Search results
Bogdan II was the father of the Stephen the Great. [1] He had a very good relationship with Iancu de Hunedoara, who supported his accession to the throne. He was married to Doamna Oltea (Lady Oltea), who became a nun under the name of Maria. She died on November 4, 1465, and was buried at the Probota Monastery of Suceava County .
Son of Bogdan II. In his reign Moldavia reaches its zenith. Bogdan III The One-Eyed: 2 July 1504 – 22 April 1517 Anastasia 1510 no children Ruxandra of Wallachia 21 July 1513 no children: son of Ștefan III the Great; Regency of Luca Arbore, gatekeeper of Suceava (22 April 1517 – 1523) Son of Bogdan III; also called Ștefăniță. Stephen ...
About Bogdan Mușat. Bogdan II (1409-1451) was the Prince of Moldavia between October 12, 1449 and October 17, 1451, when he was assassinated by Petru Aron. The assassination put Moldavia into a civil war which lasted until his son Stephen gained the Moldavian throne in 1457. info Wikipedia Bogdan II (1409–1451) was the Prince of Moldavia ...
- "Bogdan Musat", "II"
- October 15, 1451 (31-40)
- circa 1415
- Hospodar of Moldova (1449-51)
He regained his throne one more time after his release in the summer of 1475 before he was killed in 1476 or 1477. Image Credit. Born: 1431. Born In: Sighișoara, Romania. Emperors & Kings #207. Historical Personalities #299. Quick Facts. Also Known As: Vlad III, Vlad Dracula. Died At Age: 45.
- Historical Background
- Biography
- Legacy
- Cruelty
- Anecdotal Evidence
- The Vampire Legend
- Further Reading
- Other Websites
Wallachia was placed between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The Turks were fighting against the Kingdom of Hungary led by John Hunyadi and this made Wallachia a battle ground between Turks and Hungarians. The rulers of Wallachia were chosen by the Romanian aristocrats, called boyars. The ruler was often from a noble house, sometimes...
Family background
Vlad the Impaler was born in 1431. His father was Vlad II Dracul. His mother is unknown. Vlad II was married to princess Cneajna of Moldavia. He had several mistresses. Vlad III was raised by Cneajna with the help of her household.He had two brothers, Mircea born c. 1430 and Radu born 1435. He also had a half-brother, Vlad the Monk born around 1425-1430. Vlad II went to the court of Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund of Luxemburg as a young man. Sigismund was supporting Vlad II for the throne of W...
Early years
Vlad was very likely born in the city of Sighişoara in Transylvania, then a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the winter of 1431. Sighişoara was a military fortress at that time. He was born as the second son to his father Vlad Dracul. He had an older brother, Mircea, and a younger brother, Radu the Handsome. Although his native country was Wallachia, the family lived in exile in Transylvania because his father had been chased away by pro-Ottoman boyars.
A hostage of the Ottoman Empire
Vlad's father was pressured by the (Turkish) Ottoman sultan. He gave a promise to be the vassalof the Sultan and gave up his two younger sons as hostages so that he would keep his promise. Vlad suffered much at the hands of the Ottomans, and was locked up in an underground prison; however, his younger brother, Radu, caught the eye of the sultan's son. Radu was released and converted to Islam, and he was allowed into the Ottoman royal court. These years had a great influence on Vlad. They shap...
Tales and legends about Vlad stayed a part of folkloreamong the Romanian peasants. By constant retelling they have become confused and created an ideal picture of a big national hero. Among the Romanian peasants, Vlad Ţepeş was sometimes remembered as a prince who defended his country. But sometimes he is remembered as a very cruel and often capric...
Vlad III Ţepeş has been described as very cruel. The old Romanian word for dragon is Dracul, which in modern Romanian means "devil". In Old Romanian, it means "dragon". Dracul was the name given to his father, Vlad II, by other members of the Order of the Dragon. Impalement was Ţepeş's preferred method of torture and execution. His method of tortur...
Much of the information we have about Vlad III Ţepeş comes from texts published in the Holy Roman Empire in German texts from 1488 and books written in Russian. These were entertainment in a society where the printing presswas new. The texts were reprinted over the thirty years following Vlad's death. The German texts said Vlad Ţepeş was a person w...
The fictional vampire in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker was inspired by the legends of this Wallachian prince. The cruel person of the Impaler was a suitable character for Stoker's purposes possibly combined with Oscar Wilde, a poet whom dated Stoker's wife and was outed as homosexual near the making of Stoker's famous novel. The events of Vlad's...
Florescu, Radu R.; McNally, Raymond T. (1989). Dracula: Prince of Many Faces. Little Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-28655-9Radu R., Florescu; McNally, Raymond T. (1994). In Search of Dracula. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-65783-0Treptow, Kurt W. (2000). Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula. Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 973-98392-2-3Babinger, Franz (1992). Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691010786Vlad Tepes - Dracula Between Hero and Vampire Archived 2007-03-07 at the Wayback MachineA. Aaron the Tyrant. Alexander the Good. Alexander Mavrocordatos Delibey. Alexander Mavrocordatos Firaris. Alexăndrel of Moldavia. Alexandru Cornea. Alexandru Iliaș. Alexandru Movilă.
People also ask
Who was Bogdan I?
When was Vlad III born?
When did Vlad III regain his throne?
Who were Vlad III and Mircea II?
Bogdan II was the Prince of Moldavia between October 12, 1449 and October 17, 1451, when he was assassinated by Petru Aron. The assassination put Moldavia into a civil war which lasted until his son Stephen gained the Moldavian throne in 1457.
