elveo-art:

Radu cel Frumos și monograma “Io Radul voevod, din mila lui dumnezeu domn” Radu the Beautiful, the younger brother of Vlad
Țepeș, and his Slavic monogram “Iw Радул вwєвда млостïѧ бжïєѧ гспднь” (yes it was an official language in Wallachia). Also, he remained an Orthodox Christian after many years spent serving Ottoman Empire and was Sultan’s lover.