page_title: Vlad III the Impaler
hierarchical_section_title: Vlad III the Impaler
context_page_description: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, is more commonly known as Vlad "Țepeș". He was born in Sighișoara, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, in 1431. He was the Prince of Wallachia and ruled there three times, in 1448, 1456–1462 and 1476.
  In the English-speaking world, Vlad is best known for the legends of his cruelty. These legends gave Bram Stoker the idea for his main character in the popular Dracula novel.
context_section_description: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, is more commonly known as Vlad "Țepeș" (the Impaler) . He was born in Sighișoara, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, in 1431. He was the Prince of Wallachia and ruled there three times, in 1448, 1456–1462 and 1476.
  In the English-speaking world, Vlad is best known for the legends of his cruelty. These legends gave Bram Stoker the idea for his main character in the popular Dracula novel.
caption: The Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III, c. 1560, reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime.[1]
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