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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
Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III or Vlad Dracula, was a 15th-century ruler of Wallachia, a region in present-day Romania. Born in 1431, Vlad III belonged to the House of Drăculești, a noble family with a long lineage in Wallachia. His father, Vlad II, was a member of the Order of the Dragon, which is believed to have inspired the name ...
Aug 17, 2016 · Certainly Vlad II Dracul’s marriage to Cneajna, who was a Princess of the house of Alexander the Good of Moldavia in 1425 and the mother of Vlad Dracula, was to be of enormous benefit to the House of Dracul – the young Vlad Dracula sought refuge at the court of Bogdan II of Moldavia in 1448 after his first abortive attempt to claim the ...
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Etymology. The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II, the Dragon, son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea the Elder.According to some historians, the name Drăculești is derived from the membership of Vlad II, Dracul (in Old Romanian and related languages, drac meant "dragon") in the Order of the Dragon (founded in 1408 A.D.).
- Dracul ("Dragon")
- Wallachia
- 1390
- House of Basarab
Nov 16, 2023 · Biography. Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476/77), was a member of the House of Drăculești, a branch of the House of Basarab, also known by his patronymic name: Dracula. He was posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș), and was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the ...
- Male
- Jusztina (Szilágyi) Szilágyi de Horogszeg
Mar 7, 2023 · Here are 10 facts about the man who inspired fear and legends for centuries to come. 1. His family name means “dragon”. The name Dracul was given to Vlad’s father Vlad II by his fellow knights who belonged to a Christian crusading order known as the Order of the Dragon. Dracul translates to “dragon” in Romanian.
Oct 30, 2022 · Things start to get really messy again in the 1420s, as the dynasty split into two branches: the descendants of Mircea’s brother Dan I (the Dănești), and the family of Mircea’s illegitimate son, Vlad II ‘Dracul’ (the Drăculești).
