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Mar 27, 2019 · The Impaler's Wife. A dark tale of love, obsession, and revenge. A young woman is swept into a life of intrigue, revenge, passion, and betrayal when she falls for the world’s most notorious prince, Vlad Dracula. The year is 1464. King Matthias controls Hungary, his family, and the fate of the world’s most notorious political prisoner ...
Oct 14, 2017 · The nobles decided to support Vlad’s younger brother Radu the Handsome as their prince instead. In order to get Vlad out of the way, Radu struck a bargain with King Matthias to take Vlad as a hostage. While Vlad was imprisoned, Radu decided to take control of Vlad’s castle, Poienari, in the spring of 1462.
May 15, 2019 · Updated on May 15, 2019. Vlad III (between 1428 and 1431–between December 1476 and January 1477) was a 15th-century ruler of Wallachia, an east European principality within modern Romania. Vlad became infamous for his brutal punishments, such as impalement, but also renowned by some for his attempt to fight the Muslim Ottomans, even though ...
Apr 13, 2017 · Vlad the Impaler’s signature Photo Credit. According to modern specialists, Vlad had two wives. One of them was an illegitimate daughter of the military leader John Hunyadi, while the other was the widow of Vencel Pongrac of Szentmiklos. Apparently, the second wife survived him and married two other men after his death. Vlad also had three sons.
Aug 1, 2017 · Bran Castle was built between 1377 and 1388 atop a strategic site overlooking a heavily trafficked mountain pass between Transylvania and Wallachia, the land over which Vlad the Impaler ruled in ...
Count Dracula is one of the leading characters of Bram Stoker's famous novel published in 1897, Dracula. It’s claimed that this character was inspired by Vlad III, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler, one of the rulers of Wallachia from 1448 to 1476. Count Dracula is of the most iconic fictional characters of all time and is described as ...
Feb 8, 2022 · Vlad the Impaler and Poenari Citadel. Today we visit Poenari citadel due to the connection with Vlad Tepes (the Impaler). Placed atop Cetățuia mountain (850 m), Poenari Citadel was the final shelter of Vlad the Impaler before leaving for Transylvania. Famous for his merciless and bloody ruling style, Vlad was famous for his brave fight ...
