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Mircea II, however, was captured by Saxon elite, which were part of the ruling council in Târgoviște, and was blinded with a red-hot poker, then buried alive. His father was captured and killed shortly thereafter.
Like his older brother Mircea II, Vlad III was an able military commander and now found himself opposing the Ottomans. Radu, at the age of 22, became a leading figure at the Ottoman court. In 1461, Mehmed II began preparing to invade Wallachia.
Following the death of Sigismund of Luxembourg in 1437, Hungary's position weakened, causing Vlad to pay homage to Murad II, which included participating in Murad II's invasion of Transylvania in the summer of 1438.
He restored order and rebuilt the military. By the time he died in 1421, his son Murad II was in good position to once again resume hostilities against Christian Europe. LEFT TO RIGHT: Hungarian Voivode Janos Hunyadi, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, and Polish-Hungarian King Ladislas.
Oct 26, 2022 · 1447 – Vlad II and his oldest son Mircea are killed on the orders of John Hunyadi. 1448 – The Ottomans release Vlad and help him take over Wallachia for a couple of months, ruling as Vlad III.
Oct 28, 2021 · In 1447 Vlad II was ousted as ruler of Walachia by local boyars, or aristocrats, and subsequently captured and killed. That same year, Vlad III’s older brother, Mircea II, was blinded and...
Jul 12, 2024 · In fact, of the many sons born to Mircea, only one, Mihail, was conceived in the marriage bed. Mihail ruled from 1408 to 1418 as co-ruler with his father but Romanian custom, which ‘allowed’ for concubinage, meant that Vlad II Dracul’s bastardy did not impede him from also claiming the throne.
