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Also known as Vlad III the Impaler, Vlad Dracula, Vlad III Dracula, Vladimir Tepes, Vlad Tepes, Vlad Țepeș, Vlad Drăculești, Vlad Draculea

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.

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Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler, was a 15th-century ruler of Wallachia who served as Voivode (regional leader) three times before his death. He is remembered in Romania as a Christian hero for resisting Ottoman expansion and is considered a significant figure in Wallachian history.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Sighișoara
Place of death
Bucharest
Occupation
ruler
Languages spoken
Ottoman Turkish
Religion
Catholicism
Noble title
voivode
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Vlad Ţepeş, the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (1456-1462) (died 1477).jpg
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Vlad III the Impaler
date of birth
1431-11-02
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Vlad Țepeș
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name in native language
Vlad al III-lea Țepeș
place of burial
Snagov Monastery
date of death
1477-01-00
manner of death
homicide
cause of death
decapitation
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Dracula
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Vlad III (1428/31 – 1476/77), commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈvlad ˈtsepeʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ˈdrækjʊlə, -jə-/ DRAK-yuu-lə, -⁠yə-; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈdrəkule̯a]), 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.

He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in 1436. Vlad and his younger brother, Radu, were held as hostages in the Ottoman Empire in 1442 to secure their father's loyalty. Vlad's eldest brother Mircea and their father were murdered after John Hunyadi, regent-governor of Hungary, invaded Wallachia in 1447. Hunyadi installed Vlad's second cousin, Vladislav II, as the new voivode. Hunyadi launched a military campaign against the Ottomans in the autumn of 1448, and Vladislav accompanied him. Vlad broke into Wallachia with Ottoman support in October, but Vladislav returned, and Vlad sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire before the end of the year. Vlad went to Moldavia in 1449 or 1450 and later to Hungary.

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