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  1. Apr 30, 2024 · Vlad the Impaler (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania) was a voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that ...

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  2. Oct 29, 2020 · It depicts Vlad III “the Impaler” (identified as Dracole wyade = Draculea voivode) dining among the impaled corpses of his victims – Wikimedia Commons. Vlad III remained in Hungarian captivity until 1474. The following year, he returned to Wallachia and fought against the Turks in Serbia and Moldavia.

  3. May 10, 2023 · opposite An early portrait of Vlad Dracula, known as Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century prince of Wallachia whose cruel methods of punishment made him notorious across Europe. right Wallachia, as depicted in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. The historical region north of the Lower Danube and south of the Carpathian mountains, it is now part of ...

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  5. There were about 20,000 of these dead or dying victims of the Impaler, covering an area three miles long and one mile wide. Mehmed was said to have been dumbstruck, and his men terrified. One of the slaughtered souls was a leading Ottoman, Hamza Pasha, who had been impaled on a stake taller than anyone else’s, owing to his high rank.

  6. Jan 17, 2022 · The other nickname, The Impaler, is of Turkish origin. It refers to the process of impalement, which was Vlad’s preferred method of execution. It was used for the first time around 1500 by the Ottoman writer Tursun Beg. In his writings, he refers to Vlad as Kazıklı Voyvoda or Impaler Lord.

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  7. Oct 28, 2021 · To prove the truth of his words, he produced sacks full of severed noses and ears. As Vlad III himself recognized, most of the victims were simple peasants—Serbian Christians and Bulgarians who ...

  8. Oct 15, 2023 · Portrait of Vlad the Impaler (c. 1431-1476), from a painting in Castle Ambras in the Tyrol. ... of Wallachia and became known for condemning unfortunate victims to death by being impaled on poles ...

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