Vlad the Impaler (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania) was a voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Euro...
By associating these two facts: cruelty against the enemies and the nickname Dracul (devil), the imagination of Bram Stoker created Dracula - the famous character. Vlad Tepes was not a blood sucker, a vampire or such. He was just one of the Romania's great leader that was also famous for...