Elisabeta Ana Calea also spelled Ana Calina and better known as Lady Calinica , was the first (and most renown) wife of Radu I

Radu I of Wallachia

Radu I was a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, ....

, a 14th century Wallachian voivode (nobleman). Ultimately descended from the House of Basarab

House of Basarab

The Basarabs were a family which had an important role in the establishing of the Principality of Wallachia, giving the country its first line of Princes, one closely related with the Muşatin rulers of Moldavia...

, she was a Byzantine

Byzantium

Byzantium was an ancient Greek city, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas . The name Byzantium is a Latinization of the original name Byzantion...

 princess born Caliphië . Calinica was the mother of Dan I of Wallachia

Dan I of Wallachia

Dan I was a voivode of the principality of Wallachia . During the war with Bulgaria he perished in battle against the troops of Tsar Ivan Shishman...

 and Mircea I of Wallachia

Mircea I of Wallachia

Mircea the Elder was ruler of Wallachia from 1386 until his death. The byname "elder" was given to him after his death in order to distinguish him from his grandson Mircea II...

; she outlived her husband by 56 years. Through Calinica the voivodes of Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

 joined bloodlines with the Basarabs, ancestors of the notorious voivode Dracula

Vlad III the Impaler

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia , also known by his patronymic Dracula , and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler , was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans...

.