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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 ...
- 1436 – 1442
- Eastern Orthodox
Jul 24, 2015 · St Eupraxia. Posted on 24/07/2015. Antigonus and his wife Eupraxia were pious and bestowed generous alms on the destitute. A daughter was born to them, whom they also named Eupraxia. Antigonos soon died, and the mother withdrew from the imperial court. She went with her daughter to Egypt, on the pretext of inspecting her properties.
Sep 21, 2023 · Voivode of Wallachia. 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.
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Eupraxia of Moldavia (?) Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler ( Romanian: Vlad Țepeș; pronunciation: [ ˈvlad ˈt͡sepeʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (1428/1431 – 1476/77), was voivode (or prince) of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in 1436.
The Life of St Eupraxia of Tabenna is a detailed account of the life and deeds of one of the first Egyptian desert mothers, who entered a desert convent as a child and spent her life in ascetic deeds. Though St Eupraxia does not count among the most popular and widely known women saints within the Byzantine world, as a regular ‘model nun ...
As Voivode (warlord) of Wallachia, he earned the nickname "Vlad the Impaler", or Vlad Țepeș in Romanian, from his practice of impalement, which was, and still is, one of the most gruesome ways of dying imaginable. Vlad was born in Sighișoara, Transylvania in the winter of 1428 to a noble family, in a time when the Christian states of Eastern ...
