English: Seal of Mihai Pătrașcu, pretender to the Wallachian throne (only son of Nicolae Pătrașcu, grandson of Michael the Brave and Radu X Șerban), from an April 1651 letter.
Date
Source
Dan Cernovodeanu, Știința și arta heraldică în România, p. 223. Bucharest: Editura științifică și enciclopedică, 1977. OCLC469825245
Author
Mihai Pătrașcu
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