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

Vlad III was born in 1431 in Transylvania, a mountainous region in modern-day Romania.His father was Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, a principality located to the south of Transylvania. Vlad ...

Vlad was born in Transylvania, and was the second son of a nobleman called Vlad II Dracul. So when Vlad was initiated into a secret order of Christian knights known as the Order of the Dragon ...

Though Dracula may seem like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an even more grotesque taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is ...

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.

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 ...

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).

His father was Vlad II Dracul, or Vlad the Dragon. Vlad II got the moniker because he was knighted into the Royal Order of the Dragon in 1431. This went to Vlad II’s head and he went around ...

Vlad Dracul II, the Impaler, the Son of the Dragon, was a Warlord, a Voivod, a Guardian Warrior, an iconic historical figure who was able to successfully strike fear into the hearts of the ...

Vlad III was born in 1431 in Transylvania, a mountainous region in modern-day Romania.His father was Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, a principality located to the south of Transylvania. Vlad ...