Istoricul bizantin Laonicus (probabil o anagramă din Nicolaos) Chalcondyles a relatat despre perioada petrecută la palatul lui Mahomed al II-lea (1451 – 1481) de cei doi frați vitregi, Vlad Țepeș și Radu cel Frumos, pe care domnitorul Țării Românești, Vlad Dracul, i-a trimis la Înalta Poartă, ca o garanție a credinței sale față de otomani.
Deși au fost crescuți în același mediu, în limba și obiceiurile otomane, Vlad și Radu s-au dezvoltat în direcții total diferite. În timp ce primul le-a aflat toate temerilor turcilor, de aici luând naștere și metoda de tortură care l-a făcut celebru: trasul în țeapă. În schimb, celălalt a deprins modul de viață al ienicerilor, și, conform aceleiași surse, acesta i-ar fi căzut cu tronc nimănui altuia decât lui Mahomed al II-lea. Din camerele sultanului se pare că i-ar fi venit și porecla „cel frumos”, semnificând oarecum statutul său la curtea otomanilor. Chalcondyles scrie că Radu cel Frumos ar fi devenit cu timpul amantul lui Mahomed, motiv pentru care acesta ar fi și ajuns pe tronul Țării Românești (1462-1473, 1473-1474, 1474, 1474-1475).
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