| This Article Has Violent Descriptions,
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| | kingdom and keep it pure. He would take
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| Not Intended For Young ReadersContrary to
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| | some people, like thieving gypsies, and
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| popular belief, there was a real Dracula,
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| | instead of killing them, enlist them in
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| who was known for his evil acts while he
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| | his gypsy army, so they could be of some
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| reigned over his kingdom. His full name
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| | use. Dracula didn't trust merchants much,
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| was Vlad III Draculea (which is
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| | and he tested them multiple times for
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| transliterated into Dracula), son of Vlad
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| | trickery, and if they failed, they were
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| II Draculea, born in Transylvania in
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| | killed. But for the honest ones, he made
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| 1431, and dying in 1476. He had three
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| | sure they were secure and safe, by
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| main reigns, his first in 1448, his
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| | protecting their trade routes.Dracula
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| second (the longest) from 1456-1462, and
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| | maintained order in his kingdom through
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| finally in 1476. He spent most of his
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| | very harsh laws. The things he did would
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| time in Tirgoviste and Bucharest. Dracula
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| | stop any person from even thinking of
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| built many fortresses, monasteries, and
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| | committing a crime.WARNING: Graphic
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| walls, the most famous of which was
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| | Description Immediately FollowsDracula's
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| Castle Dracula, which was placed in a
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| | methods were cruel but effective, and
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| remote, isolated area. Many consider
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| | while some of the laws were fair, others
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| Dracula to be the ideal Machiavelli
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| | weren't. For example, if a wife had an
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| prince, in that he did anything to
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| | affair and was married, her sexual organs
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| maintain his power. One thing he is
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| | were cut off, which was then followed by
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| famous for is holding off the Ottoman
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| | her being skinned and put into the public
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| Empire from taking over Western Europe,
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| | square, while her skin hung from a pole.
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| but he is even more so famous for his
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| | The same punishment was applied if a
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| atrocious acts of cruelty.In the
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| | woman lost her virginity and was not
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| beginning of his reign, Dracula insisted
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| | married, or if a widow was unchaste.
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| upon reducing the power of boyars (noble
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| | Another punishment, usually for lesser
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| lords), and did so by killing many of
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| | offenses, was the removal of a woman's
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| them. He gathered all the boyars and
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| | nipples. According to a folk tale, on one
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| killed the weak by impalement, and used
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| | occasion he had a red hot iron stake
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| the others to build a fortress for him.
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| | shoved up a woman's vagina until it
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| Since somebody needed to replace them, he
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| | exited through her mouth. She was tied to
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| ingeniously gave peasants their position,
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| | a pole in the public square and left
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| thus making them grateful and loyal to
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| | there as her skin fell from her body.
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| him. While Dracula didn't have anything
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| | Another tale is that he boiled a gypsy in
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| against peasants or merchants, he hated
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| | a pot of boiling water (although that was
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| thieves, beggars (who he considered worse
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| | not an isolated incident), skinned her,
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| than thieves), sick, lazy, and old
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| | and forced fellow gypsies to eat her.His
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| people. On one occasion he gathered all
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| | most famous punishment was impalement. In
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| of them into one building, and then set
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| | his courtyard and the forest surrounding
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| it on fire and burned them alive,
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| | it were hundreds of stakes, rounded in
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| ignoring their screams of agony.Dracula
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| | such a way to induce maximum pain. The
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| was interested in the Church, at least
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| | stake was inserted through the anus and
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| initially. He built many monasteries and
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| | it exited out the mouth, although
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| Churches, and donated money and land to
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| | sometimes it was inserted through the
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| them. He also followed their customs and
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| | stomach or upper chest. He was fond of
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| rituals, and was Romanian Orthodox.
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| | medieval torture, attaching horses to
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| Perhaps a reason why he was so involved
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| | people's arms and legs, crushing people
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| with the Church was that he used it to
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| | under wheels, and covering people in food
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| atone for, and most of the time justify,
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| | and unleashing vicious animals upon them.
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| his evil acts. However, he eventually
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| | He also exposed people to the elements,
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| became suspicious of the Church, as he
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| | releasing them into harsh weather with no
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| saw them as people who could elude his
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| | way of escape. Nobody could escape his
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| jurisdiction. The Church appeared to him
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| | violence; in fact, babies were impaled
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| as an obstacle, something more powerful
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| | sometimes on the same stakes their
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| than him. He burned down many
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| | mothers were. Another form of torture was
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| monasteries, including some he built, and
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| | the removal of limbs, noses, and ears by
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| impaled clergy and monks.All of this was
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| | cutting. Besides how he killed people was
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| done to preserve his power. One of the
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| | how many people he killed, one man said a
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| main reasons Dracula was so supportive of
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| | minimum of 40,000, maximum of 100,000,
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| peasants was because they were 90% of the
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| | although a more realistic number is
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| population, and Dracula needed their
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| | 20,000. While that is low by today's
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| brawn and support for his empire to
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| | standards, it was extremely high back
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| thrive. He founded new villages and
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| | then, especially since Dracula killed
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| reduced feudal dues (taxes) so that they
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| | that many in such a short period of
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| would be more supportive of him. To
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| | time.Considering the things that Vlad III
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| defend them, he built fortresses around
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| | (remember, that is his first name) did,
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| these villages so the people would have
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| | it is not surprising that Bram Stoker
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| somewhere to go in case of an attack or
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| | named the vampire in his book, as well as
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| other crisis. However, as was stated, he
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| | the book itself, Dracula.The author
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| had no tolerance for the incompetent and
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| | studies history and reads in his free
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| lazy, and had no problem eliminating
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| | time. He owns which hosts many very
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| them. He saw this as a way to protect his
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| | funny stories.
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