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Prince Mircea of Romania (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a]; 3 January 1913 – 2 November 1916) was the third son and youngest child of King Ferdinand of Romania and Marie of Edinburgh and the great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother. He died aged 3 in November 1916.
- Dracula and His Castle: Legend vs. History
- A Brief History of Bran Castle
- What to Look For Inside Dracula’s Castle in Bran
- How to Reach Bran Castle
- Practical Information For Bran Castle
- A Final Word
All historic evidence indicates that Bran Castle was never Dracula’s castle. Count Dracula, the sadistic prince condemned to live off the blood of the living people for eternity, was the creation of Bram Stoker, a 19th century Irish novelist. Inspired by the stories and legends of Transylvania, whose local population believed in strigoi (vampires),...
Like many other castles in Romania, Bran was at first a military fortification built by the Teutonic Knights in 1211. In 1377 the Hungarian King Louis I of Anjou granted the people of Brasov the privilege of building a castle over the fortress ruins. The location of Bran fortress was very strategic: up on a high cliff within a narrow gorge, on the ...
The castle itself is not very big, but it holds a few secret places that you could miss if you are rushing through it. There is a total of 57 rooms and an abundance of hidden corners, a beautiful winding wooden staircase and an enormous number of weaponry and armor that dates back to the 14th to the 19thcenturies. Here is what you should visit on y...
The Castle is located on Strada General Traian Moșoiu 24, in Bran 507025. From Bucharest, the castle can be reached either by car, or by public transportation. The best way to reach Bran Castle from Bucharest is by car. The drive will take around 2.5 hours (135 km) via DN1/E60. If you want to come by train, the trip is a little longer (around 3.5 h...
Bran Castle (aka Dracula’s Castle) is very popular, so you should expect crowds almost year round. We visited in fall, which is off season, and still the line snaked through the market, all the way to the main road! The castle is easy to visit, so there is no need to book an organized tour. However, if you book a tour you’ll hear all kinds of funny...
Bram Stoker’s story brought a lot of fame and glory to Bran Castle, which is now one of the most popular places to visit in Romania. Today, Transylvania is not so much known for it spectacular scenic beauty or its medieval towns, as it is for being the home of Dracula. Along with Dracula’s fame came the inevitable vampire-themed tourism and the man...
Radu III of Wallachia, commonly called Radu the Handsome, Radu the Fair, or Radu the Beautiful (Romanian: Radu cel Frumos; Turkish: Radu Bey; c. 1438 – January 1475), was the younger brother of Vlad the Impaler (a.k.a. Vlad III) and prince of the principality of Wallachia.
Oct 22, 2024 · Vlad the Impaler (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania) was a voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe.
- 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...
Several members of the Dăneşti clan died at Vlad's hands. Vladislav II of Wallachia was murdered soon after Vlad came to power in 1456. Another Dăneşti prince, suspected to have taken part in burying his brother Mircea alive, was captured during one of Vlad's forays into Transylvania.
The Romanian royal family (Romanian: Familia regală a României) constitutes the Romanian subbranch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern (also known as the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), and was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe.
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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 (/ ˈdrækjələ /; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; November 1431 – 1476/77), was Prince of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.
