Clara Dobokai

Clara Dobokai (before 1330 – after 1370) was the second wife of Nicholas Alexander, Voivode of Wallachia.

Doamna Clara Dobokai
Princess consort of Wallachia
Reign	c. 1344-November 1364
Predecessor	Doamna Marghita
Successor	Doamna Ana
Born	before 1330
Died	after 1370
Spouse	Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia
Issue	Anna of Wallachia Radu I of Wallachia Anka of Wallacia
Father	John Dobokai

Origins

Clara was the daughter of a Hungarian nobleman, John Dobokai, whose domains were located in Transylvania.^[1] Her mother's name and family are unknown.^[2] Clara's father was present at a trial in 1312, showing that he was of age at that time.^[3] Clara was most probably born in the 1310s or 1320s, according to historian Mihai Florin Hasan.^[3] Hasan says that she was given in marriage to Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia in the early 1340s.^[4]

Wife of Nicholas Alexandru

Nicholas Alexandru was the son of Basarab, the first independent ruler of Wallachia.^[5] Clara and Nicholas Alexandru had three children:^[6]

• Anna married to tsar Ivan Stracimir, Bulgarian ruler of Vidin Tsardom, and mother of Konstantin II Asen and Dorothea, Queen of Bosnia
• Voievode Radu I of Wallachia, succeeded his half brother Vladislav as voievode
• Anka Basaraba, married to Serbian Tsar Stefan Uros V, son of Stefan Dusan and Elena of Bulgaria