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| | Vlad III Tepes: 1431-1476 |
 | | We are in Wallachia [1] and this is the punishment thieves, murderers, even adulterous wives, and any other criminals receive in the land of Vlad Tepes [2], a.k.a. |
 | | Born at the end of 1431 in Sighisoara, Vlad Tepes III Dracula spent his early years by his father's side, in the company of his two brothers, Mircea and Radu. |
 | | Prior to Vlad's birth in 1431, at the request of King Sigismund I of Hungary, his father, also named Vlad, was inducted in the Order of the Dragon, a secret brotherhood of knights with the purpose of protecting and upholding the Christian faith against the Turks. |
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