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Oct 22, 2024 · Vlad the Impaler, prince of Walachia (now in Romania) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad. Learn more about Vlad in this article.
- Richard Pallardy
- Vlad was a voivode (prince) of Walachia (part of modern Romania). Surrounded by enemies that included the Hungarians, the Ottomans, his younger bro...
- Vlad was the second son of Vlad II Dracul. When he was 11 years old, Vlad was sent to the court of the Ottoman sultan Murad II as a hostage. His fa...
- Vlad was a minor player during the early period of Ottoman domination of what is today Romania. He likely would have remained a historical curiosit...
- In 1476 Vlad was ambushed by an Ottoman patrol and killed. He was reportedly decapitated, and his head was sent to the sultan in Constantinople as...
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Born in Sighişoara around 1430, Vlad the Impaler had the usual childhood of a prince raised to rule, sharing at the same time the dangers of this position. In 1442 Vlad Dracul was asked by Sultan Murad the Great to present his homage and was imprisoned in Gallipoli fortress, while his sons Vlad and Radu („not of age” according to a Turkish chronicl...
Life for high born hostages at the court of the Sultans was not that hard – except for the permanent danger of being killed in case the father did not behave. At the same time those hostages were regarded as possible replacements for ruling the vassal countries. In all other respects a hostage prince would have a luxurious life and be educated for ...
Even if we have no such details about the life of Vlad the Impaler at the Sultan’s court we can assume that he shared the life of other noble youngsters. Probably he trained intensely as he would later prove to be a capable military leader, probably he studied a little since he was fluent in Turkish and Latin. Life among though Turkish officers, wi...
Vlad the Impaler was forced to seek refuge in Moldova, at the court of his uncle on his mother’s side, Bogdan II. He remained here until 1451, the year when his uncle lost his life. In February 1452 Vlad the Impaler was in Transylvania trying hard to gather an army to invade again Wallachia and regain his father’s throne. John Hunyadi, the killer o...
Born in Sighişoara, Vlad the Impaler had a tumultuous childhood and youth, partly in Wallachia, then in Anatolia following the Sultan’s court, turned back to Wallachia, compelled to seek refuge in Moldova and then in Transylvania, afterwards in Hungary. He must have become aware of the perils of his stature as a prince, having his father beheaded a...
Vlad Dracul (alternativ: Vlad II, n. cca. 1392 / 1394 – d. 7 decembrie 1447) a fost domnul Țării Românești între 1436 și 1442 și din 1443 până în 1447.
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.
Apr 29, 2015 · Vlad Dracul (Vlad II, n. cca. 1390 – d. 1447) a fost domnul Țării Românești între 1436 și 1442 și din 1443 până în 1447. Membru al familiei Basarabilor și fiu al lui Mircea cel Bătrân, era în mod oficial vasal al regelui Ungariei.
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.
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Oct 26, 2022 · 1431 – Vlad II’s claim to the throne of Wallachia is supported by the Holy Roman Empire. 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.
