Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476), also known by his
patronymic Dracula (son of the Dragon
(Vlad II) Dracul), and posthumously dubbed
Vlad the Impaler (Romanian:
Vlad Țepeș pronounced [ˈvlad ˈt͡sepeʃ]), was a three-time
Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient
Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. His father was a member of the Order of the Dragon (Dracul) and Dracula means son of the Dragon to indicate his father's title within the Order of the Dragon.
Vlad III is remembered for spending much of his rule campaigning efforts against the
Ottoman Empire and
its expansion[3]and for the
impaling of enemies.
[4] Already during his lifetime, his reputation of excessive cruelty spread abroad, to
Germany and elsewhere in
Europe. The total number of his victims is estimated in the tens of thousands. The name of the
vampire Count Dracula in
Bram Stoker's 1897 novel
Dracula was inspired by Vlad's patronymic.
[4] (Taken from Wikipedia)
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