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Vlad Dracula Everyone has heard of the horror character Dracula, it has been immortalized in print and film. The story was about a vampire named Count Dracula who would go around Transylvania sucking people’s blood to stay alive. The character was named after an old Romanian ruler who was no less bloodthirsty: Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad Die Tepes, which means Vlad “The Impaler.” What made Vlad Dracula so infamous and well-known was how he became the ruler of Walachia, what he did while he ruled, and how he was overtaken and killed by Turkey. Vlad Dracula was born in 1431 in the town of Sighisoara. His father was Vlad Dracul, the appointed military governor of Transylvania at the time. (...Real Prince Dracula, N. pag.) He had to pay tribute to Turkey because of an old agreement between Turkey and his father Mircea the Old. During his years as governor Vlad Dracul was secretly gathering up supporters to seize the throne of Walachia from its current ruler, Alexandru I. (Ratiu, N. pag.) They eventually succeeded and Vlad Dracul became Prince Vlad II. Turkey unsuccessfully invaded Transylvania in 1442, and Vlad and his family were driven out (by Hungarians because of Dracul’s loyalty to Turkey) and Basarab