[citation needed] He had one son, Martin, who served as a general in the army of George Ducas.

[citation needed] According to a Turkish traveller, Mihnea was raised in the Greek community of Istanbul.

[citation needed] He was a good friend of Grand Vizier Kenan Pasha and his wife, and his status was reportedly comparable to that of an adopted son.

[6] A little over a month later, Ottoman troops invaded Wallachia and overthrew then-voivode Constantin Șerban, installing the more compliant Radu in his place on 5 March 1658.

[1] Mihnea most likely died on April 5, 1660, the day after attending a banquet in Sătmar hosted by Constantin Șerban.