Валахия княздары тізімі

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This is a list of princes of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1859, which led to the creation of Romania.

Ruler Portrait Years Family NotesȘtefan I Surdul(Stephen the Deaf) 1591–1592 Bogdan Muşat Alexandru III cel Rău(Alexander III the Bad) 1592–1593 Bogdan Muşat also ruled Moldavia (1592) Mihail II Viteazul(Michael II the Brave) 1593–1600 Drăculești according to some, the illegitimate son of Petru Pătrașcu cel Bun; also ruled Transylvania (1599–1600) and Moldavia (1600), briefly bringing the three principalities under a personal union. Nicolae Pătrașcu 1599–1600 Drăculești Son of Michael II, co ruled with his father since 1599. Simion Movilă 1600–16011602 Movilești Radu IX Mihnea 1601–160216111611–16161620–1623 Drăculești son of Minhea II TurcitulRadu X Șerban 1602–16101611 Nephew of Neagoe Basarab. 1st rule Transylvanian occupation: direct rule of Gabriel Báthory (1611) Gabriel Movilă 16161618 1620 Movilești son of Simion MovilăAlexandru IV Iliaș 1616–16181627 1629 Alexandru V Coconul(Alexander the Child Prince) 1623–1627 Drăculești son of Radu MihneaLeon Tomșa 1629–1632 Radu XI Iliaș 1632 Matei Basarab 1632–1654 Brâncovenești Constantin I Șerban 1654–1658 illegitimate son of Radu ȘerbanMihnea III 1658–1659

The Ottoman influence in the Wallachian rulers' election grows from the mid 17th century onward. From 1659, the rulers elected are mostly scions of Greek families, and increasingly less linked to the original Wallachian ruling family. The process reached its peak with the called Phanariote period (1715 1859), where, between the rulers, there was already no connection (or a very distant one) with the dynasty of Basarab.

Ruler Portrait Years Family NotesGrigore 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 Craiovești / Brâncovenești / Știrbei / Bibescu Provisional Government 1848 Metropolitan Neofit II, assisted by Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Ștefan Golescu, Gheorghe Magheru, Gheorghe ScurtiLocotenența domnească(Regency of three) 1848 Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Nicolae Golescu Joint Russian and Ottoman occupation (1848 1851)Military commanders: Omar Pasha and Alexander von LüdersCaimacamConstantin Cantacuzino 1848 Barbu Știrbei 1848–18531854–1856 Știrbei Russian (1853 1854), Ottoman (1854) and Austrian occupations (1854 1856)military commander: Johann Coronini Cronberg (1854–56) Protectorate established by the Treaty of Paris (1856–1859)CaimacamAlexandru II Ghica 1856–1858 Caimacam of three 1858–1859 Ioan Manu, Emanoil Băleanu, Ioan A. FilipescuAlexander John Cuza 1859–1862 also ruled Moldavia in personal union as the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. Formal union of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1862 as the Romanian United Principalities. A new constitution came into effect in 1866 giving the country the official name Romania. For later rulers, see Domnitor and King of Romania.