Research Paper On Vlad The Impaler

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Remember this scary creature called Dracula. The vampire that would suck the blood out of any human he caught. Dracula was actually real or I should say was real at one time. In Transylvania, Romania was count Dracula, otherwise known as “Vlad IV, 1431?–1476, prince of Wallachia (1448, 1456–62, 1476), known as Vlad the Impaler. He was the son of Prince Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil) and is therefore also called Dracula or son of the Devil”. He was a gruesome king of Transylvania; during his reign, he killed many people including his own wife. Vlad the Impaler’s father was king before him but made young Vlad’s childhood very rough now he was a very rich kid but there was a lot of people after his dad or Vlad II. Vlad II sent his son Vlad the …show more content…
During this war between the Ottomans and Vlad, Corvinus was secretly taking money from the Pope and when Vlad ran out of money Corvinus took advantage. He imprisoned Vlad and sent the Ottomans a peace treaty note. He then blamed Vlad for making victory impossible and used this when he talked to the pope. Vlad them got sentenced to 12 years in prison and his brother became the new King. Vlad’s brother Radu reigned as king from 1462 to 1475 but died and there was no one else family related that was still alive but Vlad himself. Vlad got taken out of prison after being in there for 12 years and once again reigned as king. He was once again very aggressive especially since he was put in jail by someone he trusted. His third time at being king did not last very long either because he died in 1476 while fighting in a war. Vlad is now known as a great leader in Romania but was he really a great leader? Killing tons of his own for “disobeying” him but not just killing them, he punished them until their death. Vlad was known to stick his prisoners on stakes and leave them there until they died, which could last from hours to a couple of

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