Radu Mihnea spent part of his early years in Koper (Capodistria), on Mount Athos and in Greece.

His stay in the Serenissima accounts for the pro-Venetian character of his rule and his interest in reforming the institutions of Wallachia and Moldavia.

The monastery was protected by the monks of Mount Athos due to Radu's loyalty to his educators.

He came closest to achieving it when his third rule over Moldavia was doubled by the reign of his son Alexandru Coconul in Wallachia.

She married a pharmacist Gheorghe Moraru and had five children, out of which only two survived, Matilda Virginia and Maria-Florica.