Night attack at Târgoviște
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The night attack at Târgoviște was a battle fought between forces of Prince Vlad III of Wallachia and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, 17 June 1462. The battle started after Mehmed
The Battle With Torches by Romanian painter Theodor Aman (1866)
Mehmed II, picture by Gentile Bellini
Vlad's portrait at Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck
Vlad the Impaler
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Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia during three separate reigns. He was born in the House of Drăculești, as the son of Vlad II Dracul. Vlad is chief
Night attack at Târgoviște
…The night attack at Târgoviște (Romanian: Atacul de noapte de la Târgoviște) was a battle fought between forces of Prince Vlad III of Wallachia and Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, 17 June 1462. The battle started after Mehmed II, who already had tense relations…
The house in the main square of Sighișoara where Vlad's father lived from 1431 to 1435
Ruins of the Târgoviște Princely Court in Târgoviște
The Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II, who invaded Wallachia during Vlad's reign