Vlad III the Impaler

Mircea (older) and Radu (younger). He "may" have had a half-brother, also named Vlad but this is not absolutely certain.

Vlad the Impalor got his name from the fact that he would impale his enemies on large spikes through the anus if it was a male, or if an adulterous women, through the vagina. He committed other cruel and violent acts, but he is most famous for his impalement's, he killed a grand total of about 40, 000 people in his life time. Most of these people were impaled.

Dracula is only a German middle age legend. Vlad Ţepeş (or Vlad III) was the domnitor (equivalent to king) of Walachia (or Muntenia, or Ţara Românească). Born in 1431, assassinated in 1476.

The most famous character who was inspired by the real life Vlad Tepes was of course Dracula. Funny enough, Vlad tepes was also known as Vlad Draculea - translated as son of the dragon, or devil. Bram storker was the man who created the FICTIONAL character Dracula. Remember, Just because the character was based on the actual man, doesn't make everything about the character true.

Nothing. The vampire rumours didn't start until Abraham Stoker made references between vampires and 'somebody that could be Vlad' in the book Dracula. Long after the original Vlad was dead.

Rumour has it that the Germans settlers in Transylvania (his opponents) were those who launched a smear campaign against the Wallah (now-Romanian) Prince. The rumours were helped by the cruel form of capital punishment chosen by Vlad.

Vlad III (1431-1476) was a Prince of Wallachia (now Romania), known as Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes), aka Vlad Dracula. He was the son of Vlad II Dracul, a duke of Wallachia. The father's name indicated he was a member of the Order of the Dragon (Dracul). The father left Vlad and his younger brother as favored prisoners of the Turks, who educated them. But when Vlad assumed his father's dukedom, he engaged in cruel and sadistic practices such as impaling his enemies or burning children alive. This bloodthirsty reputation led to the adoption of his name for Bram Stoker's Transylvanian vampire character, Count Dracula.

He converted to Roman Catholicism.

Val the impaler was a man who killed people and stuck a pole up them and drained the blood then he drank it. Some say that val the impaler is were dracula came from,

Vlad Tepes hated the Turks because they took over his most of his country. His father was forced to give Vlad and his younger brother Radu over to the Ottomans court when they were still fairly young. They were forced to learn their cultures etc. And Radu eventually became one of of young boys in the Harem - to be used for sexual services.

Vlad's father and older brother were killed after they tried to fight the Turks. His father was buried alive along with Mircea, who had already had his eyes poked out by hot pokers. Vlad was rebelious and wished to get away from them and so they placed him upon the throne of Wallachia, believing they could control while he got his desired 'freedom'. Vald eventually started his own revolt against the Turks to succeeding

Vlad, the Impaler was a bit of a mean swine. He hurt many because of his beliefs. He thought much he did was correct. He was wrong

He was a very cruel despotic monarch, and he had crazy methods to rule his country. One of his anecdotes is the following;

Dracula once noticed a man working in the fields while wearing too short a caftan. The prince stopped and asked the man whether or not he had a wife. When the man answered in the affirmative, Dracula had the woman brought before him and asked her how she spent her days. The poor, frightened woman stated that she spent her days washing, baking and sewing. The prince pointed out her husband's short caftan as evidence of her laziness and dishonesty and ordered her impaled despite her husband's objection that he was well satisfied with his wife. Dracula then ordered another woman to marry the peasant but admonished her to work hard or suffer her predecessor's fate.

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There has been more then one answer to this question because there are many stories about Vlad and his brother, but the one i have heard the most from my grandfather who infact lives in Romania is that Radu and Vlad were fighting over the roomers that had been going around that Radu was going to get the thrown and get rid of Vlad, which drove Vlad to throw his brother out of the Royal line to the thrown all together, then Radu was murdered that night Vlad had thrown him out, which Drove Vlad into an anger most vilent, and he lived most of the remainder of his life in depression. that might be more of an answer you were looking for (sorry)

No he was Wallachian(a region of now-day Romania).

Vlad the impaler got his name because one of his favorite terms of execution was impaling his victim's. he would run a spear through the victims lower body then stand them upright and the spear would puncture the victims vital organs and eventually die.

Vlad Plasmius was created in 2003.

Radu cel Frumos (= the handsome) was the brother of Vlad III. He was in slavery with his brother and eventually became the slave/lover of Vlads enemy, Sultan Mehmet II from the Ottoman Empire. He died a slow and painful death after contracting what is described as a sexually transmitted disease.

Depends. What Vlad hated most was lying, stealing, and adultery, and anyone who commited one of these would be executed, no matter age, gender, or class.

Yes, Vlad Tepes was very well educated. In the early years of childhood, the future ruling prince Vlad the Impaler got a distinguished education, and mastered German and Latin. During the first reign of Vlad II, Vlad the Impaler accompanied his father to Targoviste - capital of Wallachia at that time.

The Byzantine chancellor Mikhail Doukas showed that, at Targoviste, the sons of boyars and ruling princes got a distinguished education from either Romanian or Greek scholars, coming from Constantinople. The young prince learned for sure; combat skills, geography, mathematics, science, language; Romanian, Latin, Bulgarian (church Slavic) and the classical arts and philosophy.

His early education was left in the hands of his mother, a Transylvanian noblewoman, and her family. His real education began in 1436 after his father succeeded in claiming the Wallachian throne by killing his Danesti rival. His training was typical to that of the sons of nobility throughout Europe. His first tutor in his apprenticeship to knighthood was an elderly boyar who had fought against the Turks at the battle of Nicolopolis. Vlad learned all the skills of war and peace that were deemed necessary for a Christian knight.

It is widely rumored that a tornado, with it's high wind-force, may cause a piece of straw to impale a wooden fence post. The straw is allegedly stuck into the post and comes out the other side.

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Vlad Teppes is a Wallachian prince. He is also known as Vlad the Impaler and Vlad Dracula. He fought for his country against the Ottoman Turks. He was a violent and cruel person and he impaled many people, usually enemies. Their are many stories surrounding his cruelty. For example, it is said that he invited the homeless to eat than he killed them in a fire.

one of them was Poienari Castle