Vlad the Impaler

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Vlad III Dracula
Prince o Wallachie
Vlad Tepes 002.jpg
The Ambras Castle portrait o Vlad III, c. 1560, reputedly
a copy o an oreeginal made durin his lifetime.[1]
Reign 1448; 1456–1462; 1476
Spouse Cnaejna o Bathory
Jusztina Szilagyi
Ilona Nelipic[2]
House Hoose o Drăculești (branch o the Hoose o Basarab)
Faither Vlad II Dracul
Mither Cneajna o Moldavie
Born 13 November 1431[3]
Sighișoara, Transylvanie, Kinrick o Hungary
Died December 1476(?)[3] (agit 45)
Bucharest, Wallachie

Vlad III, Prince o Wallachie (1431 – 1476), mair commonly kent as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Ţepeș pronounced [ˈvlad ˈt͡sepeʃ] or simply as Dracula, wis a three-time Voivode o Wallachie, rulin mainly frae 1456 tae 1462.


Vlad III is believed tae hae inspired the association o his name tae that o the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

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  2. The British Chronicles - David Hughes - Google Cărţi. Books.google.ro. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 