|
| Emanuel Giani Ruset |
1770-1771 |
Rosetti |
also called Manole or Manolache
|
| Alexandru Ipsilanti |
1774-1782 |
Ypsilanti |
1st rule
|
| Nicolae Caradja |
1782-1783 |
Caradja |
|
| Mihai Suţu |
1783-1786 |
Soutzos |
1st rule
|
| Nicolae Mavrogheni |
1786-1789 |
|
|
| Habsburg occupation |
1789-1790 |
|
military commander: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg
|
| Mihai Suţu |
1791-1793 |
Soutzos |
2nd rule
|
| Alexandru Moruzi |
1793-1796 |
Mourousi |
1st rule
|
| Alexandru Ipsilanti |
1796-1797 |
Ypsilanti |
2nd rule
|
| Constantin Hangerli |
1797-1799 |
|
|
| Alexandru Moruzi |
1799-1801 |
Mourousi |
2nd rule
|
| Mihai Suţu |
1801-1802 |
Soutzos |
3rd rule
|
| Alexandru Suţu |
1802 |
Soutzos |
|
| Constantin Ipsilanti |
1802-1806 |
Ypsilanti |
|
| Russian occupation |
1806-1812 |
|
|
| Ioan Gheorghe Caradja |
1812-1818 |
Caradja |
|
Caimacam
Grigore Brâncovenu |
1818 |
|
assisted by Vornic Barbu Văcărescu, Vistier Grigore Ghica and Logofăt Samurcaş
|
| Alexandru Suţu |
1818-1821 |
Soutzos |
|
Caimacam
Grigore Brâncoveanu |
1821 |
|
|
| Tudor Vladimirescu |
1821 |
|
leader of the anti-Phanariote uprising
|
| Scarlat Callimachi |
1821 |
Callimachi |
|
| Grigore IV Ghica |
1822-1828 |
Ghica |
|
| Russian occupation |
1828-1834 |
|
military commanders: Fyodor Pahlen, Pyotr Zheltukhin, and Pavel Kiseleff
|
| Organic Statute government (1832-1856)
|
| Alexandru II Ghica |
1834-1842 |
Ghica |
|
| Gheorghe Bibescu |
1842-1848 |
Bibescu |
|
| Provisional Government |
1848 |
|
Metropolitan Neofit II, assisted by Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Ştefan Golescu, Gheorghe Magheru, Gheorghe Scurti
|
Locotenenţa domnească
(Regency of three) |
1848 |
|
Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Nicolae Golescu
|
| Joint Ottoman and Russian occupation |
1848-1851 |
|
military commanders: Omar Pasha and Alexander von Lüders
|
Caimacam
Constantin Cantacuzino |
1848 |
|
|
| Barbu Ştirbei |
1848-1853 |
Ştirbei |
1st rule
|
| Russian occupation |
1853-1854 |
|
|
| Ottoman occupation |
1854 |
|
|
| Austrian occupation |
1854-1856 |
|
military commander: Johann Coronini-Cronberg
|
| Barbu Ştirbei |
1854-1856 |
Ştirbei |
2nd rule
|
| Protectorate established by the Treaty of Paris (1856-1859)
|
Caimacam
Alexandru II Ghica |
1856-1858 |
|
|
| Caimacam of three |
1858-1859 |
|
Ioan Manu, Emanoil Băleanu, Ioan A. Filipide
|
| Alexander John Cuza |
1859-1862 |
|
also 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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