Calinichia | |
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![]() Calinichia (left) with her husband, Radu (right) | |
Died | c. 1439 |
Spouse | Radu I of Wallachia |
Issue | Mircea I of Wallachia |
Calinichia (died c. 1439), better known as Lady Calinica and sometimes as Kalinikia (Romanian: Calinichia, Calinița or Ana-Călina; Middle Bulgarian: Калиникіѧ, Kalinikĭę),[1] was the second wife of Radu I, a 14th-century Wallachian voivode (ruler). Calinichia was of Greek origin,[2][3] and was the mother of Mircea I of Wallachia.[4] She was also possibly a Byzantine princess.[3]