| − | '''Vlad III Țepeș''' (in full, '''''Vladislaus III Dracula'''''; 1431-1476) military governor and prince of [[Wallachia]] (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) within what is now present-day [[Romania]], and notorious for the cruelty he practiced upon his enemies. Nicknamed ''the impaler'' (Romanian: ''Țepeș''), Vlad III may also have been the primary inspiration for author [[Bram Stoker]]'s fictional [[vampire]], [[Dracula]]. | + | '''Vlad III Țepeș''' (in full, '''''Vladislaus III Drăculea'''''; 1431-1476) military governor and prince of [[Wallachia]] (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) within what is now present-day [[Romania]], and notorious for the cruelty he practiced upon his enemies. Nicknamed ''the impaler'' (Romanian: ''Țepeș''), Vlad III may also have been the primary inspiration for author [[Bram Stoker]]'s fictional [[vampire]], [[Dracula]]. |