Editing Alexander I Aldea

{{Short description|Prince of Wallachia (r. 1431–36)}}
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|title               =
| name               = Alexander I Aldea
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| succession         =[[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince of Wallachia]]
| reign1             =March 1431 – December  1436
| predecessor1       =[[Dan II of Wallachia|Dan II]]
| successor1         =[[Vlad II Dracul|Vlad II]]
| succession2        =
| reign2             =
| predecessor2       =
| successor2         =
| reign3             =
| predecessor3       =
| successor3         =
| spouse             =
| issue              =
| house              =[[House of Basarab]]
| house-type         =Dynasty
| father             =[[Mircea I of Wallachia]]
| mother             =Maria Tolmay
| birth_date         =1397
| birth_place        =[[Wallachia]]
| death_date         =December 1436
| death_place        =[[Wallachia]]
| religion           =[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]]
|}}

'''Alexander I Aldea''' (1397 – December 1436) was a [[Voivode]] of [[Wallachia]] (1431–1436) from the [[House of Basarab]], son of [[Mircea I of Wallachia|Mircea the Elder]]. He came to rule Wallachia during an extremely turbulent time when rule of the country changed hands by violence eighteen times during the 15th century. Alexander I took the throne by ousting [[Dan II of Wallachia]], father to [[Basarab II]]. Dan II was on his 5th rule of Wallachia, having gone back and forth with [[Radu II of Wallachia|Radu II]] several times over the course of seven years during the 1420s. He was strong enough to hold the throne for what was then a considerable time, a stretch of five years. However, in the winter of 1436 he died, most probably from illness, as there are no rumours to the contrary. Upon his death, his half-brother [[Vlad II Dracul]] assumed the throne and would hold it off and on until he was killed in 1447.

Alexander I was the uncle of [[Vlad Tepes]] (son of Vlad II Dracul).

==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/jorgenpfhartogs2/List_of_Wallachian_Ruler.html Wallachian Rulers]{{dead link|date=October 2010|bot=AnomieBOT}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080213095931/http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/istorie/hi92.html Wallachian Ruler Timeline]
*{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/balkan/basarab.html#V2 |title= A genealogy of the Drăculești family |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}

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[[Category:Princes of Wallachia]]
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[[Category:15th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia]]


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