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Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.
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Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia called "Vlad the Impaler" and also known as Vlad Dracula or simply Dracula, in Romanian Drăculea (1431 – December 1476), was a Wallachian (southern Romania) voivode (military commander). His three reigns were in 1448, 1456–1462, and 1476.
Recognizing the Christian resistance to their invasion, leaders of the Ottoman Empire released Vlad III to rule in 1448 after his father's assassination in 1447. Vlad the Impaler ( Vlad Țepeș ), Voivode of Wallachia
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 Vlad was only largely ...
It was not until 1476 that Vlad was able to reconquer Wallachia, but that reign would last only two months before he died. Vlad III Dracula and his brutal rule over Wallachia would become the stuff of legends and folk tales, and in 1897 was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula.
Mar 7, 2023 · 07 Mar 2023. Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III (c. 1560), reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime. Image Credit: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Vlad III Dracula (1431-1467/77) was one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history.
Vlad III was five, his father began to rule Wallachia, and the family moved there. The Order of the Dragon was distinctly Christian, which put Wallachia in conflict with the rising Islamic Caliphate of the Ottoman Empire .
