Dracula between legend and true history

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It is assumed that Vlad the Impeller, son of Vlad Dracul was born in 1431, probably at the Princely Court in Targoviste like most mountain princes, or in Sighisoara while his father was in Transylvania between 1431-1436 (unfortunately the source, however controversial, is in German) the official name was "Valdislaus I Basarab-Luxembourg", baptized in the holy font of the church" Sfanta Maria ".

He used to sign with his father name, "Dracula", as evidenced by the first documentary entry in Bucharest, dated 20 September 1459, and caused the portrait of Odhsenbach Stambuch (Stuttgart).

The term is derived from the Romanian name - Draculea - Dracul's son, his father having the title because of the decoration, received by the king of Hungary, depicting a dragon.

His nickname is in connection with the idea that Vlad was a bloodthirsty despot who established first, as a punitive measure, the impalement. Yet we need to clarify something.  Vlad Tepes adopted the method, very popular in Middle West, from his good cousin Stephen the Great, who was the first that used this terrible agony in the Romanian Country.

However, about Stephen the Great there is a description given by Ion Neculce, in his paper entitled "Some words" where is described as a great man of state, fierce even at the feasts. This description says a lot about the character of the Moldavian ruler. Equally wrong the descriptions made by Saxon merchants in Braşov are, which stated as the prince Vlad Tepes ate surrounded by impales in which the thieves and outlaws were dying.

It turned out to be only some defamatory statements because after the ascending of Tepes on the throne, he established customs duties and transit fees for those passing through the Romanian country to Bucharest, Bulgaria and Istanbul.