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	Vlad III Dracula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Ţepeş IPA: /'tsepeʃ/ in Romanian or Vlad the Impaler) (November/December, 1431 – December 1476) reigned as Prince of Wallachia 1448, 1456–1462 and 1476.
		Vlad II (born c. 1390) was an illegitimate son of Prince Mircea the Old, brought up at the court of King Sigismund of Hungary.
		Vlad Dracul was in Transylvania attempting to gather support for his planned effort to seize the Wallachian throne from the Danesti Prince, Alexandru I. The house where Dracula was born is still standing.
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	Encyclopedia: Vlad the Impaler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vlad III Dracula (Also known as Vlad Ţepeş /tse'pesh/ in Romanian or Vlad the Impaler) born November/December, 1431 - died December 1476, and reigned as Prince of Wallachia 1448, 1456-1462 and 1476.
		When the Turks invaded Transylvania in 1442, Vlad was accused by Ulaszlo_I_of_Hungary of failing to properly defend the approaches to Transylvania from the south (i.e., the passes leading from Wallachia to Transylvania) and forced Vlad out of Wallachia.
		When Vlad asked him if he knew why he was asked to dinner, the messenger thought quickly and responded, "I do not know, but I know you are a wise and great ruler, and no matter what you command, even if you were to command my death, it should be done".
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	Vlad Dracula/Tepes - The Impaler
		Vlad the Impaler -Tepes (pronounced tzse-pesh) was born in the town of Sighisoara in Transylvania (now known as northern Romania) in 1431 and later ruled the area of Southern Romania known as Wallachia.
		The general thought amongst Vlad historians and experts is that the body of Vlad the Impaler was entombed near the alter in a Snagov Monastery located on an Island in the middle of a lake accessible only by boat.
		Vlad pointed out to her the husbands short caftan as evidence of her laziness and dishonesty and ordered the poor woman impaled despite her husband's protest that he was well satisfied with his wife and she certainly was not lazy.
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	VLAD TEPES - The Historical Dracula
		Vlad III’s father thus came to be known as "Vlad Dracul," or "Vlad the dragon." In Romanian the ending "ulea" means "the son of".
		Vlad had the woman’s breasts cut off, then she was skinned and impaled in a square in Tirgoviste with her skin lying on a nearby table.
		Vlad Dracula was killed in battle against the Turks near the town of Bucharest in December of 1476.
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	Dracula - known as Vlad The Impaler
		Vlad III was born in November or December of 1431 in the Transylvanian city of Sighisoara.
		Vlad Tepes understood that it was very important for Valachia to protect its trade, so he made some special rules to protect his country against the German and Saxon importers who were unhappy with that.
		Vlad Tepes was in captivity from early 1462 to 1474.
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	AllRefer.com - Vlad IV (Romanian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Vlad IV 1431?–1476, prince of Walachia (1448, 1456–62, 1476), known as Vlad the Impaler.
		Vlad IV seized the Walachian throne briefly in 1448 and definitively in 1456 with the support of John Hunyadi, whom he had helped against the Ottoman Turks.
		Vlad sought aid from the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus but was instead imprisoned in Hungary for 12 years.
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	The Crime Web: Vlad the Impaler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His name was Prince Vlad III Dracula, or Vlad Tepes, meaning "Vlad the Impaler." The Turks called him Kaziglu Bey, or "the Impaler Prince." He was the prince of Walachia, but was born in Transylvania, which at that time was under Hungarian rule.
		Vlad II, Dracula's father, was the illegitimate son of the ruler and was raised in Hungary and Germany before returning to Walachia where he became a knight of the King's secret fraternity, the Order of the Dragon, whose main goal was to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against Turkey.
		Vlad II was blamed for the disaster and was assassinated.
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	Vlad Tepes: Dracul + Vampires Then and Now
		Vlad Tepes (pronouched tse-pesh), born in a Transylvanian town called Sighisoara, lived from 1431-1476, a short lifetime indeed when compared to his later "incarnation" as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's famous 1897 novel (coincidentally, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431).
		His father was Vlad Dracul, a soldier who commanded one of the units guarding the Wallachian-Transylvanian border, which was susceptible to attacks from both Turks and Hungarians.
		Twelve year-old Vlad was the middle son, nine year-old Radu the youngest.
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	Vlad III Dracula : Vlad the Impaler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the winter of 1436-1437, Vlad II Dracul became prince of Wallachia (one of three Romanian provinces) and took up residence at the palace in Târgovişte[?], the princely capital.
		In 1442, for political reasons, Vlad III and his younger brother Radu[?] were taken hostage by the Sultan Murad II[?]; Vlad III was held in Turkey until 1448, while his brother Radu stayed there until 1462.
		Vlad III became well known for his brutal punishment techniques; as described by its Saxon from Transylvania detractors, he often ordered people to be skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed, etc. He also liked to cut off noses, ears, genitalia and limbs.
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	Vlad The Impaler
		Vlad Dracula died a Catholic (for political reasons), and was buried in an unmarked tomb at a Romanian Orthodox monastery.
		Vlad discovered her lie and had her womb cut open from her sexual organs to her breasts, remarking 'Let the world see where I have been'.
		To modern Romania Vlad Dracula is a hero of the people, a tradition carried down in oral folklore of a great warrior who defended his country from the Turks, in contrast to the bloodthirsty tyrant of the Germans, or the 'Cruel but Just' ruler of the Russian stories.
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	About Vlad the Impaler (the man not the hamster)
		Vlad decided that the only way to oust the Turks, and become the true prince of Wallachia, was to enlist the help of John Hunyadi- the very man who had murdered his father and brother.
		Vlad immediately ordered his guards to sieze them, and then stated that if they were so unwilling to part with the turbans, that they should be nailed to their heads.
		Vlad was hit by a second tragedy as he and his servants escaped through the forest on horseback-- the servant who was carrying Vlad's infant son dropped him.
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	Vlad the Impaler
		Vlad the Impaler, on the other hand, killed not to feed, but to revel in his own power, and just for the sheer pleasure of seeing the suffering of his numerous victims.
		Vlad the Impaler wasn't a "real" vampire, but he probably caused more rivers of blood to flow than any other tyrant in the history of the world.
		In this website, you will learn how Vlad Dracula came to be known as "the Impaler", you will also be able to read Bram Stoker's Dracula, and you will be shown an open door to the most interesting and accurate resources on Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, from books, to movies, to websites.
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	Vlad the Impaler - Biography Pt. 2
		One day, Vlad Dracula decided to cleanse his Kingdom of those he considered to be lazy and unproductive, those who suffered from illness, a handicap, or were simply born in poverty.
		Vlad Dracula's treatment of his own subjects paled in comparison to the atrocities he committed against his enemies, and any who opposed him.
		Vlad liked to arrange the impaled in circular patterns, the length of the stakes determined by the victim's rank; this way, wealthy, or powerful opponents would plainly see they were not above the law.
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	Term Paper on Vlad the Impaler
		"Vlad the Impaler" was born Vlad Tepes, 1430 in Schassburg, a town in Transylvania.
		Vlad Dracul his father was the prince of Wallachia.
		Although it was true that Vlad helped keep crime off the streets, both countries do agree that he tortured and killed thousands of people.
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	Royalty.nu - Vlad Dracula - Vlad the Impaler
		Royalty.nu - Vlad Dracula - Vlad the Impaler
		He was Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad Tepes, meaning "Vlad the Impaler." The Turks called him Kaziglu Bey, or "the Impaler Prince." He was the prince of Walachia, but, as legend suggests, he was born in Transylvania, which at that time was ruled by Hungary.
		Since Vlad and Mircea were dead, and Dracula and Radu were still in Turkey, Hunyadi was able to put a member of the Danesti clan, Vladislav II, on the Walachian throne.
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	Vlad the Impaler: Where is he now?
		Vlad was a dedicated servitor to the Great Jabberwock and Magnis Vermis so of course he despised Gelflings and their cousins- the great caliphs of pain- The Wibbles.
		Vlad the impaler, otherwise known as Muhammed Al Sequir De Kerestur was a guy I met at a quite strange and raging party out in the middle of nowhere (otherwise known as Bakersfield).
		Vlad, or as I know him, Hjkshrn, used to be in the 7th storm division with me. One day he complained of the food here, and swore to me that he would find a land in which SPAM could be bought in markets, and not taken by military leaders.
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	Vlad the Impaler: Blood Prince of Wallachia - AtFantasy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vlad the Impaler’s setting, even though it’s in a different place (Wallachia in Eastern Europe) and two years after Greenland Saga, could be used as a sequel to the first two Avalanche 1450s adventures.
		A discussion of impalement and Vlad’s fascination with it as a means to reaffirm his absolute power of the actions of all Wallachians and over life and death itself is here too.
		Anyway, the adventure ends with the PCs' confronting of Vlad and discovering whether he is actually an undead strigoi or not (and, thankfully, such a decision is up to the GM in this case, and versions of both with the same CR are given).
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	Vlad the Impaler 1431-1475 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1447 prince Vlad Dracula's father was killed by some of his own men, and the year after, the prince, now age seventeen, was released from his imprisonment.
		Vlad especially enjoyed mass executions, where several victims were impaled at once.
		In order to better enjoy these brutal acts, Vlad would place the impaled victims, in front of a banquet table and would then enjoy and commonly dine in his "forest of the impaled", to the sounds of the dying.
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	Vlad the Impaler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mother's often had additional stakes driven through their chests with their children and infants impaled on the extended portion of the stake.
		After the stakes were in place, they were driven into the ground and placed around the outside perimeter of Vlad's castle.
		Bodies were left in these positions for months, the stench of rotting bodies permeating throughout the kingdom.
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	sideshow vlad the impaler Dracula
		After reclaiming his father's throne in the province of Wallachia by force in 1456, Vlad Dracula began a reign that was short but extremely bloody.
		It is little wonder that the bloodthirsty "Impaler Prince" of Wallachia should provide the real life inspiration for the fictional vampire Dracula.
		"Vlad The Impaler," comes dressed in crimson robes and eastern-style headdress that reflects the culture he came from, precariously balanced between the kingdoms of Christian Europe and the overwhelming power of the mighty Ottoman Empire.
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	eHobbies.com: Avalanche Press d20 System: Vlad The Impaler: Blood Prince of Wallachia - 907 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This definitive sourcebook on Medieval Transylvania includes historical information on the real man that was Vlad Tepes, as well as a host of information on the people of feudal Transylvania, their lives, their superstitions, and their battle the rid their homeland of the Ottoman Turk menace.
		Vlad The Impaler also explores the historical foundation for the vampire myth, and gives Game Masters the option of enhancing their campaign with Vlad Tepes or Vlad Dracula..
		Vlad The Impaler also includes a stand alone setting adventure that can be integrated as a sequel to The Last Days Of Constantinople.
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	Vlad the Impaler: Dracula's Real-life Persona
		Prince Vlad, or as he was called even in his own time, Dracula (which means "Son of the Dragon") tops the list of Romania's many, many Christian crusaders who, in the transition years between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, fought to keep the Muslim-faithed Ottoman Turks out of their country.
		Determined not to be overtaken by the intrigue of an intriguing political underhandedness, in a world in which princes fell daily to smiling, hypocritical "allies," paranoia among the aristocracy was, and probably needed to be, utmost in a sovereign's disposition.
		In his lifetime, Dracula witnessed the rising use of gunpowder as a means of destruction, the Holy Crusades, the fall of Constantinople and the nouveau philosophy of art, alchemy and culture that became known as the Renaissance.
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	Vlad the Impaler: Dracula's Real-life Persona
		In 1508, Dracula's oldest son, Vlad, made a strike for the throne of Wallachia, but was beaten back by another relative named Mihnea who claimed to be an illegitimate son of Dracula's early days.
		But when historical archaeologists in the early 1930s removed the marble slab that was supposed to be covering the Impaler's grave, they encountered an empty six-foot pit that looked like someone at one time may have been buried there.
		One strong argument in their behalf is that the faded cloak covering the shoulders indicates it had once been a vibrant wine red — the royal color of the Dragon's family.
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