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      • Vlad was the second of four brothers born into the noble family of Vlad II Dracul. His sobriquet Dracula (meaning “son of Dracul”) was derived from the Latin draco (“dragon”) after his father’s induction into the Order of the Dragon, created by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund for the defense of Christian Europe against the Ottoman Empire.
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  2. Apr 30, 2024 · Vlad the Impaler, prince of Walachia (now in Romania) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad. Learn more about Vlad in this article.

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      Walachia, principality on the lower Danube River, which in...

  3. Why was he called "Dracula"? Vlad the Impaler was known as "Dracula" even in his own lifetime, signing correspondence with that name. It means "Son of the Dragon", but the only thing Vlad III had ...

  4. Through various translations Vlad III eventually came to be known as Dracula. Vlad was referred to as Dracula in a number of documents of his times, mainly the Transylvanian Saxon pamphlets and The Annals of Jan Długosz. Now primarily known as the name of a vampire, "Dracula" was for centuries known as the sobriquet of Vlad III.

  5. Until the late 1800s, the name referred to a real manVlad Dracula, a medieval nobleman who ruled the Eastern European province of Wallachia (now part of Romania). In many ways, he was more fearsome than the fictional Dracula could ever hope to be.

  6. Jul 17, 2020 · How Did Vlad the Impaler Influence Dracula? Although It has been popularly speculated that the character of Dracula is based on Vlad the Impaler, there are people who believe that it was Irish folklore, rather than Romanian history that inspired Stoker’s Dracula.

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  7. Mar 7, 2023 · The name Dracul was given to Vlads 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. In 1431, King Sigismund of Hungary – who would later become the Holy Roman Emperor – inducted the elder Vlad into the knightly order.

  8. Aug 29, 2023 · Initially known as Vlad III, he was the son of ruler Vlad II, another similarly charming person known as Dracul (the devil) – and his son initially became Drăculea, which could mean “the sone of Dracul” – and we already see the resemblance to modern day’s Dracula. Vlad III’s early years were marked by instability and violence.

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