Vlad Tepes

Vlad Tepes Is Born

Nov 1, 1431

He is born is Sighisoar, Wallachia in Transylvania. After his father is invested into The Order of the Dragon. From this connection his father is named "Dracul" and Vlad "Dracula" meaning Son of the Dragon.

Vlad Tepes Life

Period: Nov 1, 1431 to Dec 31, 1476

Vlad Dracul, Vlad Tepes Father Obtains The Wallachian Throne

Jan 1, 1436

Vlad Dracul wen't through the trouble of assasinating his stepbrother Alexandru Aldea for the throne.

Vlad Dracul is removed from the throne

Jan 1, 1442

Vlad Dracul along with his two sons, Vlad and Radu are imprisoned by the Turks.

Vlad Dracul Is Returned To The Throne

Jan 1, 1443

Vlad Tepes (Dracula) and his younger brother Radu (The Handsome) are taken as hostages by the Turks to guarantee loyalty.

Vlad Dracul And Son Mircea Are Assasinated

Jan 1, 1447

Assasinated by boyers for their semi-pro-Turkish policy. At the doings of John Hunyadi of Hungary. Hunyadi invades Wallachia and ousts the Turks. Hunyadi places Vladislav the second on the Walachian throne.

Vlad Tepes First Rein

Jan 1, 1448

The Sultan released Vlad and gives him an army. Radu stays with the Sultan, is converted to Islam and is loyal to the Sultan.

Vlad Dracula Is Placed On The Wallachian Throne

Nov 1, 1448

Vlad is 18 at the time and is placed on the throne as the Sultans puppet ruler.

Hunyadi Invades Wallachia

Jan 1, 1453

He invades Wallachia with an Hungarian military army, ousting the Turks. Vlad Dracula flees to Moldavia for protection by his cousin, Bogdan the second (Prince Stephan).

Vlad Dracula Is Pardoned

Jan 1, 1455

Constantinopal falls. Prince Stephan is assasinated and Dracula flees to Hungary. He gets pardoned by Hunyadi and is put forward as the Hungarian candidate for the throne of Wallachia.

Dracula's Second Rein

Jan 1, 1456

Hungary invades Serbia to drive the Turks out, and Vlad Dracula simultaneously invades Wallachia. Both campaigns were successful. Vladislav the second is executed and Dracula obtains the throne for the second time at the age of 25. His reign of terror begins here.

The Easter Massacre

Jan 1, 1459

Vlad Dracula has 30,000 Boyars and merchants kille, mostlty by impalement. Others, mostly the Nobles where put to slave labour in rebuilding Vlad Dracula's castle.

Dracula's attack on Brasov, Romania

Jan 1, 1460

Successful Campaign Against The Turks

Jan 1, 1461

Vlad Tepes had a successful campaign against the Turkish settlements along the Danube, Summer retreat to Tirgoviste.

Dracula's Imprisonment

Jan 1, 1462

Just before the battle at Dracula's castle, his Wife commits suicide by jumping into the Arges River below the castle instead of surrendering to the Turks. Dracula flees to Transylvania to begin a 13 year imprisonment in Hungary. The Turks leave Wallachia and put Vlad's younger brother Radu on the throne as a vassal.

Vlad Tepes Converts To Catholicism

Jan 1, 1466

Vlad Tepes is converted and takes a Hungarian Nobelwomen as a wife to get out of prison and to become a candidate to his throne.

Radu Is Deposed

Jan 1, 1473

Vlads brother, Radu The Handsome is deposed by Barasab the Old, a member of the Hungarian Danesti clan.

Vlad Tepes Third Reign

Jan 1, 1474

1474-1475, Vlad invades Walachia with the help of Transylvania and Modavia, obtains the throne for the third time.

Vlad Tepes's Death

Dec 31, 1476

The Turks attack again and Vlad Tepes at age 46, is killed fighting near Bucharest. Sultan Mehmed the second then displays Vlad's head on a pike in Istanbul to show he is really dead.