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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.
Vlad III is known as Vlad Țepeș (or Vlad the Impaler) in Romanian historiography. [12] This sobriquet is connected to the impalement that was his favorite method of execution. [ 12 ] The Ottoman writer Tursun Beg referred to him as Kazıklı Voyvoda (Impaler Lord) around 1500. [ 12 ]
Mihnea cel Rău (Mihnea the Wrongdoer/Mean/Evil; c.1460 – 12 March 1510), the son of Vlad III Dracula (Vlad Țepeș), and his first wife, was Voivode of Wallachia from 1508 to 1509, having replaced his first cousin Radu cel Mare. [1] During his reign, he ruled alongside his son Mircea III Dracul in the year 1509.
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 ...
The Brides of Dracula are fictional characters in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. They are three seductive vampire "sisters" who reside with Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania , where they entice men with their beauty and charm, and then proceed to feed upon them.
Mircea was the son of voivode Radu I of Wallachia and his wife, Doamna Calinichia, [5] thus being a descendant of the House of Basarab. [6] He was the father of Michael I of Wallachia, Radu II of Wallachia, Alexander I Aldea and Vlad II Dracul, and grandfather of Mircea II, Vlad Țepeș (Dracula), Vlad Călugărul and Radu cel Frumos, [citation needed] all of whom became rulers of Wallachia.
Adze arrives when summoned by Count Dracula and Ramanga she was made to be Vlad's wife and to be his first ever bite but little did the Draculas know that Ramanga and Adze were plotting against them. Ramanga and Adze attempted to frame Ryan and kill Erin more than once. In the end they got hold of the ring of Arianrod which in they kill Vlad.
Vlad IV Călugărul was the product of Vlad Dracul and one of his mistresses, a Wallachian noblewoman known as Călţuna. The identity of Prince Mircea's mother is unknown. It is only stated that he is the eldest of Vlad Dracul's legitimate sons. Vlad Dracul and Radu's pages have been corrected. Tathunen 02:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC)