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Historically, the name "Dracula" is the family name of Vlad Țepeș' family, a name derived from a fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (king of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks.
Count Sam Dracula, commonly known as Grandpa, [a] is a fictional character from the American sitcom The Munsters, originally played by Al Lewis. [1] He is an undead vampire and the doting, irritable, and sarcastic father of Lily Munster . [ 2 ]
The name Dracula, which is now primarily known as the name of a vampire, was for centuries known as the sobriquet of Vlad III. [7] [8] Diplomatic reports and popular stories referred to him as Dracula, Dracuglia, or Drakula already in the 15th century. [7] He himself signed his two letters as "Dragulya" or "Drakulya" in the late 1470s. [9]
In 1927, he starred as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, moving with the play to the West Coast in 1928 and settling down in Hollywood. [2] He later starred in the 1931 film version of Dracula directed by Tod Browning and produced by Universal Pictures.
Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and his Times. Back Bay Books. ISBN 978-0-316-28656-5. Florescu, Radu R. (1991). "A genealogy of the family of Vlad Țepeș". In Treptow, Kurt W. (ed.). Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad Țepeș. East European Monographs, Distributed by Columbia University Press. pp. 249– 252. ISBN 0-88033 ...
[1] [2] His real name is Dracula Vlad Tepes, and he is estimated to be over 800 years old by the time of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997). [3] With a few exceptions, he has starred in every title. [2] The series mainly takes place in the eponymous castle of Count Dracula, [1] which resurrects every hundred years to take over the world. [4]
Luigi Mangione’s family is “beloved’’ Baltimore royalty, fueled by a real-estate empire and history of contributing millions of dollars to healthcare — the very industry that allegedly ...
Mavis Dracula-Loughran (voiced by Selena Gomez as an adult in the films, Sadie Sandler as a child in the first film, Victoria Gomez as a child in the fourth film, Melissa Sturm in Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard and Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures and Bryn McAuley in the TV series) is the daughter of Count Dracula and Martha, born in 1894.