Drăghici postelnic, „domn la Ţarigrad”
Drăghici postelnic, „prince at Ţarigrad”

Summary/Abstract: During the reign of Vlad the Drowned (1530-1532) a nobleman named Draghici tried to become lord of Wallachia, as evidenced by two documents given on June 13th 1588 and on May 17th 1589. Vlad the Drowned, receiving news that his rulership might be in danger, sent to the Ottoman Porte a delegation of faithful boyars. They testified that Draghici was not the son of a lord, but only a nobleman, son of a boyar, and according to the land’s law he had no right to rule. Thus, being proved that Draghici had lied the Ottoman authorities decided to have him hanged. The generally accepted opinion is that the episode of the removal of Draghici took place after August 29th and before October 4th 1530. This study aims to prove that the placement of the event in this short period of time is based on unproven hypotheses. The unfolding of the whole event, the boyars' journey to the Porte and back are a logistical impossibility for that time. The event can rather be placed after November 5th 1531 and before February 26th 1532. Vlad the Drowned's boyars probably left Istanbul and returned to Wallachia accompanying Aloisio / Alvise / Ludovico Gritti. The new interval is the result of corroborating the princely itinerary with various information related to the persons involved. The annexes attached to the study include (I.) the princely itinerary and (II.) three documents given by Vlad the Drowned. The documents were published in 1907 by senator Ştefan D. Grecianu. Unfortunately his book remained unfinished and was not put up for public sale. For this reason it is very rare today and the documents have almost been forgotten over time. They are now brought back to the attention of historiography.

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