 Among Pătrașcu's legitimate children, the first one to rule Wallachia was a Vintilă, who took the throne for only a few days in 1574.He and Petru Cercel were likely full brothers, both of them born to Pătrașcu's wife Voica, although scholar Ștefan Pascu argues that only Petru was Voica's son.The more famous Michael the Brave is widely believed to have been born from Prince Pătrașcu's marriage or affair with Teodora, making him Petru Cercel's half-brother and Marcu Cercel's uncle.