Order of the Dragon
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The Order of the Dragon was a monarchical chivalric order only for selected higher aristocracy and monarchs, founded in 1408 by Sigismund of Luxembourg, who was then King of Hungary and Croatia and la
Ceremonial sword of the Order, c. 1433, displayed at the Neue Burg, Vienna.
Order of the Dragon. Reconstruction in Trakai Island Castle museum, Lithuania.
Stefan Lazarević, Prince of Serbia
Stibor of Stiboricz
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
Order of the Dragon
…to play a role in Hungary, Serbia and Romania, which bore the brunt of the Ottoman incursions. The Prince of Wallachia Vlad II Dracul, the father of Vlad the Impaler, took his name from the Order of the Dragon, also known as Ordinul Dragonului. Sigismund faced fierce struggles for power leading up to the foundation…
Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III (c. 1560), reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime
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