Vlad the Impaler, prince of Walachia (now in Romania) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad. Learn more
Dracula then possessed a large painting of him in his keep, but Simon destroyed what was left behind of his dark spirit by hitting the Crimson Stone on the portrait of Dracula's head. Since the castle wasn't directly connected to Dracula and the stone, it didn't crumble, but it did ...
This portrait of Vlad III, or Vlad the Impaler, was painted in the early 16th century, hangs in the museum at Castle Ambras in Innsbruck, Austria (Image credit: Public Domain) Jump to: The real Dracula Origins of the Dracula name Years of captivity Vlad the Prince Nickname "The...
Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, was a 15th-century warlord, in what today is Romania, in south-eastern Europe. Stoker used elements of Vlad's real story for the title character of his 1897 novel "Dracula." The book has since inspired countless horror movies...