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
editClara 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
editNicholas 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
References
edit- ^ Hasan 2013, pp. 146, 149.
- ^ Hasan 2013, p. 149.
- ^ a b Hasan 2013, p. 146.
- ^ Hasan 2013, p. 144.
- ^ Hasan 2013, pp. 139–140.
- ^ Czamańska, Ilona (1996). Mołdawia i Wołoszczyzna wobec Polski, Węgier i Turcji w XIV i XV wieku (Wyd. 1 ed.). Poznań: UAM, Wydawn. Nauk. ISBN 83-232-0733-X. OCLC 36800467.
Sources
edit- Hasan, Mihai Florin (2013). "Aspecte ale relațiilor matrimoniale munteano-maghiare din secolele XIV-XV [Aspects of the Hungarian-Wallachian matrimonial relations of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries]". Revista Bistriţei (in Romanian). XXVII. Cumplexul Muzeal Bistrița-Năsăud: 128–159. ISSN 1222-5096. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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