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Vlad III the Impaler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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He was also called by the names Vlad III, Vlad Dracula and Vlad the Impaler. The word Tepes stands for "impaler" and was so coined because of Vlad’s propensity to punish victims by impaling them on stakes, then displaying them publicly to frighten his enemies and to warn would-be transgressors of his strict moral code.
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There are several variants of Vlad III the Impaler's death. Some sources say he was killed in battle against the Turks near Bucharest in December of 1476. Others say he was killed by disloyal Wallachian boyars in the war against the Turks, or during a hunt.
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AKA Vlad III Dracula ... Vlad Dracula: The Dragon Prince, 2004, BY: Michael Augustyn ; Vlad the Impaler: In Search of the Real Dracula, 2004, BY: M.J. Trow ; Vampires From Vlad Drakul To the Vampire, 2001, BY: Anna Szigethy ; Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times, 1989, BY: Radu R. Florescu ;
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Vlad the Impaler: In Search of the Real Dracula by M. J. Trow. Was Dracula a heroic freedom fighter or a bloodthirsty mass-murderer? This biography peels back the layers ... Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula by Kurt W. Treptow. A scholarly biography. Out of print, but available from Alibris.
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Vlad the Impaler (Vlad III Dracula) ... Known as the historical model of Count Dracula, Vlad the Impaler is considered a national hero in his native country - Romania. Vlad III Dracula is a Romanian national symbol of fight for independence against ottomans...
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Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş in Romanian), or simply Dracula was a Wallachian voivode. ...
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Biography of Vlad III the Impaler of Walachia. ... Bram Stoker found inspiration for his book about Count Dracula in the life of Vlad III the Impaler of Walachia (±1431-1476). Contemporaries wrote about the "untold abuses, sad murders and mutilations by the cruel tyrant Dracula" 1. He had people skinned alive up to...
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The character of Count Dracula is actually based on a historic figure - Vlad Dracula who lived in the Romanian province of Wallachia in the 15th century. ... This man, who became prince of Wallachia and adopted the title Vlad III, is popularly known as Prince Vlad the Impaler because of his great cruelty.
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Tales of Count Vlad III the Impaler are many and intensely terrible. He was exceedingly cruel to men and women who crossed his path, but he was also a generous and skilled candymaker during the mid-15th century. Historians at The History Bluff have discovered the true tale behind this innovative man.
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