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  1. May 31, 2022 · Genealogy profile for Vlad the Impaler Dracula, Prince of Wallachia Vlad III 'Ţepeș' Drăculea, Domnitor al Țării Românești (1431 - c.1476) - Genealogy Genealogy for Vlad III 'Ţepeș' Drăculea, Domnitor al Țării Românești (1431 - c.1476) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

  2. Apr 24, 2024 · The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II Dracul, son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea cel Bătrân. The name Drăculești is derived from the membership of Vlad II Dracul, "the Dragon," in the Order of the Dragon (founded 1408). One of his sons was Vlad III Draculea, (Son of Dracul). Sources . See also:

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  3. 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 ...

  4. Vlad was the second legitimate son of Vlad II Dracul, who was an illegitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia. Vlad II had won the moniker "Dracul" for his membership in the Order of the Dragon, a militant fraternity founded by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. The Order of the Dragon was dedicated to halting the Ottoman advance into Europe. As he was old enough to be a candidate to the throne of ...

  5. Jan 1, 2022 · Family. Vlad II Dracul was a member of the House of Drăculești lineage, and son of Mircea "the Old", Voivoide of Walachia, and was known to have murdered members of the rival princely House of Dănești, a not-so-distant relation to his own father's House of Basarab, and gained power in Wallachia, upon returning from exile in Transylvania in ...

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  7. 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. Vlad the Impaler is known for the exceedingly cruel punishments he ...

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