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Story of Vlad The Impaler - All parts

Jun 04, 2021
during a time of immense change and transition one of the world's most enigmatic and controversial rulers was born

vlad

iii dracula son of

vlad

ii dracul and later known as vlad japesh or the

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vlad was born in the transylvanian city of jigishara probably near the end of In the year 1431, while currently in Transylvania due to his father's appointment as military governor of the region, Dracula was in fact a future candidate for the position of voivode of Velachia according to Wallachian tradition, any son of a previous voivode was eligible to hold the position and Given that young Dracula was the legitimate son of the one who later twice held the title, it is not surprising that his attention rarely strayed from the throne.
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Furthermore, Dracula's grandfather, Mirchia Baltran, was and is considered one of the most monumental rulers of Wallachia in his In this era, this ancestry and birthright meant that Vlad Dracula would inevitably become part of a bitter and bloody feud between the two warring lines of the house of basaraba, the deneshdi and the drakuleshti, before he could be a suitable contender for the Valahian throne. Vlad Dracula was raised by the woman of his house in jigishara like any young man of his prestige, he would have been taught all the basic needs of the principality such as its native language, basic manners, correct dress code and of course the idea that was superior to other men and destined for sovereign greatness, boys would also have spent a substantial amount of time maintaining their physical fitness from an early age and being held to somewhat spartan standards when they were not learning to train or probably playing as they do. children in their free time. vlad would have done it too.
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He attended church with the rest of his family. His parents at the time were Catholic, but it is possible that Dracula and his younger brother, Radu, were baptized in an Orthodox church. This, of course, would be significant given the importance of the Orthodox faith to the Wallachian leadership. The children probably attended Catholic mass regularly while living in Transylvania after a change of support by Emperor Zikas Moon Vlad Dracul was eventually able to secure his place as voivode of Oljia and moved the family home to the capital city of Targovesh to early 1437. Here Dracula's life would have begun to change, as he now needed to learn more lessons of maturity and adulthood.
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At this point, the young future prince would have much less time for childish antics and instead he would be expected to begin practicing things like horse riding, swimming, and wearing. of a variety of weapons and combat techniques and formal education in the subjects of world hi

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, language and politics also during this time vlad dracul submitted to sultan murad ii of the ottoman empire creating an alliance with the turks that lasted only a few years the consequences News of the end of this union came in 1442, when Vlad Drakul, accompanied by his two youngest sons, Vlad and Radu, accepted an invitation from Sultan Murad to join him at his court.
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Immediately upon his arrival, Vlad Dracul was arrested and chained and his children taken to the fortress of Egrega, while Vlad Tracoul would only spend a year in Ottoman custody, agreeing to leave his children in the hands of the sultan as part of a broad agreement. to secure his freedom and return to Wallachia. He swore on both the Quran and the Bible. Vlad around 11 years old at this time and radu around seven years old were now alone in a foreign country surrounded by people whose language they could not speak or understand, while specific details and timelines are unclear.
We know that the brothers were initially held hostage in Agrigas. Before being moved to Tokat and then Adrian Opal, at which point they would have been taken on trips to other palaces such as Menisa along with the Sultan's court, even as hostages, Vlad and Radu's education would have continued as one of the sultan's objectives. had been to create a reliable future with vallahi and voivodes who would be loyal to the Ottomans, the deal remained fair as long as the boy's father remained faithful to their agreement, Vlad was known to have been a more defiant child and teenager than his younger brother, uncooperative. and short-tempered at times, it was not unusual for punishment methods such as the whip to be used in an attempt to tame young Dracula, and probably what sparked the lifelong hatred between the Radu brothers was being recognized as a more likable protégé. and quickly attracted the attention of both men and women with her exceptional beauty, one of the most notable admirers of Vlad's little brother was the future sultan and son of Morad II Mehmed II, the future conqueror of Byzantium despite having grown essentially together, vlad and mehmed.
He would never spark enough friendship to avoid the bloody feud in which they would later spend their adult lives, coupled with Vlad's unwillingness to fall in line and his new Turkish peers; His father was also beginning to stir the pot in Vallahia, having previously only sent a small contingent under the command of his eldest legitimate son, Mircha, to support the Crusaders of the long campaign of 1443. Vladrakul was now dangerously close to breaking the promises he made to Sultan Morad, fortunately after meeting the Governor General of Transylvania, John Hunyadi, and seeing the small number. Of the Christian forces, Vladrakul once again chose to send no more than a small contingent to assist in the future crusade, as he himself was still adopting a neutral stance;
So far he has not seriously violated his agreement with the Turks, but he continued to leave his children in a precarious situation. Mircha conditions However, according to Michael Beham, who wrote during the Varna Crusade, he is said to have fought bravely in the name of his faith, even using cannons for the first time in Romanian military hi

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after Mirch's involvement became known, the Turks found out about this passive betrayal. and dracula himself realized his father's decision to risk his and his brother's life surprisingly, although even once the ottomans realized dracula's deception and despite his own prediction that his sons would be massacred For the sake of Christian peace, Vlad Ni Radu were killed or even tortured by the Turks, however, their treatment became more treacherous in response to Dracula's actions, this resulted in the hardening of Vlad's already rude and stubborn personality.
Vlad and an explicit chain of events leading to Radu's final submission to the future Sultan Mehmed II, regardless of the due to the different attitudes among the children, it can be assumed that Sultan Murad still intended to use them both as puppets of Wallachian loyalty, hence his decision to spare their lives while Murad and Dracul managed to reach a new agreement in the year 1447 around the same. At that time the already superficial kinship between Vladrakul and John Hunyani faced dangerously new challenges. Mircher called for the execution of the Governor General of Transylvania in response to his negligent adventure in the Varna Crusade after Drakul had warned Hunyadi that Christians did not have the troops needed to defeat the Turk Hunyadi was never executed and eventually returned unharmed to Transylvania, although his new support for Vladislav II Adaneshti does not appear to be a coincidence.
In late autumn of the same year, backed by John Hunyadi, Vladislav II made the final decision to take the throne by force. of Dracul and Mircha, their attempt aligned with a Buoy revolt which led to Mircha being captured, tortured and subsequently buried alive, followed by Dracul's murder later in the night, when news reached Dracula still in the Sultan's custody. , he is said to have sworn revenge against the traitors who tortured and killed his brother and father by vowing to kill Vladislav II with his own hand. It is unknown if he was left with any bitterness to his father in exchange for the repeated abandonment he put his children through, but for the sake of family pride. justice or all the voivode in training did not soon forgive the murderous boyars and his renegade cousin, now a free man, candidate for the Valvakian throne and officer of the Ottoman army with the support of an inspired sultrin murad, the death of dracula's father le gave him a promising start in his adult life after a failed attempt by john hunyadi and vladislav ii to defeat the ottomans in kosovo palgia vlad was in a favorable position to finally make a strong bid for the vallahian throne with the backing of the Turks who with a The real authority in the current situation due to their success in military control fell to Dracula, who eventually took power and became voivode of Velahia for the first time in 1448.
Unsurprisingly, this sudden uprising did not He liked the Hungarians and the allies of Juan Hunyadi, who had been taken captive by the Serbian despot George Brankovich after his defeat by Kosovo Palgi Nikolai of Ochna the vice-governor of Transylvania demanded that Vlad come to meet him to explain the supposed Hunyadi's disappearance and justify his unforeseen coup In a response letter Vlad stated that he could not do what the vice-governor asked him without creating suspicion among the Turks and that he had no information about the whereabouts of John Hunyadi but that if he had not died in battle would like to establish peace with the governor in his The return to Transylvania, this strategic beginning of his first reign was effective, but only while his Ottoman help maintained dominance over the region.
Unfortunately for Dracula, Sultan Murad had chosen not to follow the fleeing Hungarian army after the recent battle in which Vladislav II evaded capture, allowing a quick change of course Vladislav was able to rally the rest of Hunyadi's troops. , though he fails to free Hunyadi himself before marching into Valahia and defeating Vlad's army, forcing his cousin to flee the principality entirely after losing the throne to Vladislav Dracula found himself back in Adrianopal. With the Turks he once again sought refuge under Ottoman protection for a short time before fleeing the court of Sultan Murad and heading to Moldova's neighboring Vlach, where he now settled at the court of Bogdan II Bogdan was the current ruler of Moldova. , but was also Dracula's uncle connected through Vlad Drakul's marriage to Bogdan's sister, the father of the later Prince Stephen the Great Bogdan II, allowed the exiled Vallejian to remain in his capital city, Tsuchava, receiving education alongside Stephen and serving in the Moldavian army.
This stay lasted from late 1449 until the fall of 1451, which came to an abrupt end when Bogdan was murdered by his own brother Petru Aaron. Lacking many viable options, Vlad and Steven escape together to Transylvania knowing full well that it would be unwise. risk seeking refuge under the gaze of john hunyadi, who had been stripped of his titles of viceroy of hungary and governor of transylvania but still maintained military control and the title of count of bitstrizza severin and timoshara the young men attempted to reach prashav encouraged by The support of Vladislav's enemy boyars and his previous good relations with the city councilor Vlad felt that this would be his safest option, of course, John Hunyadi had no intention of allowing this to be the case and immediately after being informed Of the presence of the Vlachs in February 1452 he ordered the mayor of Brashav to prohibit Dracula from settling in the city, it is not known with certainty if Vlad and his Moldovan cousin were expelled or if, instead, they remained hidden in the area ;
However, in September of the same year, Vladislav II also sent a letter to the mayor of Brashov upon learning that his rival was still in the region. Dracula fled again, this time to the nearby city of Cebu, where news of his presence reached the vice-governor of Transylvania. In response, Nikolai of Ochna decided to hire an assassin to miraculously put an end to the suitor once and for all. Vlad learned of the plan's disappearance from him and was able to elude the potential assassin of him, now forced to remain hidden. Dracula remained under the radar as the relationship between John Hunyadi and Vladislav II began to crumble.
Hunyadi is disgusted with Vladislav for his softening towards the Turks. and his new sultan vlad's childhood companion, mehmed ii, and possibly still angry at his former protégé for not releasing him from serbian imprisonment, began to change their view of the ruthless dracula, former enemies both political and personal of vlad john hunyadi. and vlad. Dracula would now meet at the Hungarian palace, apparently putting aside any grudge he may have held over the murder of his father and his brother. Vlad accepted a position in Hunyadi's army and court and was offered a secure residence in Cibu. Hunyadi was probably willing to let his Rocky Roads go due to the Vlachs' knowledge of the Turkish forces and Mehmed II's mind of serving five times in the Ottoman army and growing up alongside the current sultan quickly became the new military mentor and Vlad's politician, things really started to look up for Dracula as he accompanies Hunyadi. untilthe opening of the hungarian diet and even until the coronation of the new king of hungary, ladislas posthumus, after swearing allegiance to king dracula, received full support from the hungarian authority and the diet of transylvania to accept the responsibility of defending transylvania from the attacks.
Turks on the recommendation of John Hunyadi himself still lived in the city of Sibu Vlad now essentially mirroring the duties that his father had previously been in charge between 1431 and 1436. This new position quickly became important after the fall of Constant Opal as the turks decided to attack Hungary in what was now 1456. Under the order of John Hunyadi himself, Vlad was to remain in Cibu with his army as a defensive force, but only until he saw fit to attack in Valahia once more, making an effort to seize the throne. . The Turkish vassal began his march on Vladislav II in June with a diverse army of Hungarians, Romanian mercenary trip and the support of the Transylvanian cities of July.
Dracula entered into combat with Flatislav II and fulfilled his promise of revenge for his murdered family members. meeting his end at the hands of vlad dracula himself vladislav ii denishti was no longer voivode of valaccia returning the title to his victorious cousin vlad's second reign was undoubtedly his most successful controversial and by far the longest prince now called vlad son by vlad the great The sovereign and ruler of the Wrath of Wallachia and the duchies of Amlash and Faggorash, Dracula quickly tackled the challenge of reestablishing positive relations with his neighbors, as well as studying the possibility of organizing the beginning of the overthrow of Petro Aaron in Moldova for his cousin Stephen, instantly disturbed by his ex Faced with the new vassal position as voivode, the Turks became suspicious of Vlad's objectives and decided to send a group of envoys to speak with him about the alleged payment of an annual tribute, hence the free passage of the Turks through Wallachia, while Vlad accepted these terms and refused to travel to Constantopla to pay tribute himself, probably remembering the outcome the last time he accompanied his father on the same trip, although tensions with the Ottomans they were now reduced to a low level.
Vlad would later provoke further confrontations, but not before taking care of matters at home. Demonstrated by his own words in a letter to the mayor of Brashov, Vlad firmly believed that when a man or prince is powerful and strong at home, he will be able to do whatever he wants, but when he has no power, another more powerful than him. He will overthrow him and do as he wishes before he can address foreign relations beyond keeping the peace that Vlad needed to consolidate his power at home. The boyars of Volakia were one of Dracula's first focuses during his second reign, known for being corrupt and even traitorous at times, the boyar class essentially shared authority and the prince had almost more overall power than the voivode himself, with a previous average of approximately two years of government.
For each prince, the boyars had shown their true colors and their game of control, often working to put down the weakest. possible candidate for the throne allowing himself to retain final jurisdiction according to Michael Beheme Dracula once told an assembly of these boyars after asking them how many princes they have known. How do you explain the fact that you had so many princes in your land? The blame lies entirely on your shameful scheming. Vlad clearly had no desire to let such corruption go unpunished considering he had also sworn revenge on the nobleman responsible for the torture and murder of his older brother on Easter Day 1457, as well as these The deals would be made became frighteningly clear Multiple accounts of this day recall how Vlad first searched where Mircha was said to be buried, found his brother's body face down, and confirmed that the stories of his manner of death were true, knowing that it was about vlad the

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To reveal his true cruelty and anger against the corrupt boyars who were responsible not only for the death of his family but for the poverty of the country, something had to be done. Vlad allowed approximately 200 boyars and their wives to come to celebrate the holiday while normally this time it would be at the palace on Targovest day, although when everyone finished their meals, Vlad had his men capture all the boyars and wives attending the festival. During the celebrations, the old men were taken beyond the city walls and impaled while the young men and Abel were marched in chains for about 50 miles. along the Argesh River, taking about two days to the place where they were now to build Dracula's new Pony Castle, this fortress, in addition to being part of an important power play, was also a violation of Turkish and Hungarian authority which stated that no vassal could protect themselves with such an addition regardless of whether Vlad had completed the castle and took care to replace the disgraced boyars with loyal men, many of whom were lower class and former peasants, the new title of our mash, a new position intended for tasks such as handling the execution of criminals against the state was also an update made under Dracula's rule following this new approach throughout his reign, all of Vlad's appointments of new men to his court were based on who would be loyal to him and him alone, as he seemed determined to solidify his position of power and deal with any potential mistrust or betrayal before it can occur, a recurring theme becomes evident throughout the time of Vlad as a voivode who shows his sometimes irrational response to issues of trust in general, possibly rooted in betrayals from his childhood, an example.
From an overzealous reaction to dishonesty where we see Dracula's emphasis on the importance of honesty, we are told of a merchant from Florence who was found on the day of Targawish on his way to Constant Opal bringing with him a carriage of money and goods, the merchant upon arrival. He went to the princely palace to ask for protection for himself and his property during his stay in the capital. Vlad simply told the merchant to leave his things in the public square and come to the palace to sleep. The merchant obeyed the prince's order, but when he returned to the carriage the next day, he discovered that 160 gold ducats were missing.
After making this discouraging discovery, the merchant returns to Vlad and informs him of the matter. The prince assured him that both the money and the thief would be found and that there was no need to worry about Vlad now. He ordered the citizens of Targavishte to find the thief who was threatening to destroy the city if they did not and also ordered his servants to replace the merchant's missing money from his own treasury by adding an additional ducat when the merchant returned to his carriage and counted his money again. a total of three times before returning to notify the prince, he said to vlad sir, i found all my money with only one extra ducat at this time, the thief was being taken to the palace as vlad told the merchant, go in peace if You wouldn't have done it. admitted to the extra duchy he would have ordered you to be impaled along with this thief the story of the merchant very similar to the anecdote of the golden cup that was near a fountain in a desert area to test his subjects and their honesty that It was never stolen nor moved during Dracula's reign showed his strong stance on morality and justice.
He was not against deceiving his people to test his ethics, it was even said that he would go in disguise to wander around the villages and observe the peasants and how well they followed his rules and policies. In general, Vlad was well liked and supported by the peasants of Wallachia, gained thanks to his lack of favoritism towards the rich and nobles. No one could buy his way out of punishment or use any form of bribery under Dracula's reign. His disdain was never directed at the inferiors. he class as a whole, but he had a special hatred for the lazy people and beggars of Wallachia, similar in style to the method of punishment used at the Easter festival.
Vlad is known for taking a macabre approach to the problems of homeless people in his lost land. by the Germans, Russians and Romanians The incident of this event is another extreme example of Dracula's determination to enact a new moral code in his principality and punish those who did not comply with it. It is said that Vlad invited all the sick, lame, poor and the like to a large dining hall in Targavistay where they were given food and drink for everyone while the beggars and vagabonds ate and drank until they were very drunk. Vlad's men secured the doors to the building and set it on fire when the fire went out, there were no survivors, the goal of course was to eradicate what Vlad saw as a social plague from the land.
Dracula said that these men live off the sweat of others, so they are useless to humanity. It is a form of theft. Indeed, the masked thief in the woods demands. your bag but if you are faster with your hand and more vigorous than him you will be able to escape from him these vagabonds gradually take your belongings by begging but they still take them they are worse than thieves while vlad's retaliation may have been unnecessarily cruel passed down from generation to generation generation of Romanian families there are still stories of his kindness and generosity, as well as claims by today's residents who say that their ancestors received land from Vlad after helping him secretly move from one place to another an annoying voivode who Dracula was not stingy with his rewards for those who did good.
This mentality of his may explain his seemingly back-and-forth approach to relations with the city of Bashav during the same time period. Vlad was not an enemy of Brashav or Transylvania as an enemy. Overall, by any means, in fact, the relations between Dracula and the people of the cities of Transylvania were very positive and he sought refuge in Brashav Jigishara and other neighboring cities throughout his life. At one point, the Valahians even describe their Brechovian allies as honest, brotherly, friendly, and sincere men. neighbors in a letter to the mayor, however, no one was exempt from Vlad's strong morals and policies.
One of the first signs of growing tension between Dracula and the German plunderers and cities of Transylvania came after he chose the side of Michael Cilaji and Juniates rather than making Habsburg. They became quick political enemies when the citizens of Bistresa rebelled against the sealages in response to what they considered tax abuses by the family. Vlad rushed to back up his allies and help Michael Silagi attack the city, find the leaders of the revolt and burn their houses. In reaction to this, the German cities of Transylvania became angry with Dracula, who spread the claim that he had renewed his vassal ship with Sultan Mehmed shortly after becoming voivode.
This angered Vlad as he considered the German Saxons, especially those of Brashav, to be his friends. To increase the new hostilities, the mayor of Bershov decided to switch his support to Vlad's new rival in Dinesh T, Vladislav II's brother Dan III, conveniently for the German Saxons who were strong supporters of the Habsburgs and the third was a friend of the family, in addition to an enemy of vlad dracula as if this betrayal was not enough, the city of cebu also decided to withdraw support from the current voivode and instead backed a new suitor vlad, the monk half brother of dracula himself, vlad initially He attempted to resolve these new problems by sending diplomats to both Bershov and Sibiu, but neither city chose to respond to the request for diplomacy.
Now furious after these scandalous actions by the leaders of the cities of Transylvania, he decided to retaliate by imposing strong sanctions. to the Saxon German merchants in the region. Vlad ended the initial agreement he had signed in 1456 and instead began to favor Vlach merchants, causing considerable financial ramifications for the German Saxons over time. This alone led to more conflict as Transylvanian merchants attempted to avoid new political demands that prompted repeated raids by Dracula. and his troops over the next two years, in 1458, vlad himself led a small troop of cavalrymen unannounced into transylvania, as supporters of dan iii and vlad the monk resided burning their villages and killing the inhabitants who They supported their rivals, Vlad had then arrested and impaled all the German Saxon merchants who refused to obey his new trading rules.
He also executed 41 Saxon youths who had supposedly been sent to Wallachia to learn the Romanian language, citing that he believed they were actually spies, which was probably due to a softening of political tension in Hungary. Diplomatic negotiations took place between Vlad,the new king of Hungary, and the representatives of Brashav. An agreement was finally reached on 23 November 1458, in which the Breshovians agreed to hand over Dan III and the boyars who supported him, and Vlad was to restore the Under the terms of his original trade policy with the German Saxon merchants, the The city of Brashav was also required to pay ten thousand guilders in war damages to Michael Silaji, while everyone, especially Dracula, seemed satisfied with the stipulations, it seems that no one complied with them, as Vlad was forced.
To raid near the town of Bershov once again, this time in an attempt to capture his exiled rival, he set fire to crops and houses and impaled men, women and children, but despite all his efforts, Vlad He was unable to capture the third who had already gone into hiding shortly afterwards, although in 1460 Dan and his Breshovian supporters launched an attack on Wallachia but were quickly defeated. Dan was captured during the strike. Vlad had a priest read the mass for the dead before forcing Dan to dig his own grave, which ultimately ended it. The ordeal of cutting off his rival's head, the rest of Dan's supporters who had also been captured were then impaled, the city of Parshav attempted to calm the situation at that time, but Dracula refused to come to any agreement until vlad the monk was no longer a politician.
Threamer still attempts to handle Dracula's situation himself and then attacks the city of Amlash with the goal of eradicating his half-brother's supporters even though, according to Michael Beheme, approximately 30,000 German Saxons died during the assault. A peace treaty was signed on October 1. 1460 between the Breshovia town council and Dracula's representatives finally Vlad was able to focus his foreign attention on the growing problem of the Turks, especially considering his decision in 1459 to stop paying the annual tribute to Sultan Mehmed, although Dracula ruled a remarkably small principality with an equally small one. army his patriotism and dedication to his faith led him to the conclusion that the Turks had to be dealt with after all since his father Vlad was a proud member of the order of the dragon, a Christian group of nobles who swore defend the cross from his enemies the name dracul, meaning dragon, was given to vlad ii after he took his own oath to the dracula order, thus translating simply as son of the dragon, it was a name happily adopted by the highly religious vlad iii Because of this deeply rooted Christian honor, it is not surprising that when Pope Pierce II called for another crusade beginning his call in September 1459, Dracula was one of the only European supporters who quickly showed interest in the cause.
Although no crusade occurred at the time when the prince of Vallachium remained faithful to his stance against the Ottomans, in the fall of 1460, Vlad sent a letter to the elders of Bershov stating that he had detained Turkish envoys who had come to vallachia to request peaceful passage through the principality. allowing them to attack and wreak havoc again on the cities of Transylvania. Dracula, referring to himself as the Breshovian brother and faithful friend, informs them that he did not wish to portray the city or its Catholic allies based on multiple narratives, it is likely that these Turkish envoys were the victims of the famous turban nailing in which Vlad He responded to the men's refusal to remove their turbans by driving nails into their skulls by saying that he wanted to help the Turks strengthen their customs.
The combination of these acts on Dracula's part coupled with his continued refusal from 1459 onwards to pay the annual tribute. now backward, even impaling the Ottoman military commanders, is probably what caused a rapid escalation of his intentions. In November 1461, Vlad sent a letter to Sultan Mehmed claiming that the war with the German Saxons had depleted his treasury, but that he intended to repay his funds and even add gifts of his own along with many children and horses. for the sultan. He also warned his former peer that he could not leave his capital to come to Constantinople, claiming that if he did so, his political opponents would take advantage and take his territory.
Mehmed initially believed that Dracula was sincere and sent an embassy to Targovesh Day to meet with the Wallachian prince. The Sultan's opinion quickly changed after letters written by Vlad to King Matthias Corvinus were intercepted, the contents of which showed that Vlad had formed a military alliance with the Hungarian king and was probably being dishonest with the Turks, so Mehmed devised a plan. to kidnap Dracula and take him to Constantinople. Vlad, once again warned of such a plot, decided to attend the newly scheduled meeting, but brought cavalry soldiers with him. who would follow him and his courtiers in a later letter to the Hungarian King Vlad tells how he eventually arrested the men attempting to capture him near Giorgio's fortress which Dracula and his men then destroyed upon reaching the gates.
Vlad disguised himself and gave orders. In perfect Turkish to the station commander, convincing him to allow them an easy ambush quickly after Giorgio's attack while Sultan Mehmed was still occupied in Asia Minor, Dracula continued to bombard the Turks during the winter of 1461, boasting of his achievements before the king. Matthias in a letter telling the Hungarian ruler that I killed men and women, old and young who lived in Oblitera, which is located near Kilia, we killed 23,884 Turks and Vulgars, not counting those we burned in their houses or whose heads were not They were caught by our soldiers, therefore, his highness must know that I have broken the peace with him, obviously referring to Sultan Mehmed, angered by Vlad's sudden aggression, the Sultan sent an army to destroy the Vallachian port of Braaila, although His grand vizier at the head of the mission decided to also organize a complete large-scale assault against Volakian territories and towns.
Dracula, upon being notified of this, intercepted the Ottoman troops as they attempted to leave Praila. Only about 8,000 Turks are believed to have survived this ambush, as the Valkians cut down an impressive number of Ottoman soldiers and eventually mehmed. decided it was time to refocus his attention on the Volakian prince's threats by taking the route of an all out invasion at velahya in a decent position to handle the onslaught of the turks vlad was being praised left and right by his fellow christian leaders Even Pope Pierce II was amazed by Dracula's ingenious military talent and his commitment to fighting the Ottomans.
Vlad took this opportunity to warn his European neighbors of the new Turkish threat, reminding them that any attack on Velahia would surely reach the surrounding territories. he hopes to re-inspire the idea of ​​a crusade knowing that he alone would not be able to stop the Ottoman invasion completely despite a previous military alliance with the king of Hungary. Vlad received little support from Matthias, who was more concerned with his political affairs with the Holy Roman Emperor regardless of the struggle to gather Allied military aid. Dracula was largely successful in stirring up enthusiasm within his own 30,000-strong army. .
His way of thinking about the concept of the coming war can be easily understood from his own words in which he told his troops that it would be better for those who think of death not to follow me. A leader of true pride and resolve. Vlad inspired his people to adopt the same mentality as the war continued to accelerate. The lack of equality in numbers and weaponry on the Vallahian side led to Dracula and his army. implement a variety of methods to weaken his opponent, some of these methods included germ warfare, scorched earth, strategic retreat, and guerrilla tactics.
Eventually, Vlad came up with a plan to kill the Sultan himself, executing the attack now known as the Night Attack. from a veteran of dracula recorded by nikola madrusa hey papal legate remember when night fell dracula penetrated with

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of his troops into the turkish camp up to the fortifications and throughout the night he accelerated like lightning in all directions and caused great slaughter, until such point that if the other commander to whom he had entrusted his remaining forces had been equally brave or if the Turks had not fully obeyed the sultan's repeated orders not to abandon their garrisons, the Vlachs would undoubtedly have won the greatest and most brilliant victory. victory Dracula carried out an incredible massacre without losing many men in such an important encounter although many were injured he left the enemy camp before dawn and returned to the same mountain from which he had come no one dared to pursue him since he had caused such terror In the midst of the commotion I learned, by interrogating those who had participated in this battle, that the sultan lost all confidence in the situation during that night.
The sultan abandoned the camp and fled in a shameful manner and would have continued like this if he had not been reprimanded by his friends and brought back almost against their will, undeterred by the current decrees of morality, the Turks were ready only a few days later to finally attack the capital of Targavishte, ready as perhaps neither the sultan nor his men expected what they they came to find covering approximately a mile of land in a semicircular formation where the remains of around 20,000 impaled Turks mounted on their stakes this scene is now known as the Forest of the Impaled, at this point the entirety of the Ottoman forces seemed to recognize that it was time to retire it is said that sultan mehmed commented that he could not take land from a man who does such wonderful things and surely a man who would achieve this is worthy of greater things in this era vlad's cousin and trusted ally until this event stephen the great committed a notable betrayal and attacks the fortress of Kylia with Turkish help the fortress was now occupied by both the Volakians and the Hungarians of whom Stephen was at odds with their king Matthias fortunately for the Wallachian voivode the Moldovans were defeated and Stephen was permanently wounded in the altercation, although both stephen and mcmedd had to return home after humiliating failures at the hands of dracula. the Turks had not completely surrendered;
Instead, the mission of taking control of Valaccia now fell under the responsibility of Radu the Handsome, Vlad's younger brother who had chosen to stay with the Ottomans in his youth. Using kind and fair diplomacy, Radu was able to gain support and recognition. loyalty of a large part of the Wallachian boyars and even part of his brother's army, inevitably Vlad was then forced to withdraw from his capital and was no longer recognized as prince of the land in the last known military confrontation between the forces of the brothers. Vlad's lover and mother of his eldest son, later known as Menia, is said to have thrown herself out of the lung fortress and the river choosing to be eaten by the fish of the argesh rather than be taken captive by the Turks.
Dracula's new plan was to now meet with King Matthias of Hungary and once again ask for support to defend his territory and sovereignty. A long period of waiting followed by weeks of negotiation with the Hungarian king led to a disappointing result for Vlad who was only going to worsen. Originally Matthias decided to simply make peace with the Turks and support Radu's princely position. This would clearly have angered Vlad, who had thought Matthias was an ally, but probably never anticipated that this would lead to his arrest at the hands of the King of Hungary in a truly atrocious plot that tricked Dracula into believing they were supporting him to retake the throne. .
Matthias saw off Vlad along with a reasonable contingent upon arriving at Kungenstein Castle under the king's orders, the Slovak mercenary leading the contingent force arrested Vlad and brought him back to Matthias to be held prisoner in order to defend such sudden and inexplicable actions towards someone who had been considered a Christian hero, the Hungarians attempted to use forged letters of false submission to the Turks with Vlad's signature. Vlad was betrayed because these letters were totally out of character and included poor terminology, attitude, and language that would never be attributed to Vlad. Historians have discovered that the likely author was a man named Johann Radul de Brashov, while some believed these letters to be true, many European powers suspected and accused the Hungarian king of acting in opposition to general opinion, while Dracula was not released for about 12 years.
In Hungarian custody he is believed to have spent most of his time essentially under house arrest within the Matthias Palaces rather than serving as an actual prisoner, although there are two separate accounts that recall interesting behaviors exhibited by Vlad while imprisoned, it is said. who hunted mice or brought him birds so he could impale them on small pieces of wood he found, however, while he was not in a cell, Dracula was often invited into the presence of King Matthias and his important guests, the Hungarian beganto realize that Vlad's reputation had disappeared. The visitors were amazed and fearful of the man and knowing this, when a delegation from Sultan Mehmed came to receive him, Matthias made sure that Dracula was with him at the time of the engagement, in essence, Vlad was being used as a pawn or a threat.
Unspoken to anyone who dared to test the king, this strange situation of captivity continued until after the death of Purdue the Fair in 1475, at which time King Matthias made a proposal to Vlad offering to free him so that he could regain the flying throne if he converted to Catholicism. Of course, Dracula agreed to the terms and could now marry a relative of Matthias. His new wife was Elona Silaji, daughter of his late ally Michael Silagi. Vlad was now free to move to a residence in Pest and the rest of Europe seemed incredibly pleased with the decision.
Upon news of his release, Vlad wasted no time in returning to his usual moral character, which was clearly demonstrated in an incident that occurred at his new home and at the birthplace of a second and possibly a third. son. The stories claimed that when a criminal ran into Dracula's yard. To hide from the police, Vlad intercepted the pursuing officers and cut off the head of one who was holding the criminal and consequently released him when the words reached Matthias and Hungary, he sent one of his men to Ask Vlad why he committed such a crime, the Vlach's response, which earned Mathias a laugh when it was returned to him, said that I did not commit any crime.
He is the police officer who committed suicide. Anyone will perish in this way. It should be like a thief to invade. the house of a great ruler like me, if this man had come to me first and explained the situation to me and if the criminal had been found in my house, I myself would have handed over the criminal to him, although Vlad was personally ready to take back his throne before. he could do it, there was work to be done to make sure he would succeed first. He and his cousin Stephen of Maldavia managed to resolve their feud.
Stephen even went so far as to ask King Matthias, his former enemy, to help him replace Basarab Lyota, who had taken the throne following the death of Radu with Vlad Dracula as prince of Wallachia after participating in the crusade under the Hungarian king in bosnia mathias finally granted vlad his support for the seizure of the throne of vallakia in 1476 leading a campaign led by stephen himself the great stephen bathory and vuk brankovic dracula was finally able to regain his place as voivode of volagia following his own report of the Victory and capture of the capital on November 8, 1476 Vlad met with Stephen of Maldavia, at which time both men swore eternal loyalty to each other and the crusading cause.
This marked the beginning of his third and final reign as prince. of Wallachia now around 45 years old Vlad was in a precarious position once local support from his new allies was withdrawn there were too many schisms within Wallachian political society and of course the Turkish enemy was not happy with his return to the can. Dracula was fully aware of the dangers he may have been in, leading to his final resolution not to take his wife or children to the Day of Targavish for fear of his safety. Stephen of Maldavia, worried about his cousin, also left 200 bodyguards and Vlad probably didn't have much confidence in the fickle class of Velachian boyars just when the cousins ​​had seen such a fate.
After a few weeks on the throne of Volak, Vlad met his end. during a skirmish against Basarab Lyota and a Turkish contingent that was twice Dracula's forces. There are different versions of the exact method in which Vlad was killed, but the most accurate interpretation. is that he was murdered by a turkish hitman who had disguised himself as dracula's servant until the time of his death of stephen's bodyguards who bravely fought with vlad in his final moments only about ten survived to tell the story after a lifetime of perseverance courage and controversy vlad the impaler of valaccia was finally no longer a politician and warlord builder of fortresses and churches and a man of severely contrasting generosity and brutality vlad the third dracula is remembered by some as a cruel tyrant and by others like a national hero, dictator or champion, the three-time prince of volakia left a legacy that is worth remembering you

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