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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.
Vlad IV Călugărul ("Vlad IV the Monk"; prior to 1425 – September 1495) was the Prince of Wallachia in 1481 and then from 1482 to 1495. His father Vlad Dracul had previously held the throne, as had his brothers Mircea II and Radu the Handsome, and lastly Vlad III Dracula. The 15th century was a very volatile time in Wallachia, with the ...
Radu's brother Vlad III later went on to take the throne from Vladislav II in 1456 and began his second reign for which he was to become famous. Like his older brother Mircea II, Vlad III was an able military commander and now found himself opposing the Ottomans. Radu, at the age of 22, became a leading figure at the Ottoman court.
Vlad, seeing that he could not prevent the crossing, withdrew. After that the emperor crossed the Danube with his entire army and gave us 30,000 coins to be distributed among us. The Ottoman army managed to advance as Vlad Țepeș instituted a policy of scorched earth , poisoned the waters, and also created marshes by diverting the waters of ...
Vlad I (? – 1396/97?) known as Uzurpatorul (the Usurper), was a ruler of Wallachia in what later became Romania. He usurped the throne from Mircea I of Wallachia . His rule lasted barely three years, from October/November 1394 to January 1397, [ 1 ] while others suggest that the accurate ruling period was from May 1395 to December 1396.
He has been historically referenced as Vlad Înecatul ("Vlad the Drowned"), as a description of the manner of his death. One of three (along with Moldavia and Transylvania ) primary historic and geographic regions of Romania , Wallachia was founded as a principality in the early 14th century by Basarab I but, by 1417, had accepted the ...
Moreover, Vlad suspected Neagoe, the son of Parvu Craiovescu, of wanting to become the Prince of Wallachia. As a result, the boyars deserted Vlad and crossed the Danube to Mehmet. With his help, the Ottoman army and the Craiovești pretender started marching to Bucharest. At Văcărești, the battle was lost for Vlad and he was taken prisoner.
Also, by the middle of the twelfth century, the dominating influence of the Kievan Rus’ (some historians do not consider it possible to even call it a state in the modern sense of the word) began to wane. The famous Theotokos of Vladimir, an icon of the Virgin Mary, was moved to Vladimir. From this time on, almost every principality began ...