I’m sure you’ve heard of Dracula. He’s the bloodsucking vampire in Bram Stoker’s novel. But, did you know that there was a real Dracula. No, he wasn’t a vampire, but his history is at least as bloody as Bram Stoker’s vampire.
His name was Vlad the Third, Prince of Wallachia. Vlad is usually referred to as Vlad the Impaler or just Dracula. His father’s name was Vlad Dracul. Dracul means dragon. So, Vlad the Impaler would be called Dracula. It means little dragon, or little devil, which is very appropriate.
Vlad betrayed basically every alliance he ever had. All he cared about was keeping his throne when he finally became king. He betrayed the Transylvanian Saxons, the Turks, and the Roman Catholic Church. Vlad really did only care about his own power. He had many nobles killed to ensure he wouldn’t be challenge.
Vlad really did cause a lot of blood. He created a forest of impaled. Thousand of people were impaled on sticks and put outside to rot. It is actually said that he once feasted with the impaled corpses around him. Vlad worked peasants to death. His form of torture was a horse attached to each of the victim’s limbs, and then slowly forcing a stake into their body. Can you honestly say you wouldn’t rather be bitten by a vampire than be left to rot on a stick? I think that I’d much rather face Bram Stoker’s monster. At least it’s less messy.
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