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.

Count Dracula wasn't only a fictional character created by Bram Stoker. He was a real-life man named Vlad III, Prince of ...

This painting, "Vlad the Impaler and the Turkish Envoys," by Theodor Aman (1831-1891), allegedly depicts a scene in which Vlad III nails the turbans of these Ottoman diplomats to their heads.

A portrait of Vlad the Impaler, circa 1450, from a painting in Castle Ambras in the Tyrol. Getty. Oct. 31, 2013, 1:22 PM EDT. By Marc Lallanilla.

Though Dracula may seem like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an even more grotesque taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is ...

Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler, is one of history’s most murderous figures — and the inspiration for Count Dracula. The Romanian prince was behind countless acts of unspeakable barbarity and ...

One Romanian voivode, Vlad Dracula II, was forced to give up his two sons, ... Because his preferred method of punishment for his enemies was impalement, he soon became known as Vlad the Impaler.

Vlad the Impaler Vlad III — known as Vlad the Impaler or Voivode (Prince) Vlad Dracula — was born in Wallachia (modern Romania) some time between 1428 and 1431, and he died either in 1476 or 1477.

Vlad the Impaler is the “real” Dracula in that he is a real historical figure who bore the name Dracula. Beyond that, little else connects him with the fictional count.

This painting, "Vlad the Impaler and the Turkish Envoys," by Theodor Aman (1831-1891), allegedly depicts a scene in which Vlad III nails the turbans of these Ottoman diplomats to their heads ...