2. Vlad was born in Sighișoara, Transylvania, Kingdom of
Hungary, in the winter of 1431 .
He had two older brothers, Mircea II and Vlad Călugărul,
.
and a younger brother, Radu III the Handsome.
In the year of his birth, Vlad's father, known under the
nickname Dracul, had travelled to Nuremberg where he
had entered into the Order of the Dragon. At the age of
five, young Vlad was also initiated into the Order.
3. Vlad's first wife was Jusztina Szilagyi of Moldavia, with
whom he had two sons: Mihnea I "the Bad" and Mihail .
According to local legend, she died during the siege of
Poenari Castle, which was surrounded by the Ottoman
army led by his brother Radu Bey and the Wallachian
Janissary.
4. Vlad’s third reign had lasted little more than two
months when he was assassinated.
The exact date of his death is the 10 January 1477.
5. Dracula is an 1897 novel
by the author Bram
Stoker.
The novel tells the story
of the battle between
Dracula and a small
group of men and
women led by Professor
Abraham Van Helsing.
6. Poenari Castle, also
known as Poenari
Citadel, is a ruined
castle in Romania,
notable for its
connection to Vlad III
the Impaler.
