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Vlad II ( Romanian: Vlad al II-lea ), also known as Vlad Dracul ( Vlad al II-lea Dracul) or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula. Born an illegitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia, he ...
Vlad III was born sometime between 1428 and 1431, presumably after his father, Vlad II settled in Transylvania. According to most historians, his mother was either a daughter (Princess Cneajna of Moldavia) or a kinswoman (Eupraxia of Moldavia) of Alexander I of Moldavia and the first wife of his father.
Sep 21, 2023 · The House of Draculesti. The brutal Vlad the Impaler, believed to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, was born in Sighisoara, Transylvania (today’s Romania) in 1431. He was part of the Draculesti dynasty. Vlad was the 2nd son of Vlad II Dracul and Eupraxia of Moldavia. The addition of an "a" to his surname denoted that he was Vlad ...
Added: Jul 1, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 3118. Source citation. Prince of Wallachia, also known as Vlad III, Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Dracula, or Vlad Tepes. Born between 1428 and 1431, the second of four sons of Eupraxia of Moldavia and Vlad II Dracul of Wallachia. In 1442, he accompanied his father and brother, Radu, on a diplomatic ...
Oct 5, 2022 · The man known to history as Vlad the Impaler, also called Vlad III, Vlad Dracula, Kaziklu or ... (also called Eupraxia*) of Moldavia, the eldest daughter of Prince ... History Ireland vol. 17 no ...
Vlad's patronymic inspired the name of Bram Stoker 's literary vampire, Count Dracula. Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania.
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History of Moldova, a survey of the notable events and people in the history of Moldova, from ancient times to the present. Bessarabia—the name often given to the region of historical Moldavia between the Dniester and Prut rivers—has a long and stormy history. Part of Scythia in the 1st millennium.
