![]() Hunyadi launched a military campaign against the Ottomans in the autumn of 1448, and Vladislav accompanied him. Hunyadi installed Vlad's second cousin, Vladislav II, as the new voivode. Vlad's eldest brother Mircea and their father were murdered after John Hunyadi, regent-governor of Hungary, invaded Wallachia in 1447. Vlad and his younger brother, Radu, were held as hostages in the Ottoman Empire in 1442 to secure their father's loyalty. He was the second son of Vlad Dracul, who became the ruler of Wallachia in 1436. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( Romanian: Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula ( / ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə, - j ə-/ Romanian: Vlad Drăculea 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. ![]()
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