This site is an encyclopedia dedicated to Count Dracula the vampire and his historical inspiration - Vlad III Dracula (aka Vlad the Impaler), prince of Walachia.
Vlad the Impaler -Tepes (pronounced tzse-pesh) was born in the town of Sighisoara in Transylvania (now known as northern Romania) in 1431 and later ruled the area of Southern Romania known as Wallachia.