Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III

Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Ţepeş IPA: /'tsepeʃ/ in Romanian or Vlad the Impaler) (November/December, 1431 – December 1476) reigned as Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia in 1448, 1456 to 1462 and 1476. He was born in Sighişoara, a small town in Transylvania. He led an independent policy in relation to the Ottoman Empire. He is known in Turkish as Kaziglu Bey, or "the Impaler Prince", and is ...

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• Vlad III Dracula - The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes

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Vlad was born in the Transylvanian city of SighiÅŸoara, during the winter of 1431. Although his native country was Wallachia to the south, the family were in exile as his father had been ousted by pro-Turkish boyars, united under a rival claimant to the throne, Alexandu, who was assisted by Ottoman regiments and Alexandu was now a vassal of the Turkish Sultan. In the same year as his birth, his father, Vlad Dracul, could be found in Nuremberg, wh ...

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Vlad was born in the Transylvanian city of SighiÅŸoara, during the winter of 1431. Although his native country was Wallachia to the south, the family were in exile as his father had been ousted by pro-Turkish boyars, united under a rival claimant to the throne, Alexandu, who was assisted by Ottoman regiments and Alexandu was now a vassal of the Turkish Sultan. In the same year as his birth, his father, Vlad Dracul, could be found in Nuremberg, where he was invested into ...

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Much of the information we have about Vlad III comes from pamphlets published in Germany and chronicles written in Muscovy. The first known German pamphlet dates from 1488 and it is possible that some were printed during Dracula’s lifetime. At least initially, they may have been politically inspired. At that time Matthias Corvinus of Hungary was seeking to bolster his own reputation in the Holy Roman Empire and may have intended the early pamphlets as justification of his less than vigorous support of his vassal. The pamphlets were also a ...

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Much of the information we have about Vlad III comes from pamphlets published in Germany and chronicles written in Muscovy. The first known German pamphlet dates from 1488 and it is possible that some were printed during Dracula’s lifetime. At least initially, they may have been politically inspired. At that time Matthias Corvinus of Hungary was seeking to bolster his own reputation in the Holy Roman Empire and may have intended the early pamphlets as justification of his less than vigorous support of his vassal. The pamphlets were also a ...

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More than anything else, the historical Dracula is known for his inhuman cruelty. Impalement was Dracula's preferred method of torture and execution, which he had learned in his youth as a prisoner of the Turks. It was and is one of the most gruesome ways of dying ever imagined. Dracula usually had a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. The end of the stake was usually oiled and care was taken that the stake not be too sharp; else the victim might die too rapidly from shock. Nor ...

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The crown of Wallachia was not passed automatically from father to son; instead, the leader was elected by the boyars, with the requirement that the Prince-elect be of princely lineage (os de domn - "of voivode bones", "of voivode marrow"), including out of wedlock births. This elective monarchy often resulted in instability, family disputes and assassinations. Eventually, the royal house split between two factions: the descendants of Prince Mircea the Elder, Dracula's grandfather; and those of another prince, Dan II (the DÄ ...

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More than anything else, the historical Dracula is known for his inhuman cruelty. Impalement was Dracula's preferred method of torture and execution, which he had learned in his youth as a prisoner of the Turks. It was and is one of the most gruesome ways of dying ever imagined. Dracula usually had a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. The end of the stake was usually oiled and care was taken that the stake not be too sharp; else the victim might die too rapidly from shock. Nor ...

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Vlad III Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - Background and family, Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III, Vlad III Dracula - Alledged atrocities, Vlad III Dracula - Anecdotal evidence, Vlad III Dracula - Nine anecdotes, Vlad III Dracula - The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes

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More than anything else, the historical Dracula is known for his inhuman cruelty. Impalement was Dracula's preferred method of torture and execution, which he had learned in his youth as a prisoner of the Turks. It was and is one of the most gruesome ways of dying ever imagined. Dracula usually had a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. The end of the stake was usually oiled and care was taken that the stake not be too sharp; else the victim might die too rapidly from shock. Nor ...

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Vlad III Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - Background and family, Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III, Vlad III Dracula - Atrocities, Vlad III Dracula - Anecdotal evidence, Vlad III Dracula - Nine anecdotes, Vlad III Dracula - The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes

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The crown of Wallachia was not passed automatically from father to son; instead, the leader was elected by the boyars, with the requirement that the Prince-elect be of princely lineage (os de domn - "of voivode bones", "of voivode marrow"), including out of wedlock births. This elective monarchy often resulted in instability, family disputes and assassinations. Eventually, the royal house split between two factions: the descendants of Prince Mircea the Elder, Dracula's grandfather; and those of another prince, Dan II (the DÄ ...

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Vlad III Dracula, Vlad III Dracula - Background and family, Vlad III Dracula - The life of Vlad III, Vlad III Dracula - Alledged atrocities, Vlad III Dracula - Anecdotal evidence, Vlad III Dracula - Nine anecdotes, Vlad III Dracula - The vampire myth and the Romanian attitudes

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