Count Vlad Dracula

1431 - 1476  (44 years)

• Name	Vlad Dracula  [1, 2]
  Title	Count
  Birth	7 Dec 1431	Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1476  [1, 2]
  Burial	Snagov, Hungary   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I58309	The Kingealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Vlad Dracul, II,   b. Wallachia d. 1448
  Mother	Princess of Transylvania Cneajna,   b. 1390
  Family ID	F21811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Dec 1431 - Sighisoara, Transylvania, Romania Burial - - Snagov, Hungary  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [royalfam.ged] Count Dracula was a real historical person and not just a myth. His real life was vastly mor e horrible than has ever been depicted in any horror flick. Known to his enemies as "Vlad Tep es" or Vlad the Impaler, many have wondered why he acquired such strange habits as being sai d to suck the blood of his victims. The answer is that he was fighting for the survival of hi s people against the Ottoman Turks who had him surrounded and were in the process of taking o ver the entire region. It was therefore helpful to have a fearsome reputation for among othe r things displaying the heads of his enemies on a spike. A great leader of his people, Coun t Dracula was the last independent ruler of Transylvania. After his death or disappearance i n 1476, his people fell under Turkish rule. A few years ago his tomb was opened, but no corps e was found there. We all know what that means! Bram Stoker later invented a kinder, gentler Dracula. http:/​/​www​.royalty​.nu/​Europe/​Balkan/​Dracula​.html http:/​/​channels​.netscape​.com/​ns/​atplay/​content​.jsp?file=dracula​.jsp Prince of Wallachia 1448, 1456-1462

  
  

• Sources

  [S255 ] Gedcom: royalfam.ged. Date of Import: Feb 10, 2006 [S255] Gedcom: royalfam.ged. Date of Import: Feb 10, 2006.