People from Sighi Oara - Hermann Oberth, Vlad III the Impaler, Johannes Kelpius, Miron Mitrea, Friedrich Grunanger, Radu Voina (Paperback)

Chapters: Hermann Oberth, Vlad Iii the Impaler, Johannes Kelpius, Miron Mitrea, Friedrich Grunanger, Radu Voina, Johann Michael Ackner, Gabriel Mure an, Carl Ludwig Sigmund, Ralph Gunesch, Vilmos Apor, Adrian Ivani chi, Rudolf Weber. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (November 25, 1431 December 18, 1476), more commonly known as the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad epe pronounced ) or Dracula, was a three-time voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462. Historically, Vlad is best known for his resistance against the Ottoman Empire and its expansion and for the cruel punishments he imposed on his enemies. In the English-speaking world, Vlad III is most commonly known for inspiring the association of the name of the vampire in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. His Romanian surname Dracula (also spelled "Draculea," "Drakulya"), by which Vlad was referred to in several documents, means "Son of the dragon" and points to his father, Vlad Dracul, who received that moniker from his subjects because he had joined the Order of the Dragon. Dracul, from the Latin word Draco, meaning "dragon," is derived from the Greek word (Dracon), though in modern Romanian it means "devil." His post-mortem moniker of "epe" ("Impaler") originated in his killing opponents by impalement. In Turkish, he was known as "Kazkl Voyvoda" (pronounced ) which means "Impaler Prince." Vlad was born in Sighioara, Transylvania in the winter of 1431 to Vlad II Dracul, future voivode of Wallachia, and his wife, Princess Cneajna of Moldavia, daughter of Alexandru cel Bun. He had two older half-brothers, Mircea II and Vlad Clugrul, and a younger brother, Radu cel Frumos. In the year of his birth Vlad's father, known under the nickname the Dragon (Romanian: ) had...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=71686