15th century portrait of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia

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15th century portrait of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia

15th century

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/15th-century-portrait-of-vlad-iii-prince-of-wallachia

A painting of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476), also known by his patronymic name Dracula (patronymic meaning a name based on that of a male ancestor), and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler due to his brutality. The name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) was inspired by Vlad's patronymic.

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Schloss Ambras Inssbruck

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Schloss Ambras Inssbruck

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Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, 1430 or 1431-1476 or 1477

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Vlad the Impaler, in full Vlad III Dracula or Romanian Vlad III Drăculea, also called Vlad III or Romanian Vlad Țepeș, (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania, Romania—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania), voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad....