Vlad the Impaler?

Question

Ok I have a few questions about him and i thought i would ask them in question.

*Who was he?
*Was he the real Dracula?
*What did he do to make him so bad?(besides impaling people)
*Did Bram Stoker base is book Dracula on Vlad?

Answer 1

He was ruler of Wallachia (now part of Romania) in the mid 15th Century.

His father Vlad II, was known as Dracul (meaning "dragon" or "devil").

Vladislav Basarab (Vlad III) also took the name Dracul and added the 'a' (meaning "son of") so he literally became "son of the dragon" or "son of the devil". He also earned his own name; "Tepes" (spike in Romanian) making him "Vlad the Impaler".

As well as impaling people, he also had them burned alive, among other things too gross to print here. He was also rumoured to drink his victim's blood and eat their flesh (shudder).

And finally, yes, Stoker based his book on Vlad, even down to the location; in the Carpathian mountains near the border with Transylvania (yes it is real) although the book puts Castle Dracula actually in north-eastern Transylvania (there is a castle on the exact spot described by Stoker), the real castle still stands (mostly in ruins) in what used to be Wallachia. Surprisingly it doesn't attract many tourists (wonder why).

Answer 2

* Vlad the Impalor's real name was Vlad Dracul. He was a 2nd son and prince of the medieval province of Wallachia which is in modern Romania.

While engaged in battle as a teenager both he and his older brother were captured by the Turks. They were imprisoned in a Turkish dungeon and promised release if they converted to Islam. Vlad's older brother took them up on the offer in short order, but he spent several years experiencing and watching the techniques of torture first hand.

* That depends on who you ask. The people of Romania regard him as a national hero, and at the time the Western powers supported his "extra curricular" activities. He was from the Dracul clan so he was in fact a dracula.

* Again, this depends on who you ask. Vlad faced a lot of opposition among the nobility of Wallachia, so he persecuted them in a vicious and unsavory manor. Impaling, burning, raping, torture, etc. He also was pretty rough on the invading Turks (one report claims he impaled 20,000 though that's probably a wild exaggeration). Both of these groups wrote the history books so they turned him into a villain. While most psychologists today would probably agree that he had a screw loose, the peasants of Wallachia and many modern Romanians still think he's a pretty great guy for saving them from the nobles and the Turks.

*It has never been proven that Stoker based Dracula on Vlad. There are many similarities, but there is also a strong possibility he borrowed aspects from other macabre figures in European history. The blood countess (Countess Bathory) was one possibility, also the inspiration for Snow White. Another one might have been Count Gilles de Rais.

Answer 3

He was a ruler of Wallachia (part of modern Romania, and adjacent to Translyvania) during the 15th century. Yes he was the real dracula, as his title was Vlad Dracula. The title Dracula means " son of the dragon" I believe. He took the title because his father was involved with a crusading orginazation that had a title relavent to that. Apparently he liked to drink the blood of his impaled victims, he only ruled a few years, but most of his murders were of rival nobles, or turks. Yes, Bram Stoker's Dracula is based slighly on Vlad

Answer 4

1. A prince of Walachia

2. Yes, his real name was Vlad Dracula.

3. He reportedly drank the impaled people's blood by dipping his bread in it.

4. Yes.

Answer 5

He was said to have married amember of the Hungarian Royalty, a cousin of the King of Hungry Matthia Corvinus. He had no children, at least legal heirs. He was killed shortly after.

Answer 6

Try this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

This has everything you want to know and more. Also has it's work sited on the bottom of the page if you need to cite you work.

Answer 7

a sick crazy man, who was in desperate need of therapy.