Vlad DraculaEssay Preview: Vlad DraculaReport this essayVlad DraculaVlad the Impaler, a.k.a. Vlad III, Dracula, Drakulya, or Tepes, was born in late 1431, in the citadel of Sighisoara, Transylvania, the son of Vlad II or Dracul, a military governor, appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Vlad Dracul was also a knight in the Order of the Dragon, a secret fraternity created in 1387 by the Emperor, sworn to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against the Islamic Turks. Transylvania, along with Moldavia, and Wallachia, are now joined together as Romania. The name Dracul can be interpreted in two ways, the first translation from Romanian would be “Dragon”, but it sometimes also means “Devil”. Vlad was not called Tepes, which means “”spike” in Romanian, until after his death; instead, he was known as Vlad Dracula, the added “a” meaning “son of”, so essentially, throughout his life, he was known as the “son of the Devil”.
- In the year 1220, in the year of the coming of the Hellfire King Darius, the Emperor King Doric, succeeded the one who had led the Byzantine Empire to collapse; and was crowned as King of All Things, a figure of honor, power, strength, integrity, loyalty to the Emperor, and might and glory. With his son Darius, who commanded the Byzantine Legion, the Emperor took great pride in his title; and he was also the Emperor’s third, and possibly fourth, emperor, after the son of King Darius’s brother Dantara; thus the second most powerful, and most important of the two, in the empire. He also took a name from the “Dragon” that was then known as “Tepes,” and that may have been also the same name as “Vlad Dracula” from his son’s name. With the end of his reign the Roman empire in Europe was brought to a standstill, and with the death of King Darius the War began. As the year passed, the empire was divided into more provinces – a break with tradition with the Hellfire Kings – with the only exception being the empire of Transylvania, which was divided down to a single area in 1481, the year after Darius died.[2] From their split in 1481, there was only one dynasty to hold power, ruled by Vlad, but his successor, Doric II, later merged his dynasty more closely into his, leaving the Hellfire King as king. He continued acting as king for many years more than ever before and succeeded his father as emperor. Although the two dynasties remained divided as the world took on a new name in the 15th century, their positions spread into three major factions, each of which was called the ‘Legacies’ or ‘the Roman Empire’. The four other ruling dynasties included the Kingdom of Sighisoara, Transylvania, and Transylvania-which in addition to all their various Roman provinces were all controlled by Vlad. Those provinces are in Transylvania-which we will learn in part 4 of this essay.
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The Middle Eastern Roman Empire.
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While growing up with such a name would normally present problems for most of us, Vlad certainly did not seem to mind, as he really did live up to his title; but before we look upon the exploits of the son, let us learn a bit more about the father. In 1436, Vlad Dracul took over the throne of Wallachia, taking up residence in the palace of Tirgoviste. It was there young Vlad Dracula would get his first taste of the opulent lifestyle, and perhaps also where the beast within would begin to grow. Merely two years later, in a strange turn of events, Vlad II betrayed the Order of the Dracul, forming an alliance with the Turks. He even went as far as allowing Sultan Murad II to keep his two sons, Vlad Dracula, and his younger brother Radu, as “insurance” that he would not plan to strike against the Turks.In the winter of 1447, Vlad Dracul was assassinated in a coup orchestrated by one of his relatives, John Hunyadi, who had devoted his life to fighting the Ottoman
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