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Vlad III is known as Vlad Țepeș (or Vlad the Impaler) in Romanian historiography. [12] This sobriquet is connected to the impalement that was his favorite method of execution. [ 12 ] The Ottoman writer Tursun Beg referred to him as Kazıklı Voyvoda (Impaler Lord) around 1500. [ 12 ]
In 1436, Vlad II Dracul ascended to the throne of Wallachia. He was ousted in 1442 by rival factions in league with Hungary, but secured Ottoman support for his return by agreeing to pay tribute to the Sultan and also send his two legitimate sons, Vlad III and Radu, to the Ottoman court, to serve as hostages of his loyalty.
Vlad's eldest sons, Mircea and Vlad Dracula, were first mentioned in a charter of Vlad on 20 January 1437. [73] Mircea was born in about 1428, Vlad between 1429 and 1431. [ 73 ] Their brother (Vlad Dracul's third son), Radu the Fair , was born before 2 August 1439. [ 73 ]
Mihnea cel Rău (Mihnea the Wrongdoer/Mean/Evil; c.1460 – 12 March 1510), the son of Vlad III Dracula (Vlad Țepeș), and his first wife, was Voivode of Wallachia from 1508 to 1509, having replaced his first cousin Radu cel Mare. [1] During his reign, he ruled alongside his son Mircea III Dracul in the year 1509.
Vlad, seeing that he could not prevent the crossing, withdrew. After that the emperor crossed the Danube with his entire army and gave us 30,000 coins to be distributed among us. The Ottoman army managed to advance as Vlad Țepeș instituted a policy of scorched earth , poisoned the waters, and also created marshes by diverting the waters of ...
No wonder he was the inspiration for Dracula.
Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad Țepeș) 20 August 1456 – July 1462 June 1476 - January 1477 Unknown one child Justina Szilágyi Between 1475 and 1476 no children: Son of Vlad II Dracul, invaded briefly Wallachia in 1448 (October–November) while Vladislav II was away. His real rulership would begin after killing Vladislav II in battle.
Count Dracula is a 600-year-old vampire who has emigrated to England from Transylvania with his two children, Ingrid and Vlad, to escape a torch-wielding "angry peasant mob". Although one of the world's most powerful vampires, he has nevertheless decided to keep a low profile.