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Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.
Matthias Corvinus had Vlad the Impaler, Voivode of Wallachia, imprisoned for allegedly conducting secret negotiations with the Ottoman Empire in 1462, [7] and only released him in early 1475. [8] Fyodor Kuritsyn , who was the ambassador of Ivan III of Russia to Corvinus in the early 1480s, recorded that Corvinus had given his "sister" in ...
Szilágyi's men were tortured to death, while Szilágyi was sawed in half. [8] Later that year, Mehmed sent envoys to Vlad to urge him to pay the delayed jizya. Vlad Țepeș provoked Mehmed by having the envoys killed and in a letter dated 10 September 1460, addressed to the Transylvanian Saxons of Kronstadt (today: Brașov ), he warned them of ...
Vlad Drăculea, or Vlad the Impaler, was a famously ruthless and brutal 15 th century monarch who was known for his unrelenting defense of Wallachia, which was located right next to Transylvania ...
Vlad did not abandon his claim to Wallachia and settled in Transylvania. [13] [14] A Neo-Renaissance mural in a three-storey house in the main square of Sighișoara (which was uncovered on the 500th anniversary of the death of Vlad Dracul's son, Dracula) may depict Vlad Dracul after an original painting, according to Radu Florescu. [15]
Well poisoning is the act of malicious manipulation of potable water resources in order to cause illness or death, ... Prince Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia ...
In 1436, Vlad II Dracul ascended to the throne of Wallachia. He was ousted in 1442 by rival factions in league with Hungary, but secured Ottoman support for his return by agreeing to pay tribute to the Sultan and also send his two legitimate sons, Vlad III and Radu, to the Ottoman court, to serve as hostages of his loyalty.
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