Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is regarded as a Christian hero in Romania due to his opposition to the Ottoman Empire and he is considered an important ruler in Wallachian history.

1462 battle between Vlad III's Wallachia and Mehmed II's Ottoman Empire

commune in Călărași County, Romania

Princess consort of Wallachia