Wallachia

Dracula. Vlad the Impaler is not Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula. Vlad III Drăculea, or Dracula in English, was the Voivode of Wallachia, the southern region of what is now Romania. He was born on November 14, 1431 in Sighișoara, Transylvania (“Vlad III the Impaler”). He was the son of Vlad II Dracul, another Voivode of Wallachia. Vlad had three reigns, his second being the one he is most well known for. He is hailed as a Romanian, Slavic, and Christian hero for keeping the Ottomans from spreading Islam further into Europe and defending Wallachia and the rest of modern Romania and parts of modern Bulgaria. His reputation is darker in Western Europe than it is in Eastern Europe as in many stories of Western European origin that are exaggerated propaganda and myths, he is accused of impaling, burning, skinning, roasting, and boiling people, feeding people the flesh of their friends and relatives, cutting off limbs, drowning, and nailing hats to people’s heads; whereas in Eastern Europe he is a hero and a harsh, but just ruler(“Vlad III the Impaler”). He did, however, impale the bodies of Ottoman prisoners of war and displaying them outside of the capital city of Wallachia for the approaching Ottoman forces to see. His victims are estimated to be anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 (“Vlad III the Impaler”). He died in battle in December of 1476 near Bucharest, Wallachia and his body was supposedly decapitated (“Vlad III the Impaler”). After death, he was given the name Vlad Țepeș,…

Archaeologists have discovered where they believe Vlad and his brother were kept during their captivity. They think Vlad and Radu were held in Turkey’s Tokat Castle. While excavating there, they found secret tunnels and two dungeons. In Vlad’s cell, he would often look out the window and see prisoners being executed. One of the techniques that really fascinated Vlad was impalement. Even though Vlad and Radu were held captive, they were further tutored in many different subjects and trained to…

III was the ruler of an Eastern European region of modern Romania, Wallachia, in the fifteenth century. He gained fame as one of the most bloody and powerful rulers of that era, and as to his constant battles with the Ottoman Empire and also against the Christian forces in that region. Vlad III is known as Vlad the impaler or Vlad Tepes (in Romanian) after his atrocious ways of torture and killing and his lust for human blood. As result of this fact, many cultures have depicted him as blood…

Ruler of Wallachia during the mid 15th century, Vlad III has been called by many names. He has been called Vlad Dracula and Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler. This came from his habit of punishment by impalement, displaying them on stakes. He would become well known for his cruelty.The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund founded the Order of the Dragon in 1410, to defend Europe from the Ottoman Turks and uphold Christianity. Vlad's father, Vlad II, joined the order and became known as Vlad Dracul, or…

Prince Vlad of Wallachia ,got his fame from being one of the most evil men in history. We all know him as dracula, they get this from “his father ivan the terrible and the nickname "Dracul" means either "devil" or "dragon". So "Draculea" means either "son of the devil" or "son of the dragon"(Gale...). Although he has had a hard life. What am I saying, I'm getting ahead of myself. “Prince Vlad was born 1431 in Sighisoara, Romania. Vlad was not very tall, but stocky and strong with a bull's…

Passage A looks at Alexander's policy in a positive light by focusing on Alexander's attempts to save the country from the disastrous state it was in.However Passage A overlooks the consequences and the actual impact of his reforms. Passage B also overlooks the long term impact that Alexander's reforms had, instead focuses on the short term effects and immediate impact of Alexander's reforms. Passage A describes the impact of Alexander’s domestic policies in theory rather than in practice,…

Vlad III was born in the year of 1431. He was not an ordinary baby, he was born as the prince of Wallachia and later to become the prince of Romania too. Vlad III had a nick name he created for himself, this nickname was Vlad the Impaler. He got this nickname form brutally murdering his victims by impalement. He had a very sick way of “justice”. His only form of justice in fact was brutally murdering people in many different ways. Most people now a days know Vlad III by the name of Dracula.…

Vlad the Impaler: The Original Dracula Dracula. Everybody knows who that is. He inspires terror in everybody's heart. He is the blood sucking monster that haunted Transylvania. He is an iconic legend that has inspired a countless amount of classic movies and novels to this day. However you may be surprised to know that he is not pure fiction. Bram Stoker the author of “Dracula” based his novel off of the Prince of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes or “Vlad the impaler” as he was called as a result of his…

Recently, people have had a fascination with the paranormal, mainly vampires. From books to movies to television shows, people have found very different ways to view these blood sucking creatures of the night. As the years have gone by, new stories were created and more lore was added to the original folklore. And the beginning of this appeal began in both fifteenth century Wallachia and eighteenth century England. Prince Vlad III of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a clever…

His intellect led him to explore many different subjects, and the one that fascinated him the most being vampires. Stoker spent a considerable amount of time with Henry Irving’s theater company after he became good friends with Irving himself. Stoker attended multiple late night dining events that supposedly inspired him to create the eerie mood present in Dracula. Stoker became increasingly interested in vampiric mythology and his research eventually led him to find the tyrant ruler presiding…