traditional legend describes how Neagoe Basarab, while a hostage in Constantinople, designed a splendid mosque for the sultan, returning to build the cathedral out of the surplus materials. Manole legend A legend tells of Radu Negru employing a Meşterul Manole or Manoli as architect. With Manole being unable to finish the walls, the prince threatened him and his assistants with death. At last Manole suggested that they should follow the ancient custom of placing a living woman into the foundations; and that she who first appeared on the following morning should be the victim. The other masons warned their families, and Manole was forced to sacrifice his own wife. Thus the cathedral was built. When Manole and his masons told the prince that they could always build an even greater building, Radu Negru had them stranded on the roof so that they could not build something to match it. They fashioned wooden wings and tried to fly off the roof, but, one by one, they all fell to the ground. A spring of clear water, named after Manole, is said to mark the spot where he fell. This motif is widespread in South-East Europe, most notably also in Russia, like the blinding of the Masons of Saint Basil's Cathedral by Ivan the Terrible. Burials Neagoe Basarab V, Reigning Prince of Wallachia Despina Princess Consort of Wallachia Petru, Prince of Wallachia Ion, Prince of Wallachia Anghelina, Princess of Wallachia Stana, Princess of Wallachia and Princess Consort of Moldavia, wife of Stephen IV of Moldavia Radu V, Reigning Prince of Wallachia Ruxandra, Princess of Moldavia and Princess Consort of Wallachia, wife of Radu V of Wallachia Carol I, King of Romania Elisabeth, Queen of Romania Maria, Princess of Romania Ferdinand I, King of Romania Marie, Queen of Romania Carol II, King of Romania Michael I, King of Romania Anne, Queen of Romania Helen, Queen Mother of Romania Mircea, Prince of Romania On 16 December 2017, King Michael I was buried here with a full state funeral, his remains joining those of his wife Queen Anne, who had died in 2016. Those attending the funeral included Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia, Juan Carlos I of Spain and Queen Sofia, Charles, Prince of Wales, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium. The remains of Queen Mother Helen, the mother of King Michael, were returned to