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The name Dracula inspires awe and fear wherever it is uttered. Yet, "Dracula" is Romanian for "son of the dragon." Vlad II, also called Vlad Dracul, became a...
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This is the incredible story of Vlad the Impaler from his youth in Wallachia and childhood as a hostage to his wars against the Ottoman Turks and his great passion for impaling his enemies....
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Aug 27, 2014 · The house of Vlad Dracul, Vlad the Impaler's father from Sighisoara, Romania. You enter the Dracula's Room on the first floor and see this!
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Oct 26, 2022 · A 15th-century depiction of Vlad II Dracul of Wallachia. 1432 – Birth of Mehmed, son of Murad II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire. 1436 – Vlad II becomes Voivode of Wallachia. 1437–1438 – Vlad II swears fealty to Sultan Murad II and supports the Ottomans in their campaign against Hungary.
Vlad II (Romanian: Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul (Vlad al II-lea Dracul) or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula.
Dec 15, 2022 · From burning the old and sick alive to impaling tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, earning his fearsome nickname, Vlad the Impaler’s bloodlust and cruelty was said to have inspired the most famous vampire of literature. But how much of him is in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and why has Vlad been remembered by some as a national hero?
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Dec 15, 2021 · Not long after the impalement of Ottoman prisoners of war, in August 1462, Vlad was forced into exile in Hungary, unable to defeat his much more powerful adversary, Mehmet II. Vlad was...
