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  Vlad II Dracul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Vlad II was in favor with the Roman Catholic Church, he is known to have murdered members of the rival royal House of Dăneşti, a not-so-distant relation to his own father's House of Basarab.
Although Vlad II was a successful general, accomplished ruler, and ordained medieval royalty, he is best known for the exploits of his son, Vlad III.
This connotation was not meant to be demeaning, but to be similar to the aura of fierceness granted to Edward, son of Edward III of England, by his nickname, "The Black Prince".
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 Upir Tomb -- Head Huntress
Under this interpretation Vlad II Dracul becomes Vlad II, the Dragon and his son, Vlad III Dracula, becomes Vlad III, the Son of the Dragon.There is some confusion in the secondary sources concerning Dracula's exact title.
In 1443 Vlad II regained the Wallachian throne with Turkish support, on the condition that he sign a new treaty with the sultan that included not only the customary annual tribute but the promise to yearly send contingents of Wallachian boys to join the sultans Janissaries.
Hunyadi demanded that Vlad II fulfill his oath as a member of the Order of the Dragon and a vassal of Hungary and join the crusade against the Turks.
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 Dracula
Under this interpretation Vlad II Dracul becomes Vlad II, the Dragon and his son, Vlad III Dracula, becomes Vlad III, the Son of the Dragon (“ Dracul ”literally means “ the devil ”, “ ulea' ” ending in Romanian indicates “ the son of ”, “ Tepes ” means the Impaler).
In 1443 Vlad II regained the Wallachian throne with Turkish support, on the condition that he sign an new treaty with the sultan that included not only the customary annual tribute but the promise to yearly send contingents of Wallachian boys to join the sultan's Janissaries.
In 1461 Mohammed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, a man not noted for his squeamishness, returned to Constantinople after being sickened by the sight of twenty thousand impaled corpses rotting outside of Dracula's capital of Tirgoviste.
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 Encyclopedia: Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 Liberty Mill: The Historical Dracula
Being the one to dare to stand against Mohammed II (the Conqueror), he became known as one of the most feared enemies of the Ottoman empire.
Under this interpretation Vlad II Dracul becomes Vlad II, the Dragon and his son, Vlad III Dracula, becomes Vlad III, the Son of the Dragon.
In 1461 Mohammed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, a man not noted for his squeamishness, returned to Constantinople after being sickened by the sight of twenty thousand impaled corpses outside of Dracula's capital of Targoviste.
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 A Biography of Vlad III
Vlad II, like his father, Mircea, was forced to pay tribute to the Sultan and attempt a precarious ballance between the increasingly powerful states of Hungary on one side, and the Ottoman Empire on the other.
Angry because of Vlad's failure to support Hungary against the Turks, Vlad and his family were forced to flee Wallachia, and Basarab II was placed on the throne of Wallachia.
In 1447, Vlad II was assassinated along with his son, Mircea, who was buried alive, and Hunyadi placed his own puppet on the throne of Wallachia, Vladislav II.
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 Castle of the Vampyres
The Turks, whom Vlad II and his heirs were bound by oath to oppose, had gained the upper hand against the Hungarians by conquering Serbia and Bulgaria.
He signed an alliance with Murad II, the Turkish sultan, which allowed him to remain on the Wallachian throne if he agreed to assist the Turks in the looting and killing of his own people.
The Turks had planned to instruct the two Wallachian boys in the ways of their land, but would shape the elder one into a creature destined to cause much death and destruction (one might say that the Turks were creating a "Frankenstein monster").
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 The Crypt - Question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Eventually the royal House of Basarab was split into two factions -- Mircea's descendants, and the descendants of another prince named Dan II.
A Hungarian general, Janos Hunyadi (who may have been the illegitimate son of Emperor Sigismund) made a Danesti named Basarab II the prince of Walachia.
By now Vladislav II had become a supporter of Turkey, and Hunyadi was sorry he had put him on the throne.
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 The Historical Dracula (long but very interesting)
Stoker's model was Vlad III Dracula (called Tepes, pronounced tse-pesh); a fifteenth century viovode, or prince, of Wallachia of the princely House of Basarab.
Therefore, "Dracul" literally means "the devil." The "ulea" ending in Romanian indicates "the son of." Under this interpretation Dracula becomes Vlad III, son of the devil.
In 1461 Mohammed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, a man not noted for his squeamishness, returned to Constantinople after being sickened by the sight of twenty thousand impaled corpses outside of Dracula's capital of Tirgoviste.
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 The Legend of the Prince Dracula
The first ruler of the new country was Voivode Basarab the Great (1310-1352), an ancestor of Dracula.
Eventually the House of Basarab was split into two factions - Mircea's descendants, and the descendants of another prince named Dan.
Hunyadi was killed, but Dracula killed Vladislav II and took back his throne.
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 Free-TermPapers.com - Vlad Tepes
When Radu died (1474-1475) the sultan appointed Basarab the Old, a member of the Danesti clan, as prince.
Under this interpretation “Vlad II Dracul becomes Vlad II, the Dragon and his son, Vlad III Dracula, becomes Vlad III, the Son of the Dragon.”(Florescu Prince of Many Faces 6) ……….There is some confusion in the secondary sources concerning Dracula's exact title.
“The timing was propitious; Hunyadi's puppet on the Wallachian throne, Vladislov II, had instituted a pro-Turkish policy and Hunyadi needed a more reliable man in Wallachia.” (103) Consequently, Hunyadi accepted the allegiance of his old enemy's son and put him forward as the Hungarian candidate for the throne of Wallachia.
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 Vlad II Dracul & the order of the dragon posted by Treee july...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Vlad II Dracul and the order of the dragon posted by Treee july...
The House of Basarab was founded by Basarab I. This is of course how he gained power in Wallachia, upon returning from exile in Transylvania in 1436.
Preceded by: Alexandru I Aldea Prince of Wallachia 1436-1442 Succeeded by: Mircea Preceded by: Basarab II Prince of Wallachia 1443-1447 Succeeded by: Vladislav II Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_II_Dracul" Categories: Rulers of Wallachia
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 Vlad IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Life of Vlad III Dracula (The Early Years) Dracula was born in 1431 in the Transylvanian city of Sighisoara.
At the approach of Dracula's army Basarab and his cohorts fled, some to the protection of the Turks, others to the shelter of the mountains.
It was once reported that an invading Turkish army turned back in fright when it encountered thousands of rotting corpses impaled on the banks of t he Danube.
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 science and religion: global perspectives, June 4 - 8, 2005, Philadelphia, PA || Speakers
He is associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Science and Religion volumes I-II (MacMillan Reference 2003) and systematic-theological editor of Dansk teologisk Tidsskrift.
Basarab Nicolescu is the president of the International Center for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies in Paris.
He was born in 1942 in Ploiesti, Romania and received his Ph.D. at Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris in 1972.
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 chronologies of a vampyre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Murad II 1421-51(gave power to his son Mehmed II for a brief period)
Constantine XI Palaeologus 1448-53(last of the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire;killed by Turks when they captured Constantinople)
1446 Sultan Murad II invades Greece.Mistra becomes a vassal state of the Turks.
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 Bassaraba
Basarab II, Voivode of Wallachia (1442-43), +after 1458; m.Maria N
Basarab III, Voivode of Wallachia (1474-77), +Brasov XII.1480; m.dau.of Sinadin Capitanu
[by Maria Tolmay] Vlad II Dracul "the Dragon", Voivode of Wallachia (1436-42)+(1443-46), he was granted Order of the Dragon by his relative Emperor Sigismund, hence his nickname, *in Wallachia before 1395, +beheaded Balteni XII.1446; 1m: Vasilissa of Moldavia (+after 1447); 2m: N, a Transylvanian noblewoman
genealogy.euweb.cz /balkan/basarab.html   (895 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5
Prince of Moldavia Gregory II Ghica (1726-33, 1735-41 and 1747-48)
Issue of marriage: CAROL II (*1893,†1953); Elizabeth (*1894,†1956; Queen of Greece); Marie (*1900,†1961; Queen of Yugoslavia); Nicolae (*1903,†1978); Ileana; Mircea (*1913,†1916).
It is one of the royal palaces recently returned by the Romanian government to King Michael I. The palace is King Michael’s official residence after his return from exile).
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 History - Rulers from Wallachia and Moldavia till 1859
Basarab cel Batrin (Laiota) (son of Dan al II-lea), November - December 1473, Spring - October 1474, January 1475 - November 1476
Basarab cel Batrin (Laiota) (son of Dan al II-lea), December 1476 - November 1477
Basarab cel Tinar (Tepelus) (son of Basarab al II-lea), November 1477 - September 1481
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 Precious Moments HQ - Precious Moments Marks
An article on Brook's directing technique by Basarab Nicolescu.
Vita Consecrata - John Paul II - Post-Synodal Apostolic...
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the consecrated life and its mission in the Church and the world....
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 List of Wallachian rulers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Vlad II Dracul (Vlad the Dragon or Vlad the Devil)
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân (Basarab Laiotă the Old)
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr (Basarab Ţepeluş the Young)
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