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On this video we will present the true historically accurate tale of Dracula in a way you have never seen before.
Born: 1428, Vlad the Third, connonly known as Vlad the impaler is the historical character upon
which the fictional vampire Dracula is based on.
While on one hand "Dracula", the famous novel published by Bram Stoker in 1897, has
undoubtedly immortalized the person of Vlad III Drakulya of Wallachia, it has simultaneously
shrouded his figure in a series of fictional characteristics, now so deeply rooted in the collective
imagination that it's extremely difficult to discern between the dark novelistic character and the
historical one.
The name
The name "Vlad" should be understood as a contraction of Vladislav, which in Slavic languages
literally means "possessor of glory", and in autograph documents written in Latin, Vlad III
presented himself with the form "Ladislaus". "Dracula", "Draculea", "Dracuglia", "Drakulya" are all
different forms of what is a patronymic, (a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor,
typically by the addition of a prefix or suffix, e.g., Johnson, Anderson) which in Vlad III's
autograph texts appears in this form of "Dragkwlya".
All forms are to be considered correct, and the proliferation of variants is linked to a context where
literacy was extremely limited, leading to the coexistence of different spellings when words were
reproduced in written form.
Dragkwlya" literally means "Son of the Dragon", because Vlad III's father, Vlad II of Wallachia,
was known as Vlad Dracul, "Vlad the Dragon", as he had been appointed a knight of the Order of
the Dragon by Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor, in 1431. It
should be noted that Vlad II himself is mentioned in some documents simply as "Draculea" or
"Drakwla", where the term does not serve as a true patronymic, but indicates membership in the
Order of the Dragon, and should be translated as "Vlad OF THE Dragon".
The Order of the Dragon, created by Sigismund himself, had the purpose of opposing the hegemony
of the Ottoman Turks, and at the same time fostering loyalty among Hungarian and Wallachian
nobility by gathering them into a brotherhood.
Reconstruction of the symbol of the Order of the Dragon
From this moment on, the house of Vlad II's descendants became known as the Drăculești.
In Romanian, one of the main languages spoken in Wallachia, "Dracul" would increasingly acquire
a negative character and the exclusive meaning of "Devil", while "balaur", originally the name of a
specific dragon from Romanian mythology, or "zmeu", a word of Slavic origin, progressively
became established to indicate the dragon.
If "Dracul" at the time of Vlad II was a nickname without negative connotations, already during
Vlad III's reign the term had begun to change meaning, so much so that Nicolaede Madrussa, the
Pope's envoy to Hungary in 1470, referring to Vlad III, wrote "the tyrant Dracul, a name they [the
Romanians] use for the devil". The progressive disappearance of the term "Dracul" in Romanian to
indicate the fantastic beast and its focus on defining the demon is probably linked to Vlad III's
authoritarian policy, and to an instrumental use of his patronymic by his detractors and political
opponents, specifically his rival for the Wallachian throne, Dan III of the Dăneștii dynasty, who on
at least two occasions accused Vlad III of being guided by the devil, or of being a demon himself.
Wallachia
The historical figure of Vlad III is that of a Voivode, a noble title of Slavic origin whose literal
meaning is "War Leader", of the region of Wallachia. Wallachia is a region of present-day Romania,
whose name broadly means "Land of the Romans" or "Land of Foreigners": the Germanic word
*Walhaz, which originally indicated the Celtic population of the Volci, is progressively extended by
Germanic populations to any foreign reality located to the south or west, whether it is actually
Celtic or, later, Roman or speaking a Celtic or Neo-Latin language: its derivatives will be used by
the Anglo-Saxons to define the British-Romans and Wales, "Welsh" / "Wales", by the Flemish to
define the French-speaking element, "Walen" (English "Walloons", Italian "Valloni"), by the Norse
to indicate the kingdom of France or the Roman Empire, "Valir", and by German-speaking Swiss to
indicate Italian and Ladin speakers, "Walsche" or "Welsche". Derivatives of *Walhaz are also
acquired in Slavic languages, which is why "Vlachs" (Slavic "Vlahiskoi") is used to indicate
Romanian speakers and in Polish, Italians are still called "Włosi" today.
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On this video we will present the true historically accurate tale of Dracula in a way you have never seen before.
Born: 1428, Vlad the Third, connonly known as Vlad the impaler is the historical character upon
which the fictional vampire Dracula is based on.
While on one hand "Dracula", the famous novel published by Bram Stoker in 1897, has
undoubtedly immortalized the person of Vlad III Drakulya of Wallachia, it has simultaneously
shrouded his figure in a series of fictional characteristics, now so deeply rooted in the collective
imagination that it's extremely difficult to discern between the dark novelistic character and the
historical one.
The name
The name "Vlad" should be understood as a contraction of Vladislav, which in Slavic languages
literally means "possessor of glory", and in autograph documents written in Latin, Vlad III
presented himself with the form "Ladislaus". "Dracula", "Draculea", "Dracuglia", "Drakulya" are all
different forms of what is a patronymic, (a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor,
typically by the addition of a prefix or suffix, e.g., Johnson, Anderson) which in Vlad III's
autograph texts appears in this form of "Dragkwlya".
All forms are to be considered correct, and the proliferation of variants is linked to a context where
literacy was extremely limited, leading to the coexistence of different spellings when words were
reproduced in written form.
Dragkwlya" literally means "Son of the Dragon", because Vlad III's father, Vlad II of Wallachia,
was known as Vlad Dracul, "Vlad the Dragon", as he had been appointed a knight of the Order of
the Dragon by Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor, in 1431. It
should be noted that Vlad II himself is mentioned in some documents simply as "Draculea" or
"Drakwla", where the term does not serve as a true patronymic, but indicates membership in the
Order of the Dragon, and should be translated as "Vlad OF THE Dragon".
The Order of the Dragon, created by Sigismund himself, had the purpose of opposing the hegemony
of the Ottoman Turks, and at the same time fostering loyalty among Hungarian and Wallachian
nobility by gathering them into a brotherhood.
Reconstruction of the symbol of the Order of the Dragon
From this moment on, the house of Vlad II's descendants became known as the Drăculești.
In Romanian, one of the main languages spoken in Wallachia, "Dracul" would increasingly acquire
a negative character and the exclusive meaning of "Devil", while "balaur", originally the name of a
specific dragon from Romanian mythology, or "zmeu", a word of Slavic origin, progressively
became established to indicate the dragon.
If "Dracul" at the time of Vlad II was a nickname without negative connotations, already during
Vlad III's reign the term had begun to change meaning, so much so that Nicolaede Madrussa, the
Pope's envoy to Hungary in 1470, referring to Vlad III, wrote "the tyrant Dracul, a name they [the
Romanians] use for the devil". The progressive disappearance of the term "Dracul" in Romanian to
indicate the fantastic beast and its focus on defining the demon is probably linked to Vlad III's
authoritarian policy, and to an instrumental use of his patronymic by his detractors and political
opponents, specifically his rival for the Wallachian throne, Dan III of the Dăneștii dynasty, who on
at least two occasions accused Vlad III of being guided by the devil, or of being a demon himself.
Wallachia
The historical figure of Vlad III is that of a Voivode, a noble title of Slavic origin whose literal
meaning is "War Leader", of the region of Wallachia. Wallachia is a region of present-day Romania,
whose name broadly means "Land of the Romans" or "Land of Foreigners": the Germanic word
*Walhaz, which originally indicated the Celtic population of the Volci, is progressively extended by
Germanic populations to any foreign reality located to the south or west, whether it is actually
Celtic or, later, Roman or speaking a Celtic or Neo-Latin language: its derivatives will be used by
the Anglo-Saxons to define the British-Romans and Wales, "Welsh" / "Wales", by the Flemish to
define the French-speaking element, "Walen" (English "Walloons", Italian "Valloni"), by the Norse
to indicate the kingdom of France or the Roman Empire, "Valir", and by German-speaking Swiss to
indicate Italian and Ladin speakers, "Walsche" or "Welsche". Derivatives of *Walhaz are also
acquired in Slavic languages, which is why "Vlachs" (Slavic "Vlahiskoi") is used to indicate
Romanian speakers and in Polish, Italians are still called "Włosi" today.
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