Was Drakula a real person

Answer 1

Count Dracula is a fictional character created by Bram Stocker in the shape of a vampire but it is allegedly inspired by the real hitorical figure. A 15th century Wallachian (present day Romania) prince called Vlad Draculea, or Vlad the Impaler. The name he was later given, "Draculea" means Devil in Romanian and was made famous by his cruelty towards thiefs, criminals and traitors who in his time were executed by having a large wooden spear driven through their bodies from the pelvic area to the back of their necks after which the bodies were left on display. However, the name Draculea was a diminutive of his father nickname of "Dracul", again meaning "the Devil". His father, also a Romanian prince got the name for having been awarded the Medal and Order of the Dragon by the Hungarian king Sigismund in recognition of his military accomplishments against the Ottoman Empire. At the time, Romanian language did not have the word "dragon" as it does now and the popular translation was "drac de mare", meaning "sea devil". From the word DRAC, he was named DRACUL, meaning The Devil and later his son, Vlad, inherited the name as DRACULEA, meaning "son of DRACUL". And no, Vlad was not a vampire, neither was he a count.