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|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|father = Vlad the Great | |||
|sibling = Radu | |||
|sibling2 = Mircea | |||
|child = Mihnea | |||
|first = The Book of the War (novel) | |first = The Book of the War (novel) | ||
|appearances = [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'' | |appearances = [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'' | ||
|voice actor = James Purefoy | |voice actor = James Purefoy | ||
}}{{you may|Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula (disambiguation)|n1=the fictional character|n2=other individuals by this name}} | }}{{you may|Dracula (fictional character)|Dracula (disambiguation)|n1=the fictional character|n2=other individuals by this name}} | ||
'''Vlad III''' — known colloquially as '''Dracula''' and '''Vlad the Impaler''' — was a [[15th century]] [[Prince of Wallachia]] known for his strong and, some judged, ''cruel'' leadership style. He served as the sovereign and ruler of [[Ungro-Walachia]] and duchies of [[Amlas]] and [[Fagaras]] several times during the latter half of the [[15th century]], his rule being interrupted by times when his brother, [[Radu the Handsome]] sat upon the throne. He was the son of [[Vlad the Great]], from whom he inherited a position in a [[Christianity|Christian]] society called the [[Order of the Dragon]]. This was the origin of his sobriquet ''Dracula'', which the [[Fifth Doctor]] said meant ''Son of the Dragon''. Both Dracula's father and elder brother were murdered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') | '''Vlad Tepes Dracul III''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Possum Kingdom (short story)|Possum Kingdom]]'') — known colloquially as '''Dracula''' and '''Vlad the Impaler''' — was a [[15th century]] [[Prince of Wallachia]] known for his strong and, some judged, ''cruel'' leadership style. He served as the sovereign and ruler of [[Ungro-Walachia]] and duchies of [[Amlas]] and [[Fagaras]] several times during the latter half of the [[15th century]], his rule being interrupted by times when his brother, [[Radu the Handsome]] sat upon the throne. He was the son of [[Vlad the Great]], from whom he inherited a position in a [[Christianity|Christian]] society called the [[Order of the Dragon]]. This was the origin of his sobriquet ''Dracula'', which the [[Fifth Doctor]] said meant ''Son of the Dragon''. Both Dracula's father and elder brother were murdered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon (audio story)|Son of the Dragon]]'') | ||
Vlad was imprisoned for a time in the [[labyrinth]] under [[Buda Castle]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)|The Labyrinth of Buda Castle]]'') | Vlad was imprisoned for a time in the [[labyrinth]] under [[Buda Castle]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)|The Labyrinth of Buda Castle]]'') | ||
Revision as of 04:15, 26 September 2017
Could this be renamed to "Vlad III" so that "Dracula" can be used as a page for the non-fictional vampiric Dracula, who appears as a character in a few Iris Wildthyme stories?
Talk about it here.
- You may be looking for the fictional character or other individuals by this name.
Vlad Tepes Dracul III (PROSE: Possum Kingdom) — known colloquially as Dracula and Vlad the Impaler — was a 15th century Prince of Wallachia known for his strong and, some judged, cruel leadership style. He served as the sovereign and ruler of Ungro-Walachia and duchies of Amlas and Fagaras several times during the latter half of the 15th century, his rule being interrupted by times when his brother, Radu the Handsome sat upon the throne. He was the son of Vlad the Great, from whom he inherited a position in a Christian society called the Order of the Dragon. This was the origin of his sobriquet Dracula, which the Fifth Doctor said meant Son of the Dragon. Both Dracula's father and elder brother were murdered. (AUDIO: Son of the Dragon)
Vlad was imprisoned for a time in the labyrinth under Buda Castle. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle)
Much feared by his enemies, he was a hero to his people as he protected them from the Turks. To that end, he fought against the Muslim forces of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, as led by his younger brother, Radu, in Constantinople in 1462. Radu opposed Vlad because he thought his older brother a tyrant. During this time, he was briefly engaged to Erimem, a companion of the Fifth Doctor — but the engagement ended when — and, in a sense, because — he lost the throne to Radu.
Dracula had a son named Mihnea but few knew of his existence. During the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Wallachia in 1462, Dracula sent Mihnea to live with his mother's family for his own protection. Mihnea considered this to be the act of a coward.
It was the Turkish reports of his time as voivode which passed down through history and formed a largely false image of him as somehow supernaturally evil. Four hundred years after his death, the reports of his brutality inspired a fictional vampire character of the same name. (AUDIO: Son of the Dragon)
Zoltán Frid found Vlad charmless as he always seemed to be bored. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle)
In May 1897, Frederick von Dracula told the Tenth Doctor that he was the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Vlad Tepes the Impaler. (COMIC: Bat Attack!)
