Vlad Înecatul

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Vlad Înecatul (Vlad the Drowned; d. 1532, probably in September) was a Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between June 1530 and 1532, According to a document of Mihnea Turcitul's Court, Vlad Înecatul was son of Vlad cel Tânăr (Vlad the Younger) - the two, although separated by almost two decades, have for long been confused.

He was appointed ruler following Moise's rebellion against the Ottomans, but was immediately contested by Moise himself and the Craioveşti boyar family. He defeated the opposing alliance at Viişoara (in Teleorman), on August 29 1530 - where Moise was killed. In October, after a further unsuccessful rebellion of the Oltenian nobility led by Drăghici Gogoaşă of the Craioveşti (a pretender to the throne, who was executed in Istanbul), Vlad ended the Craioveşti line of succession to the Banat of Craiova.

Vlad was builder of the Viforâta Monastery, in Aninoasa (Dâmboviţa County).

The manner of his death (which attracted the moniker) is described by the contemporary text of Adolf Armbruster (Dacoromano-Saxonica, p.198) as the result of his inebriation, and horseback ride into the full waters of the Dâmboviţa River.

Preceded by Moise

Prince of Wallachia 1530-1532

Succeeded by Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina