Vlad Dracula

 Most don't know this man,and those who do know,shudder at the name.Vlad Dracula was born in 1431.He may have been one of the only reasons that the Pope maintained control of Europe through religion,in my opinion.He was the one who fought against the Ottoman Turks,and protected his kingdom of Wallachia.He did many grisly things though in order to maintain his kingdom,including impaling people and drinking their blood,hence the name that Bram Stoker gave Dracula,that was Vlad's last name in terms of some languages.

He is actually the figure modeled after Bram Stoker's popular character.Wallachia is in present day southern Romania,and is actually considered a national hero.Vlad's real last name is Tepes.It is said that many step on his grave from time to time,because of his sins,and murder of thousands of innocent people.

the people he drank their blood are turkish or his own people?

 

Well there're obvious exaggerations about his life. He didn't "drink blood" but he used to impale Turkish prisoners in order to terrorize their comrades.

Of course that wasn't anything new at that era. Impaling was the official method of execution in the Ottoman empire.

i think Dracul was his father's nickname

 

I think word "drakula" is coming from "drakona" which  means "the dragon". Also his name Vlad  is slav and is coming from "Vladislav" which can be translate like "Rule and glory". 

You do know that when they found his tombsite,his body wasn't in it,right?.....He was decapitated though by an Ottoman,and killed in battle.Maybe a graverobber stromed his tomb..or....hehe

Originally posted by El_Bandito Here are their respective names. Dracul=the dragon(the father)  Dracula=little dragon(Vlad the son) Vlad love to impale ANYONE, whether you are a turkish POW or a begger in the streets.

I've read the same.
I'd like to add that in the source I've seen they say that "-ulea" was a suffix that meant "son of", then Draculea (Dracula) would be "Son of Dracul" or "Son of the dragon".

It seems he was the impaler kind, but there are also other interesting things. Here is a quite good biography I've found (longer and more serious than most around the internet).
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/VladT.htm

Originally posted by azimuth i think Dracul was his father's nickname

And I thought Dracula meant son of Dracul.

Well, it could be true... I know that the Dracul family was very often embroiled in wars with the Ottomans, and thereby considered a valuable player against the Muslims by the Catholic Church.

Drakul is Dragon or Devil in Romanian. Vlad's father's nickname was Drakul, being that he was a member of a secrct sort of cult, or group of warriors.

Drakula means Son of The Dragon, or Son of the Devil.

Tepes means Impaler in either Hungarian or Romanian.
Vlad was actually born in Transalvania, but ruled in Walachia(a neighboring region)