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Bookmark or Share- Vlad the Impaler | Biography, Dracula, Death, & FactsVlad the Impaler (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania) was a voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe.Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad.
- Romania: A Brief Overview - Princeton UniversityThe emergence of Wallachia was the result of a twofold process: the decline of the Golden Horde and a military offensive of the Hungarian Kingdom beyond the Carpathians. Originally a vassal state of Hungary, Wallachia broke its allegiance in 1330 during the reign of Basarab I (r. 1310–42), after a successful war against Hungary.
- Vlad the Impaler - WikipediaVlad 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. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of ...
- Wallachia - WikipediaWallachia or Walachia (/ w ɒ ˈ l eɪ k i ə /; Romanian: Țara Românească, lit. 'The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country', pronounced [ˈt͡sara romɨˈne̯askə]; Old Romanian: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рꙋмѫнѣскъ, Greek: Βλαχία) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania.It is situated north of the Lower Danube and ...
- Great Vlachia - WikipediaGreat Vlachia or Great Wallachia ( Aromanian: Vlãhia Mari; Greek: Μεγάλη Βλαχία, romanized : Megálē Vlachía ), also simply known as Vlachia (Aromanian: Vlãhia; Greek: Βλαχία, romanized: Vlachía ), was a province and region in southeastern Thessaly in the late 12th century, and was used to denote the entire region of ...
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