Editing 1521 Ionuț succession crisis (section)

== Conflict ==
Grozav killed Dragos in Wallachia on 23 November 1521. He took command of the Butchers members who accepted his authority. On 24 November 1521, he declared himself head of the House and ordered the Butchers to abandon Dragos's opposition to elite power.<ref name="grozav-patricide"/>

Maria and the four other children refused to recognize Grozav. Mihai visited the family households and asked each one to declare whether it accepted Grozav's claim. Stefan stayed at different crew houses while speaking with Butchers commanders. Elena took the main register and two House seals from the family home. Irina delivered the time and location of the loyalist meeting separately to each household.<ref name="mihai-refusal"/><ref name="stefan-expulsion"/><ref name="elena-archive"/><ref name="irina-messages"/>

On 2 December 1521, Mihai read the households' rejection of Grozav's claim at their meeting. Stefan used their decisions to replace commanders who continued accepting Grozav's orders. On 18 December 1521, Stefan entered the main Butchers storehouse with the crews that had changed sides. Grozav's remaining commanders withdrew. Grozav fled west and did not return to Wallachia.<ref name="grozav-flight"/>