Vlad II (Romanian: Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul (Vlad al II-lea Dracul) or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula.

龍公伏拉德二世（羅馬尼亞語： Vlad II Dracul ，—1447年12月）是瓦拉几亚大公，1436年—1442年、1443年—1447年在位。 “Dracul”在 羅馬尼亞語 中的意思是「龍」，他被人稱作 龍公 。

Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈdrækjʊlə, - jə -/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.

2025年2月18日 · Vlad the Impaler, prince of Walachia (now in Romania) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad. Learn more about Vlad in …

In Vlad the Impaler …into the noble family of Vlad II Dracul. His sobriquet Dracula (meaning “son of Dracul”) was derived from the Latin draco (“dragon”) after his father’s induction into the Order of the Dragon, created by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund for the defense of Christian Europe against the Ottoman Empire.

2022年1月1日 · Vlad II of Wallachia, known as Vlad Dracul (English: Vlad the Dragon), was a voivode (English: duke) of Wallachia. He reigned from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447.

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Vlad Dracul (alternativ: Vlad II, n. cca. 1392 / 1394 – d. 7 decembrie 1447) a fost domnul Țării Românești între 1436 și 1442 și din 1443 până în 1447. Membru al familiei Basarabilor și fiu al lui Mircea cel Bătrân. Domnul Țării Românești a fost vasal al regelui Ungariei.

Vlad II Tepes was the father of Vlad III Tepes, the father-in-law of the late Mirena and the grandfather of Ingeras. He was based on Vlad III's real-life father, Vlad II Dracul, who inspired the nickname Dracula of Vlad III, which means "son of Dracul (the Dragon)".

2016年8月30日 · Vlad II Dracul gained power in Wallachia upon returning from exile in Transylvania in 1436. The identity of Vlad's first wife is unknown. Vlad, having numerous mistresses, also fathered several illegitimate children.