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March 16th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Bram Stoker’s (Victorian) Novel, ‘Dracula’ was based on Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Tepes of Wallachia (part of present day Romania).
Vlad was an interesting local prince with a fanataical hatred of the Ottoman Empire and - as his name would suggest, he had - to put it mildly - a firm stance on law and order. However, the Dracula of Bram Stoker was also a ‘vampire’ - an ancient Romanian folk superstition that actually had nothing to do with Vlad.
Stoker set Dracula’s ‘castle’ as Bran castle in Transylvania. This has just been returned to the former Romanian royal family and is one of Romania’s top tourist attractions. However, it actually played no significant part in Vlad’s life, though he may have visited it on occasion.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Same person although Dracula has been highly dramatized.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Yes and no- Vlad the impaler was the basis for Dracula, but not really an accurate characterization.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Vlad III Dracula (November or December, 1431 – December 1476), has also been known as Dracula (also Drăculea — see below), or Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş IPA: ['tsepeʃ] in Romanian). Vlad III was the voivode, or prince, of the principality of Wallachia (what is today an informal region in southern Romania). His three reigns were in 1448, from 1456 to 1462, and 1476.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:39 am
Dracula is a fictional character. Vlad the impaler was a very twisted Romanian who retook all lands seized from his father. He beheaded, then impaled the heads on lances lining the roadways. IT is said that the character Dracula was based loosely on Vlad, but the similarities are scant and not very discernible. Vlad was blood thirsty, but as far as I know, he was not eternal and he didn’t run around biting peoples necks or what ever.