Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Dracula


Inspired when reading "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova (Her first debut)

Vlad III Dracula (November or December, 1431–December 1476), has also been known as Dracula (also Drăculea — see below, or Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş in Romanian). Vlad III was the voivode, or prince, of the principality of Wallachia (what is today an informal region in southern Romania). His three reigns were in 1448, from 1456 to 1462, and 1476.

He led an independent policy in relation to the Ottoman Empire, and in Romania at least he is best remembered as a Christian knight crusading against Islamic expansionism into Europe. He is known in Turkish as the Impaler Prince, and is a popular folk hero Romania even today.

He got the title of vampire and acted as the main character firstly appeared at Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula.

Vlad was very likely born in the Transylvanian city. He was hostaged in Ottoman empire during his early life with his younger brother, Ruth.

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