Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler)<br />Reign: 1448–1476, Wallachia<br /><br />Fact 1: Vlad is infamous for impaling tens of thousands of enemies on stakes.<br /><br />Fact 2: He once impaled 20,000 prisoners of war in Târgoviște, creating a “forest of the dead.”<br /><br />Fact 3: He used psychological warfare, displaying his victims to intimidate enemies.<br /><br />Fact 4: Vlad often dined among the impaled corpses.<br /><br />Fact 5: He ordered women who committed adultery to be skinned alive or mutilated.<br /><br />Fact 6: Despite his cruelty, Vlad is considered a hero in Romania for resisting Ottoman invasion.<br /><br />Fact 7: He punished thieves by boiling them alive.<br /><br />Fact 8: Vlad personally supervised the tortures to ensure their severity.<br /><br />Fact 9: His sadistic rule inspired the legend of Count Dracula.<br /><br />Fact 10: Ottoman sources provided most of the gruesome details about his reign.<br /><br /><br />#VladTheImpaler #HistoryShorts #Wallachia #MedievalHistory #DarkHistory #Dracula #OttomanWars #HistorySecrets #HistoricalFigures #YTShorts #DarkLegends #MedievalWarfare #RoyalDynasties #BloodthirstyLegends #VladIIIReign #RomanianHistory #HistoricBattles #MysteryFigures #NobleWarriors
