On the origin of vampires, there is enoughmany theories and legends. One of them says that they are the descendants of Cain, who became the first biblical killer of his own brother. But all this is speculation to the main version. Up to now, not everyone knows that the origin of the vampire is directly related to the name of Vlad Tepes, the Romanian governor of the 15th century, and later the ruler of Transylvania. It is he who is the most famous Count of Dracula!
Count Vladislav III Dracula is a real historical figure, a national hero of Romania and a fighter with crime. Its history goes back to the medieval Transylvania ...
History of Count Dracula
Bloodthirsty ruler
Влад Цепеш был правителем Трансильвании (области, located in the north-west of Romania) from 1448 to 1476. His favorite occupation was the sadistic torture of enemies and civilians, among whom one of the most horrible is the piercing of the anus. For the fact that Vlad Tepes liked to put on the count of living people, he was nicknamed Vlad-Prokalyvatelyom. However, his most brutal atrocity was in another: somehow the Romanian voevoda invited a large number of beggars to a dinner party for him (in which he, in fact, conducted all the tortures - see the photo below). When the poor people were eating peacefully, Count Dracula locked them in a room and set them on fire. In addition, the chronicle described the case when this sadist ordered his servants to nail the heads of Turkish ambassadors with their headgears only because they refused to remove them before the ruler.
Such atrocities left their imprint oncharacter of the personality of this ruler. Count Dracula became the prototype of the hero of the novel of the same name, written by Bram Stoker. Why was Tsepesh unusually cruel? Why did he keep the whole of Transylvania in fear, leading to confusion and confusion for all European monarchs? About this further.
The Insidious and Cruel Count of Dracula
Transylvania - the place of his birth."Dracul" (Dragon) is a nickname. At 13, the son of the Wallachian commander, Vladislav II, was captured by the Turks and held hostage for almost 4 years. This fact influenced the psyche of the future ruler. He was described as an unbalanced person with a lot of incomprehensible habits and strange ideas. For example, Count Dracula loved to eat at the place of execution of people or the recent battle with a fatal outcome. Isn't it strange?
The nickname "Dragon" Tsepesh received due to the fact,that his father had a membership in the elite knightly Order of the Dragon, which was created by Emperor Sigismund in 1408. As for the title - Vlad III, he should be called a gentleman, not a count, but such a name is arbitrary. But why is this ruler considered the progenitor of vampires?
