Radu IV the Great

Radu IV the Great (Romanian: Radu cel Mare), (1467 – 23 April 1508) was a Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from September 1495 to April 1508.

Radu IV the Great
Voivode of Wallachia
Radu IV the Great and his wife, Catalina Crnojević of Zeta
Voivode of Wallachia
Reign	15 September 1495 – 23 April 1508
Predecessor	Vlad IV Călugărul
Successor	Mihnea cel Rău
Born	1467
Died	23 April 1508
Spouse	Catalina Crnojević of Zeta[1]
Issue	Radu V of Afumați Radu VI Bădica Radu VII Paisie Mircea V the Shepherd Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina Cărstina of Wallachia Ana of Wallachia Boba of Wallachia
House	House of Drăculești
Father	Vlad IV Călugărul
Mother	Doamna Rada Smaranda
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Church

Biography

He succeeded his father, Vlad Călugărul, who was one of the three brothers to Vlad III the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș). He was married to Princess Catalina Crnojević of Zeta (sometimes spelled as Katarina or Jekaterina), member of the House of Crnojević, the daughter of Đurađ Crnojević his wife, an unknown woman from the Mocenigo family of Venice. The marriage was arranged by her uncle Ivan Crnojević, Prince of Zeta after her father's death. Radu was succeeded by his first cousin Mihnea cel Rău, son to his uncle Vlad Țepeș.

Intoducing printing press to Wallachia

He is credited, along with Church officials, for introducing the printing press to Wallachia at the beginning of the 16th century.^[2] His wife's family first founded Crnojević printing house in which the first book in the Cyrillic script of Church Slavonic among South Slavs was printed back in 1494.^[3]