What was Dracula's real name? (I need this for school... fast! Thanks!)?

Answer 1

In 1431, Romania's most famous son, Vlad Tepes, or Count Dracula as we know him familiarly, was born in Sighisoara, Transylvania. At least that's what the guide books say. Dracula is linked to many places in Transylvania on shaky evidence but there is no doubt that he roamed the forests and valleys of Romania during the 15th century.

Vlad Dracula was actually a Wallachian warlord who fought against the Turkish invaders during the 15th century. The name Dracula came from his father who also fought the Turks; Dracul meant Dragon (from a German order of knights) hence Vlad Dracula "son of the dragon". Vlad had a passion for impaling his enemies on huge stakes and picked up the catchy nickname of Tepes - the Impaler. Vlad was a little psychotic and regularly took to having his dinning table placed outside near the dying so that he could watch the show whilst having dinner. On one occasion there were so many impaled enemies hanging around that the area became known as the "Forest of the Impaled".

Despite his cruel and savage reputation Vlad Tepes is a national hero, remembered for defending Romania against the invading Ottoman Empire and references to him can be found all over Romania.

Answer 2

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Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş IPA: ['tsepeʃ] in common Romanian reference; also known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad Drăculea; November or December, 1431 – December 1476) was voivode (prince) of the principality of Wallachia, now part of Romania. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456 to 1462, and 1476. His Romanian surname Draculea (transliterated as Dracula in foreign languages of the historical documents where his name is mentioned) seems to come from his father's surname Dracul (see Vlad II Dracul); the latter who was a member of the Order of the Dragon created by Emperor Sigismund.

Answer 3

Dracula Name

Answer 4

Dracula Real Name

Answer 5

Vlad Tepes or Conte Dracula

Answer 6

Dracula didn't have a "real name" in the sense that he used to be Fred Smith except that when he got shot and didn't die he renamed himself Count Dracula. In the original book and countless movies, he was always Count Dracula (although I seem to remember one old black and white in which he attended a party as Prince Alucard until he was "unmasked"). However, the character Count Dracula was patterned off a dictator Vlad the Impaler who was known to behead his enemies and raise their heads on pikes lining the roadway to his castle.

Answer 7

It was long assumed that Bram Stoker based his character of Dracula on Vlad Tepes, but that has increasingly been called into question, and that assumption is no longer as solid as it was.

Your teacher would probably be happy with Vlad Tepes though

Answer 8

Stoker's model was Vlad III Dracula (called Tepes, pronounced tse-pesh); a fifteenth century viovode, or prince, of Wallachia of the princely House of Basarab. Wallachia is a provence of Romania bordered to the north by Transylvania and Moldavia, to the east by the Black Sea and to the south by Bulgaria.

Answer 9

Vlad Tepes

Answer 10

Historically, the name "Dracula" is derived from a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon, founded by King Sigismund of Hungary (who became the Holy Roman Emperor in 1410) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad III, was admitted to the Order around 1431 because of his bravery in fighting the Turks. From 1431 onward Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol. People believed the dragon to be a devil, thus they called him Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil). In archaic Romanian the ending -ulea meant "the son of". Vlad III thus became Vlad Draculea, "The Son of the Devil".