His father, Vlad II Dracul, received his surname after being inducted into the Order of the Dragon, a Christian military ...

Many believed that Vlad was turned "evil" after suffering a series of horrific tragedies in his family. His father, Vlad II Dracul the ruler of Wallachia was forced out of his position by local ...

The vampiric character is based on the 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad Tepes, better known throughout history as Vlad the Impaler. However, ... nobleman Vlad II Dracul.

He was the son of Prince Vlad II Dracul ("Dracula" means "son of Dracul," son of the dragon, as King Sigismund of Hungary had knighted and inducted Vlad the Elder into the Order of the Dragon).

Upon joining the order, Vlad II was granted the surname Dracul (Dragon). His son Vlad III was known as Vlad Draculea, or Dracula, “son of the Dragon.” In 1436 Sigismund made Vlad II voivode of ...

'Dracul' means 'the Dragon', and Vlad II earned this moniker for his membership of the Order of the Dragon. 'Dracula' means the 'son of Dracul'. Bram Stoker's Dracula, published in 1897, is ...

When your father, Vlad II Dracul, is the ruler of Wallachia, you kinda run the show. Things would get a bit dark when your dad went to his “Order of the Dragon” meetings, ...

O clădire care datează din secolele XIV-XV, situată în Cetatea Medievală din Sighişoara, în imediata apropiere a Turnului cu Ceas, este casa în care ar fi locuit fiul lui Mircea cel Bătrân, Vlad ...

People have only just realised that King Charles III is related to the real-life Dracula. Both Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II can trace their lineage back to Vlad the Impaler (Vlad III ...