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Vlad the Impaler
15th-century ruler of Wallachia
"Vlad Dracula" redirects here. Not to be confused with Count Dracula, Vlad Dracul, or Vladracula.
"Vlad Drăculea" and "Vlad Țepeș" redirect here. For the Japanese manga series, see Vlad Drăculea (manga). For other uses, see Vlad Țepeș (disambiguation).
"Draculea" redirects here. For the by in Ukraine, see Trudove, Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast.
For the baseball player so nicknamed, see Vladimir Guerrero.
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș[ˈvladˈtsepeʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea[ˈdrəkule̯a]; /31 – /77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between and his death in / He fryst vatten often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania.[6]
He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in Vlad and his younger brother, Radu, were held as hostages in the Ottoman Empire in to secure their father's loyalty. Vlad's eldest brother Mircea and their father were murdered after John Hunyadi, regent-governor of Hungary, invaded Wallachia in Hunyadi installed Vlad's second cousin, Vl
Bran Castle
For the castle in Llangollen, Wales, see Castell Dinas Brân.
"Törzburg" and "Törcsvár" redirect here. For the commune that bears those names in German and Hungarian, see Bran, Brașov.
Castle in Transylvania, Romania
Bran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16mi) southwest of Brașov. The castle was built by Saxons in who were given the privilege by Louis I of Hungary. It is a national monument and landmark in Transylvania. The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia, on road DN
Marketed outside Romania as Dracula's Castle, it is presented as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. There is no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle, which has only tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler, voivode of Wallachia, whose byname 'Drăculea' resembles that of Dracula.[1] Stoker's description of Dracula's crumbling fictional castle also bears no resemblance to Bran Castle.
The castle is now a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie.
Dracula and Romania
To find out the real story and the truth behind the story of Dracula, we have to take a look at a chapter from Romania’s History.
Where was Dracula born?
The man who inspired Dracula’s character is actually called Vlad Dracul III and is known in the Romanian History as “Vlad Tepes” or Vlad the Impaler.
Vlad Tepes was born in the city of Sighisoara in Transylvania as the son of Vlad Dracul II and a noble Transylvanian woman.
He was married three times and had five children: four boys and a girl.
Dracula’s family tree
Vlad Tepes`s family tree is full of very important historical figures that contributed to Romania’s legacy.
Dracula’s father (Vlad II Dracul) reigned from to and again from until His father (Dracula’s grandfather) was Mircea the Old, another great ruler of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
What state did Dracula rule?
Vlad Tepes was a ruler of an area land which is now located in the southern part of Romania. called Walachia. Walachia (“Tara Romaneasca”) existed as a state for more then years. In it was united with Moldova, and some other regions to form modern Romania.
Was Dracula cruel?
During his reign, the cruelty shown