Ștefan Surdul (? – 2 February 1595) was the son of

Ioan Vodă cel Cumplit John III the Terrible ( ro, Ioan cel Cumplit), also John III the Brave ( ro, Ioan cel Viteaz) (1521 – June 14, 1574) was Voivode of Moldavia between February 1572 and June 1574. He was the grandson of Bogdan III and the son of Stephen IV and ...

. He ruled Wallachia from May 1591 to August 1592. According to one source he was a leather cutter and harness maker by trade.Xenopol, p.33

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