Vlad ii dracul biography of nancy pelosi

"He was a Romanian prince, not a vampire," said the schoolboy, as he tripped by torchlight through the nocturnal gloom of Forchtenstein Castle.

He reigned from to , and again from to Vlad II received the surname Dracul in , after being inducted into the Order of the Dragon, founded in by the King Sigismund of Hungary the later Holy Roman Emperor , as part of a design to gain political favor from the Catholic Church and to aid in protecting Wallachia against the Ottoman Empire. The identity of Vlad's first wife is unknown.

Of his legitimate children, Mircea was the eldest, his mother's identity being unknown. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members. Vlad Basarab of Wallachia - Born in Principality of Wallachia. Son of Mircea Basarab and [mother unknown]. Husband of Cneajna of Moldavia — married [date unknown] [location unknown].

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