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Vlad's early life is poorly documented. [1] He was born before 1395, [1] and was one of the numerous illegitimate sons of Mircea I of Wallachia. [1] Vlad's modern biographers agree that he was sent as a hostage to Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, in 1395 or 1396.
The line of the Drăculești began with Vlad II Dracul ("the Dragon"), son of one of the most important rulers of the Basarab dynasty, Mircea the Elder.The name Drăculești is the patronymic of Dracul, which according to most historians is derived from the 1431 membership of Vlad II in the Order of the Dragon (Societas draconistarum) that had been founded in 1408 AD by Holy Roman Emperor ...
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula tells the story of Vlad Dracula, the historical figure who gave Bram Stoker's Dracula his name. Vlad is a dispossessed noble and a patriot who fights the occupation forces of the Turks hoping to avenge the murder of his father by Romanian nobles and the capture of his brother by the Ottoman sultan.
Mehmed II uses the Basilica cannon to penetrate the Theodosian Walls. In a flashback to Mehmed's childhood, the narration goes back to when Murad II appoints his teenage son as the governor of the Amasya Province. Afterwards, Mehmed II starts with first reign of the Ottoman Empire at the age of 13—becoming the youngest king in Ottoman history.
The Historian interweaves the history and folklore of Vlad Țepeș, a 15th-century prince of Wallachia known as "Vlad the Impaler", and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula together with the story of Paul, a professor; his 16-year-old daughter; and their quest for Vlad's tomb. The novel ties together three separate narratives using letters ...
The Wallachian ruler Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler; 1448–1476) does not seem to have had a significant role in the history of the fortress, although he passed several times through the Bran Gorge. At some point, Bran Castle belonged to the Hungarian kings , but due to the failure of King Vladislas II (r. 1471–1516) to repay loans, the city ...
Basarab II DA 1442-1444: Maria: Dan III of Wallachia Stanciul: Vladislav II DA 1447-1448 1448-†1456: Neacşa: Basarab III DA 1473 1474 1475-1476 1476-1477: Radu Mihail: Mircea II DR,1 1442: Vlad IV Calugarul DR: Radu III the Fair DR: Alexandra 2: Vlad III the Impaler DR: Mircea (Illegitimate) DR,4 1480: Basarab the Young: Vladislav: Radu IV ...
Dracul may refer to: Vlad II Dracul (1390s–1447), a Wallachia noble, father of the figure later known as "Vlad the Impaler", Mircea III Dracul, a prince of Wallachia; Dracul, a 2018 prequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula written by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker