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The Real Dracula: Vlad the Impaler and the Origins of Count Dracula
TLDR Count Dracula, the famous fictional vampire, was based on a real person named Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Dracula, who lived in 15th century Romania. Vlad the Impaler was a cruel figure who killed hundreds, possibly thousands, of people through impalings and burnings, but the modern-day depiction of Dracula was largely influenced by Bram Stoker's novel and a mix of history, folklore, and the inventions of Stoker himself.
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Count Dracula, the famous fictional vampire, was based on a real person named Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Dracula, who lived in 15th century Romania.
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Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Dracula, grew up in the Ottoman Empire and later became the ruler of Wallachia, where he developed a reputation for killing people, starting with the aristocracy.
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Vlad the Impaler killed hundreds, possibly thousands, of Boyars at a banquet and later impaled or burned alive many Saxon merchants and their families, earning him his nickname.
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Vlad the Impaler's impalings of thousands of men, women, and children on large stakes amazed the Ottoman sultan and earned him a reputation for cruelty.
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Vlad the Impaler's brutal actions, including impaling thousands of people and allegedly dipping his bread in their blood, led to his reputation for cruelty, but the modern-day depiction of Dracula was largely influenced by Bram Stoker's novel and a mix of history, folklore, and the inventions of Stoker himself.
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The character of Count Dracula was largely created by Bram Stoker, and the real-life Vlad Dracula has received very little attention in popular culture, despite his mixed legacy as both a cruel figure and a hero.
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The real Dracula, Vlad Dracula, was far more horrible than the fictional Dracula, but the Transylvanian vampire we know today is very different from the 15th century madman.
