Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III Dracula
Prince o Wallachie
The Ambras Castle portrait o Vlad III, c. 1560, reputedly a copy o an oreeginal made durin his lifetime.
Ring	1448; 1456–1462; 1476
Born	13 November 1431 Sighișoara, Transylvanie, Kinrick o Hungary
Dee'd	December 1476(?) (agit 45) Bucharest, Wallachie
Spouse	Cnaejna o Bathory Jusztina Szilagyi Ilona Nelipic
Hoose	Hoose o Drăculești (branch o the Hoose o Basarab)
Faither	Vlad II Dracul
Mither	Cneajna o Moldavie

Vlad III, Prince o Wallachie (1431 – 1476), mair commonly kent as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Ţepeș pronounced [ˈvlad ˈt͡sepeʃ] or simply as Dracula, wis a three-time Voivode o Wallachie, rulin mainly frae 1456 tae 1462.

Historically, Vlad is best kent for his resistance against the Ottoman Empire an its expansion an for the cruel punishments he imposed on his enemies.

Vlad III is believed tae hae inspired the association o his name tae that o the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.