Bassaraba family

The ancestor of this family was one Thocomerius, Voivode of Wallachia (ca 1298-ca 1310), who could have been either a Bulgarian boyar called Tihomir, or (less probably) a Tatar khan named Toqtemir. He had a son:

Ioan Basarab, Voivode of Wallachia (ca 1310-1352), *1270-80, +1352; m.Margit Dobokai, from Kökényes-Renold family; They had issue:

• A1. Teodora Basaraba; m.ca 1320 (div) Tsar Ivan Aleksandar of Bulgaria (+17.2.1371)
• A2. Nicolae Alexandru, Voivode of Wallachia (1352-64), +16.11.1364; 1m: Maria N; 2m: Clara N
  • B1. [1m.] Voislav
  • B2. [1m.] Vlaicu I, Voivode of Wallachia (1364-75), +ca 1375; m.Cherana N
  • B3. Radu I "Negru Voda", Voivode of Wallachia (1375-83), +ca 1383; 1m: Ana Kallinichia; 2m: NN; (possibly m.Pss Kaliphie of Byzantium)
    • C1. [1m.] Dan I, Voivode of Wallachia (1383-86), +k.a.Bulgaria 23.9.1386; m.Maria N (a Serbian noblewoman)
      • D1. Dan II, Voivode of Wallachia (1422-31), +1.6.1432
        • E1. Basarab II, Voivode of Wallachia (1442-43), +after 1458; m.Maria N
          • F1. Basarab IV "Tinar", Voivode of Wallachia (1477-81), +after 23.3.1482; m.Maria N
            • G1. Danciu, fl 1508
          • F2. [member of the Craiovescu family who adopted the surname Bassarab for himself and his descendants; (some sources say he was a son of Bassarab II)] Néagoé Bassaraba, Voivode of Wallachia (1512-1521); m.Milica Brankovic
            • G1. a son
              • H1. Radu Serban, Voivode of Wallachia (1602-1610)+(1611), +1611
                • I1. Constantin, Voivode of Wallachia (1654-1658), Voivode of Moldavia (1659)+(1661), +1661
                • I2. [possibly dau.of Voivode Constantin] Helena; m.Constantin Cantacuzene (+20.12.1663)
                • I3. Ancuta; m.Nicolae Patrascu (+IX.1600)
              • H2. Mattia Bassaraba, Voivode of Wallachia (1632-1654)
            • G2. a daughter; m.Radu Paisie Bassaraba, Voivode of Wallachia
            • G2. Ruxandra; m.Radu de la Afumati, Voivode of Wallachia (+2.1.1529)
            • (G4. Stanca, +1530; m.Hospodar Stefan of Moldova (+14.1.1527))
          • F3. Anca, fl 1482; m.Stancia de la Glogova
        • E2. Dan III, Voivode of Wallachia, +ca 1460
          • F1. Albert, fl 1499
        • E3. Stanicul, +XII.1446
        • E4. Basarab III, Voivode of Wallachia (1474-77), +Brasov XII.1480; m.dau.of Sinadin Capitanu
        • E5. Vladislav II, Voivode of Wallachia (1446-56), +22.8.1456
          • F1. Vladislav, fl 1488; m.Neacsa N
            • G1. Vladislav III, Voivode of Wallachia (IV.1523-XI.1523)+(1524)+(1525), +after 1525
              • H1. Moise, Voivode of Wallachia (I.1529-VI.1530), +29.8.1530; m.Anca N
                • I1. Zamfira Basaraba; m.Stanislaw Nisowski
              • H2. a daughter; m.Barbu Craiovescu
      • D2. [illegitimate] Vlad I, Voivode of Wallachia (1394-97), +I.1397
    • C2. [2m.] Mircea I "the Elder", Despot of Dobruja, Voivode of Wallachia (1386-94)+(1397-1418), +1418; m.Mara N (possibly m.N Lackfi /OR N, from Jagiello family)
      • D1. Mihail, Voivode of Wallachia (1418-20), +VIII.1420
        • E1. Radu, +1418
        • E2. Mihail, +1418
      • D2. [by Maria Tolmay] Vlad II Dracul "the Dragon", Voivode of Wallachia (1436-42)+(1443-46), he was granted Order of the Dragon by his relative Emperor Sigismund, hence his nickname, *in Wallachia before 1395, +beheaded Balteni XII.1446; 1m: Vasilissa of Moldavia (+after 1447); 2m: N, a Transylvanian noblewoman
        • E1. [1m.] Mircea II Basarab, Voivode of Wallachia (1442), *in Germany ca 1422, +buried alive XII.1476
        • E2. [1m.] Vlad III Tepes "the Impaler", Voivode of Wallachia (1448)+(1456-62)+(1476), *in Wallachia ca 1431, +murdered XII.1476, bur Snagov; 1m: 1452/56 N, a Transylvanian noblewoman (she committed suicide when their home was captured by enemy forces); 2m: 1474/76 Ilona Szilágyi de Horogszeg (+after 1497), cousin of king Mathias I of Hungary
          • F1. [1m.] Mihail, fl 1486
          • F2. [1m.] Vlad, fl 1485
            • G1. Vlad Dracula de Sintesti (László Drakulya de Semtheest), fl 1535; m.Anna Vass de Czege
              • H1. Borbála, +before 1562; m.1554 Mihály Kornis de Homoródszentpál (+1582)
          • F3. [2m.] Mihnea I "Rau" "the Bad", Voivode of Wallachia (1508-09/10), +murdered 12.3.1510; 1m: Samaranda N; 2m: Voica Izvorani (+after 1510)
            • G1. [1m.] Mircea II, Voivode of Wallachia (1509-10), +after 1521; m.ca 1519 Maria Despina, a Serbian noblewoman
              • H1. Milos "Voda", +20.2.1577; m.Irini N
                • I1. a daughter; m.boyar Albu Golescu
              • H2. Alexandru II Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1568-77), +after 11.9.1577; m.Catherine Salvarasso/Salvarezi (+Tripoli ca 1590)
                • I1. Mihnea II "Turcitul" "the Turk", Voivode of Wallachia (1577-83)+(1585-91), *VII.1564, +ca 1601; 1m: NN; 2m: VII.1582 Neaga, dau.of Vlaicu Cislau
                  • J1. [2m.] Alexandru "Tinar", +by 8.2.1589
                  • J2. [2m.] Vlad Basarab, +5.5.1591
                  • J3. [by Vlaica N] Radu Mihnea, Voivode of Wallachia (1601-02)+(1611-16)+(1620-23), Voivode of Moldavia (1616-19)+(1623-26), +after 20.1.1626; m.Arghira Minetti
                    • K1. Alexandru III "Coconul", Voivode of Wallachia (1623-27), Hospodar of Moldavia (1629-30), +Istanbul 26.6.1632; m.Ruxandra (+1684), dau.of Skarlatos Beglitzi
                    • K2. Mihail Radu, Voivode of Wallachia (III.1658-XI.1659), +26.3.1660
                    • K3. a daughter; m.Moise Movila (+1634), Hospodar of Moldavia
                    • K4. a daughter; m.Miron Barnowski Movila (+1633), Hospodar of Moldavia
              • H3. Petru "Schiopul" "the Lame", Hospodar of Moldavia (1574-77)+(1578-79)+(1582-91), +Bolzano 1.7.1594; 1m: Maria Amirali; 2m: Irini, a Gypsy woman
            • G2. [2m.] Ruxandra; m.21.7.1513 Bogdan III, Hospodar of Moldavia (+20.4.1517); 2m: boyar Dragomir
        • E3. [2m.] Radu III "cel Frumos" "The Handsome", Voivode of Wallachia (1462-75), *before 2.8.1439, +I.1475; m.Maria Aranita
          • F1. Voichita Maria, +1511; m.1478 Stefan III "the Great", Hospodar of Moldavia (+2.7.1504)
        • E4. [by Catuna N, later Mother Euphrasim, an Abbess] Vlad IV "Calugarul" "the Monk", Voivode of Wallachia (1482-95), +XI.1495; 1m: Rada-Samaranda N; 2m: by 1487 Maria Palaiologina
          • F1. [1m.] Radu IV "the Great", Voivode of Wallachia (1495-1508), *ca 1467, +IV.1508; m.Catalina from Sarata
            • G1. Vlad "Vintila", Voivode of Wallachia (1532-35), +after 10.6.1535; m.Rada, dau.of Vlaicu of Wallachia
            • G2. Radu "Paisic", Voivode of Wallachia (1535-45) +after 1545; m.Targoviste 1541 Stana N /OR N Basaraba, dau.of Néagoé Bassaraba
              • H1. Petru Patrascu "Bun" ("the Good"), Voivode of Wallachia (1554-57), +26.12.1557; m.Voica Slaticare
                • I1. Vintila, Voivode of Wallachia (4 days in V.1574), +V.1574
                • I2. Petru "Cercel", Voivode of Wallachia (1583-85), +III.1590; m.Druzsa (Druzsianna) Bogáthy de Bogát (fl 1590-1635)
                  • J1. Dimitrie, fl 1585
                  • J2. Marcel Cercel, fl 1600
                • I3. Maria; m.by 1555 Tudor Dragoesti
                • I4. [by Theodora (+1606)] Mihail Viteazul, Voivode of Wallachia (1593-1600), Hospodar of Moldavia (1600), +19.7.1601; m.Stanca, dau.of Dimitru Izverani
                  • J1. Nicolae Patrascu, +IX.1600; m.Ancuta, dau.of Radu Serban, Voivode of Wallachia
                    • K1. Ileanu; m.Istrate Leurdeanu
                  • J2. Florica; 1m: Stefan Basarab (*1584, +21.3.1602); 2m: 1603 Ioan Cantacuzino
                  • J3. [by Tudora Tirgsov] Marula; m.Socol Cornateni
                • I5. [by Maria Floresti] Radu, +ca 1604
            • G3. Mircea III "Ciobanul" ("the Shepherd"), Voivode of Wallachia (1545-52)+(1553-54)+(1558-59), +21.9.1559; m.Suceava VI.1546 Chiajna of Moldavia
              • H1. Petru "Timar", Voivode of Wallachia (1559-68), +Konya 19.8.1569; m.22.8.1563 Jelena Crepovic (+after 1572 in Russia)
              • H2. Radu, Voivode of Wallachia, +IV.1591
              • H3. Stana, +after 1601; m.Ioan Norocea (+Transylvania 1599), Logofat de Pitesti, Great Chancellor of Wallachia
              • H4. Marina Ancutza; she possibly m.Andronicu Cantacuzino (+1601)
              • H5. Dobra; m.Barbu Pietrosani
              • H6. a daughter; m.1574 Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire (*Manisa 4.7.1546, +Istanbul 15.1.1595)
              • H7. a daughter; m.Ioan Iacob Heraclid, Hospodar of Moldavia (1561-63)
            • G4. [illegitimate] Radu de la Afumati, Voivode of Wallachia (1522-23)+(1524)+(1524-25)+(1525-29), +2.1.1529; 1m: Voica, dau.of Zupan Vlad of Bucsani; 2m: Ruxandra Basarab Craiovescu
              • H1. [1m.] Vlad, +2.1.1529
              • H2. [1m.] Anca; m.Udriste from Margineni
              • H3. [2m.] Radu Ilie "Haidaul", Voivode of Wallachia (1552-53), +V.1553
            • G5. Carstina; m.Stancuil Bratovoesti
          • F2. [1m.] Mircea, +after 15.9.1497
          • F3. [1m.] Vlad, +4.2.1488
          • F4. [1m.] Caplea; 1m: Staico Rusi; 2m: 1507 Bogdan Popesti
            • G1. [2m.] Vladut, Voivode of Wallachia (1510-12), +23.1.1512; m.Anca from Sarata
              • H1. Vlad "Inecatul", Voivode of Wallachia (1530-32), +after 18.9.1532; m.1531 Ana of Moldavia (+1542/46)
            • G2. [2m.] Neacsa; m.by 1512 Jupan Calota
        • E5. [by Catuna N] Mircea, Voivode of Wallachia (1481)
      • D3. [by Maria Tolmay] Alexandru Aldea, Voivode of Wallachia (1431-36), +after 25.6.1436
      • D4. [by Maria Tolmay] a daughter; m.1407 Musa Celebi, Governor of Bursa and Sultan of Rum (*1388, +k.a.Camurlu 5.7.1413)
    • C3. Radu II, Voivode of Wallachia (1420-1422)+(1423)+(1424)+(1426)+(1427)
      • D1. Néagoé
    • C4. a daughter; m.Staicu N, logofat
    • C5. a daughter
    ; m.Dobrisan N
  • B3. [1m.] Godon
  • B3. [1m.] Elisaveta Basaraba, *ca 1340, +1367/69; m.1352/55 Pr Wladislaw of Opava (+8.5.1401), Palatine of Hungary
  • B4. [2m.] Ana Slava Basaraba; m.1369 her cousin Pr Ivan Strazimir of Vidin (+after 15.9.1396)
  • B5. [2m.] Ana Basaraba; m.VII.1360 Stefan Uros V, Tsar of Serbia (+4.12.1371)

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