They did its on youtube or it was there was no vampire stuff in it only a movie loosely based on the actual guy who once lived ill try to look for it and post it in the comments
He still is a hero, I was talking about him once, about how he did what he had to do and the simple truth that nice men died young back then. At that point a Romanian Doctor said - "You really do understand that Vlad was a Hero".
@@MrAchsas By the standards of the time in which he lived, it certainly was "herolike." You can't judge him by modern standards; our world's quite a bit different from his.
Vlad reaching Heaven: "You did terrible things, Vlad. I am sorry, you cannot be allowed here!" Vlad reaching Hell: "Dude, you went to church and killed so many bad men. You cannot come here!" Vlad wakes up in his coffin. "Damn"
@@thelittleagustus.2292 that is just insanity and propaganda. He only killed the few rich people and to punish others... he put them to work but not as slaves. The Hungarian empire at that time spread rumors about him. Vlad died betrayed by the people he once saved
@@Wraith_Pheonix It was a joke "Vlad Dracul wakes up in a coffin". It's actually a good origin concept of how the real Vlad became the fictional Dracula.
If by Intresting, you mean disgusting.. Sure go and praise that bucket of vomit. He, and the some of the most sick pages of history are all yours, bucko. Smfh
Yes, very interesting to discover that Vlad was practicing euthanasia before the 20th century. And watching people while in disguise to ensure their morality, wow a god complex, who knew? In addition to looting, raiding, pillaging & other high crimes (mass murder?), against his own people! for being friends of enemies that they were unaware of, who were slain out of hand. This is just the surface. The actual number of victims will be forever uncounted & unrecognized. Yes, very interesting. 🤕 Edit: He is not alone, in our history.
imagine being so scary that someone uses as you as a deterant for war like "hey guys... so this is Vlad we have him under control but if you attack us we might just unleash him...; ok bye"
@Adrian M indeed but the next question is if he were reborn in our century and grew to adult hood today would he be able to pull off what he did last time or would international law etc stop him long before he even got going and then some?
Don't forget that his actions were part of a strategy. Not necessarily because of his personal morals, which the church condemned such aggression. He wanted to scare the turks and his opposition so they would not intervene anymore in the state affairs. That's Wallachia medieval strategy in a nutshell. As a small country how can you became respected if not by scaring your adversaries? There is a nice stoic quote: when you are weak be strong. When you are strong be weak. That's humility. Humility is not being a fool who gets beat up. Humility is dignity. You became gentle because you can crush your adversary but you don't. Exactly like King David did to Saul. Untill you defeat someone in battle, he will not be your friend. Only by seeing that you are on the same footing as him, will he gain respect towards you. That's why enemies are your friend and your friends are potential enemies(like the boyars). Wallachia was considered weak by the big powers and a portion of the pie that they could take with no resistance. Vlad showed them that a small country, when united in goal and purpose, can defeat even an entire empire. I'm not advocating for violance here. But this need to be superior is embedded in human nature and the only way to deal with it is to recognize it, and then transcend it. If you don't recognize it, then it will crush you and others. We are not good. Inherently we are, but that goodness needs to first defeat that tyrant that is in power, in our hearts. Then we will start to became trully good. Untill then we are like a diamond covered in mud. The diamond still shines, but you can't see it because of the mud.
Very good message! I seriously agree with it! Vlad's actions immortalized his country as having the potential to be powerful and dangerous. Even if his actions were absolutely immoral.
Make the thought of attacking you fill your enemies with such terror and unease it keeps them up at night, and you will have the peace to be gentle with your hands and words.
One thing regarding the "Night Attack" on the Ottoman camp which is not mentioned here... Vlad dressed up all his Wallachian soldiers in Turkish gear and (he) speaking fluent Turkish they could get past the guards (like it was the case in Giurgiu mentioned in this vid) when most of the Ottoman troops were asleep. Once they got in and started the attack, he and some of his generals (who had a few lessons of that language) shouted orders in Turkish so the awakened Ottoman soldiers were so confused not knowing what is going on, that they even started killing each other.
Unfortunately it isn’t mentioned in this video. It is true that Vlad entered the Ottoman camp in the night during Mehmed II’ crusade towards Targoviste to punish Vlad. Then you should also know that Vlad try to enter the Sultans tent to kill him, but failed, because he entered the wrong tent. That was also the reason why he lost during that attack, eventually left Wallachia to seize refuge in Hungary and lost Wallachia to the Ottoman Empire.
@CipiRipi00 And at this point, our sources differ. According to the Turkish sources, after the camp attack, Vlad returned to Targoviste and escaped Wallachia to seize refuge in Hungary, partly because of the reason you mentioned. While in Hungary, he wrote a letter to Mehmed to plead his forgiveness and to tell Mehmed that he knows Transilvania which he can help capture alongside Mehmed. But unfortunately for Vlad, the letter was captured by the Hungarians and they put Vlad in captivity for 17 years. So the letter never reached Mehmed. Meanwhile, Mehmed marched towards Targoviste. He was shocked of what he saw, but also his army of Janissaries. They saw a 5 km long carnage. Bodies of various people, especially Turks, impaled along the way. This made Mehmed very sad and traumatised the army. He entered Targoviste and made Radu the new voivode of Wallachia. Because of the loyalty of Radu the Handsome, he didn’t conquer Wallachia. Instead made a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. In this time Mehmed could focus on conquering other countries or face rebellions (for example Skenderbeg). After 17 years Vlad was released from prison to take Wallachia back from his brother, but Mehmed was already informed by Radu. He sent his Akinji forces to kill Vlad, which they eventually did. They beheaded Vlad and sent it to Constantinople.
He knew what is to be done in that time, if he wanted to create a respectful state. He had to fight against two great powers at his doorstep, and boyars who always tried to keep their privileges. He knew he will not be popular, but he knew his position and options. He sacrificed everything he had to create a state: his reputation, population, army, nobleman... What a dedicated statesman.
Moldovian-Ottoman or Transylvanian-Hungarian are also interesting. The romanian people in general kinda were enemies with every great power surrounding them as they were all but a buffer zone.
Ottoman sultan: Deceives the king of wallachia and takes sons from him. Ottoman Sultan: favors Radu over Vlad. Ottoman Sultan: Puts Vlad in the army and reconquers Wallachia. Vlad the impaler: Betrays the ottomans. Ottoman Sultan: Surprised Pikachu face.
There was never a walachian/ottoman rivalry. Walachia an Moldavia were small countries that wanted independence and the Otomans were an empire with dreams of global domination. And they had the might for it. Their major downside was promoting the most loyal generals not the most competent. Their rivalry was with the Russians and other Western empires. Rivalry means they were after the same thing, and Walachia, Moldavia or Transilvania were never after world domination or expansion as an empire. The three countries might have been a thorn in the side of the ottomans, but they were vassals to the Ottomans more often than naught.
Back in 1997, when I was a kid, I played the video game, 'Castlevania Symphony of the Night.' I became addicted to the gane and the story itself until it made me interested with things like who was Dracula, or if ever he really existed, how ot began and etc. I did a lot of research until it led me to Vlad the Impaler, (who was all we know today), is the inspiration from the Dracula movie/novel itself. After knowing the history of Vlad the Impaler - of what he did, who he is and all of it, he is now one of my favorite rulers in history. Also, watching this for more detailed and in-depth information about him, he is now #1 on my list of great rulers of the 15th century.
If the Holy Roman Empire paints a man as a saint, he is a devil, and if they paint a man a devil, he is a saint: fact is, the Holy Roman Empire refused to help Vlad III against a hostile enemy Empire that was actively trying to seize as much land as possible while they sat back burning Christians that refused to convert to Catholicism.
He never killed for fun. He never killed without a reason. He didn't invented this punishment method. The ottoman empire punished romanians and others who didn't obey using this method.
@@Wraith_Pheonix Dude, he's just using a meme. I enjoy such comments for what they are: a cheap laugh, and mildly entertaining. I also agree with you though. Vlad was a product of his environment and times. He led a tough life, beset by betrayal and enemies on all sides, with even his own brother turning against his family, faith and people. I also think that the stories of impalement have been much exaggerated. Regardless, Vlad Tepes did what he felt he needed to, and seems to me like a man who stood by his principles and his heritage no matter the cost. Truly a man to admire.
@@GenghisKal, the stories are not exaggerated. There would have been no Europe without Vlad. This short documentary ignores his massive contribution in 1475 at the Battle of Vaslui. After the fall of Constantinople, Mehmed wanted to conquer the whole Christianity. Moldavia was next on his agenda after Laoita was put in the Vallachia. He gathered an army of 160.000, 120 stindards, against 40.000 moldavians and rebels (including Vlad). It was the bloodiest battle of the Middle Ages. Mehmed failed big time.In 1400 Moldavia was inhabited by 150.000-200.000 people 2 out of 10 people living in the country died in that battle, corresponding to a death rate 800x times higher than in other wars at the time. The Ottoman casualties (by their own records) were counted as 45,000, including four Pashas killed and a hundred standards taken. Jan Długosz writes that "all but the most eminent of the Turkish prisoners are impaled", and their corpses burned. According to the Polish chronicler Jan Długosz, Stephen did not celebrate his victory; instead, he fasted for forty days on bread and water and forbade anyone to attribute the victory to him, insisting that credit be given only to "The Lord". www.quora.com/What-was-the-bloodiest-battle-and-bloodiest-war-in-the-Middle-Ages/answer/Radu-M-Oleniuc
It's interesting, there've been far more successful medieval Romanian rulers (search Stephen the Great of Moldova for some real genius), but this is the one that is known internationally because of his cruelty.
@artnexus 8 Exactly. It was the Saxons (early Germans) who misspelled the name "Draculea" when they distributed false anti Vlad propaganda accusing him of being in league with the Devil. ( Societas Draconistarum, "Order of the Dragon" was a monarchical chivalric order for selected higher nobility and monarchs, founded in 1408 by Sigismund of Luxembourg, who was then King of Hungary (r. 1387-1437) and later became Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433-1437). It was fashioned after the military orders of the Crusades, requiring its initiates to defend the cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, particularly the Ottoman Empire. I doubt that the name "Dracul" meant "Devil" when it was given by the church to Vlad's Father. Woodcarvings depicting Vlad Tepes as eating the flesh and drinking the blood of impaled victims were made by Saxon propagandists who wanted him overthrown for his actions against their rich trade partners, the Boyars. The term Draco is indeed Romantic Latin for "dragon". Early astronomers named the constellation Draco because it resembled a dragon. Certain animals have Latin genus names like Draco Volans which means "flying dragon". A flower, Dracomonticola (Orchidaceae) means dragon-mountain-dweller. Perhaps the Romanians who sided with the elite class against Vlad allowed the regional colloquial dialect to become "devil" over time, in which case you are not wrong, but that is not the case in the rest of the world. "Draco" and "dracul" still mean "dragon".
@artnexus 8 I would think that the King of Hungary and the Holy Roman Emperor, having knowledge of the languages of the region, would not give members of a group fighting on behalf of Christianity the name "the Order of the Devil". But, as I said, the regional evolution of local languages may well have evolved the name to mean "devil" in which case, as I said, you would not be wrong, but to say that the name means "devil" in romantic Latin is indeed incorrect.
@artnexus 8 I thought "streiga' or 'striga' was the word for demon or evil spirit. However, I understand how a word can evolve with time, there was a time when the word "gay" meant "happy", but pretty much no one uses it as "happy" anymore. As far as "pissing you off", that is another phrase that has changed meanings over time, pissing used to mean "urinate". At any rate, it is not my goal to "piss you off", nor do I care if you are. If you cannot exchange info without becoming "pissed off", that is your problem, not mine.
@John Padowski Exactly my point. Vlad Tepes was a populist hero to many, if not most of his people, but the wealthy and corrupt betrayed him, and ultimately helped the Turks kill him. The only reason his name has come to mean something other than what it was, is that as you say, the winners rewrote the story. Thus the stories about his drinking the blood of his impaled enemies were created by his Saxons whose trade with his corrupt Boyar enemies was threatened. It was agitprop, designed to vilify him, and later those stories were further twisted to cast him as a vampire by the Irishman Bram Stoker even to the misspelling of his name.
Yeah sure. But be careful who you believe first. The acts of the enemy are always evil right? And ours brave and noble. So on what do you base your assumptions. This is how evil grows in us.
Really well done. You made the history come alive. Vlad Dracula was a complex person, part Christian warrior, part Wallachian/Romanian hero, part brutal tyrant.
@ibrahim bozkurt O yea, compare people from 20 century with the one from 14. Great similarity. You can do that with Erdogan the big sultan from 21 century with mentality of 14 century.
@KinG of SomethiNG People from 20 century have a lot more information, food, resources than people from 14 century. Killing, murder, crimes were commons for 14 century all across Europe. They were fighting with all means for their turf. It was a matter of live or die. It should not be the case today for civilized humanity when we live in complete different scenario. But the world can regress back anytime. See movie: The Book or Eli or The Road.
@ibrahim bozkurt Tell that to Erdogan that stirs the conflict in Caucasus and has expansion plans right now. Did you forgot what Ottoman empire did to Armenian: pure genocide, same against Kurds. Did you forgot what Mongols, did, they killed millions and not for defending their own land, for looting and plunder. So please don't give me lessons about aggression for people that defend their land. Vlad was defending his turf and he was entitle to do whatever he likes to hold it. Small nations can use all meanings to survive against the big bullies' that try to anihilate, assimilate them. Amin.
@ibrahim bozkurt You said all in the first 1 & 2 point. That is your point of view. Aggression for your side is good taking over other nations but other should be snow white and should accept their fate. What is left to say is that you are and part of an Arian ethnicity that should control others.
@@natjonestower3035 The Turks were brought into Austria and Germany after the second world War, as "cheap labor" to make up for the loss of man power. After Germany killed more of their fellow European brothers in Greece, the UK, Russia, Checz Republic, than the damn Mongols did!!!! So blame your own fore fathers for killing each other!!!
Vlad 3 had very admirable characteristics in every sense. Strong male role model. Any means necessary to claim your destiny & no forgiveness to the slightest signs of betrayal.
They aren't Christian beliefs so it's a giant joke that he's considered some big Christian hero to Romanians, no disrespect meant. Just call him for what he is _ he is a monster. He may be a hero for the Romanians but to call him a Christian for what he did is laughable and ludicrous.
Vlad the third wad one of the most most badass figures in history, the man who would bring a much bigger empire to its brink. Truly worthy of the title of the dragon.
I love his story. On top of that, before aggression towards ottomans, he did borrow money from them to fight christians, but used that money to go to war with ottomans.
I thougt he was a vasal in the ottoman empire and he need to pay vasaltaxes but he paid not 100% off it. with the gold he didnt paid he spent it to build up his army. At some point were he didnt payed to the ottomans he got invaded by them. Correct me if i am wrong Beest reggredds
@@christophfeda2859 info not 100% as all the history, but he was a vasal state, he did not pay vasaltax at some point and he went to talk with ottomans about it,said that cannot pay cos of civil war and he even asked for money from them as he said he will attack cristians,he returned from them with loads of money and did use that money to build up army to harass ottomans.
That's like saying Napoleon borrowed money to fight the humans, like dude they're all humans just like how everyone in Europe at the time, including Vlad, were Christians.
A small addition to what tribute to the Ottoman empire included: male boys. The Ottomans took boys to train as soldiers. That is one of the main reasons why all good Valah and Moldavian rulers hated the Ottomans.
@Laur Dinu We took them and educated. They were grandviziers and elite soldiers. You killed more then 40.000 Bulgarian Civillian. Yes i see a lot for you :D
@@tarikk2054 - So if it is “only” 5000 people then why don’t you give them 5000 of your boys back. It’s not a big deal right? They can “educate” them and then make them into soldiers just like the Turks did. Fair is fair, and it’s only 5000 people after all... right?
@@silvussol8966 Its history(both side can claim i am right) and you are idiots thats what i know. But in this case there is a man who kill Bulgarians for say "Ottomans come and f me" its clearly murderer
Man, I live in Bucharest but I was born in Targoviste and raised in a village 5 miles away from Targoviste, and I obviously spent a whole lot of time in Targoviste (where I went to school) and consider it my hometown. It's so cool to think that 500 years ago Vlad the impaler was going to the same places I went to, and maybe even went to my village in disguise😂
that's so cool. I've been to Brasov and see the great city Wall etc.. I'd love to visit Târgivişte on my next visit to Romania. The history, the people, the country, the architecture, the sexy women and the rich complex history are fascinating!
Btw ... Vlad's portrait is not an accurate representation of how he looked. This portrait is more of a caricature, that was done around 100 years after his reign ... by descendants of people that didnt really like him, probably from the western rich merchant guilds he put in their place. From the 1 description I know of that exists of him, he did have long black hair, a mustache , but his eyes were green and apparently he had a bulls neck, while not very tall (eventually normal height for his time), he appeared very strong (I think the describer says he appears to have strength of several men) and his gaze impressed the one describing him as well. Obviously not a thin zombie looking guy like the propaganda portrait. P.s. The ottomans didnt really know how he died... if they had any clue they would have made songs and poetry about it to sing their victory and praise allah ... thats how things were done. In my opinion he was simply betrayed as... his 11-12 years imprisonment had lost him his land already.
Yup, correct. They claimed that the sultan's assassin had Vlad decapitated and brought his head encased in honey, to keep it fresh. However there is no historical authenticity to this claim, we know he was betrayed, we know he was murdered, and we know he died, but the exact circumstances, who murdered him, what exactly happened, still remains a mystery to history. I doubt the Ottomans got to him as they claim today. Because writings from that time tell us that they never found his body, other accounts claim they found his body and that his head was still firmly attached so... Probably the sultan had someone else killed to keep the public under control and save face, since the man basically destroyed the ottomans with a smaller army but obviously a bigger brain.
@Ameretat010 people didn't say it was a caricature. Rather they said it was not an accurate portrait of what he looked like. Especially when they found some writings which describe him as very muscular, somewhat tall, thick necked with a strong back, long flowing hair and piercing green eyes.
@Ameretat010 well he does look pretty thin and sickly when in reality he was a healthy as a horse Voivode. I mean they didn't exactly paint that portrait of him in a beautiful fashion or to portray him at his best.
Greetings Aizen, The was an intense video/documentary about Vlad Dracula, and the political history of the period. Most documentaries gloss over much of what was presented here. But short of cracking books about Dracula, this was an excellent alternative. But true to your comment, about the narrator "butchering" Romanian place names and characters, I found myself wincing as well. I am Hungarian/American and have spent a good part of my life reading and studying the history of Dracula. The proper pronunciation of so many important names and places should have prompted better research from whomever put this video together. That aside, it was a very detailed and historically accurate report. Bravo! As for Vlad III. He was a victim of German propaganda. What President Trump these days calls "fake news".
I had to turn it off because the repeated mispronunciations bothered me so much. Hearing him butcher something as simple as 'Constantinople' was the last straw.
Why do people always criticize pronunciation of these narrators? Who gives a crap how someone pronounces words from a different unfamiliar language. Did you ever talk to someone who works at a Chinese buffet? Then criticize how they butcher english. Probably, we all have. Who really cares tho as long as the communication occurs and is accurate what does it matter how it sounds.
@@cristianviljevac3851 The first battle of kosovo was between christian balkan coalition and ottomans, even though the leaders of both sides were killed, it resulted with ottoman victory. The second battle of kosovo was between hungarians against ottomans helped by serbian brankovic's desperate, it also resulted with ottoman victory.
@Silviu Lung why because he dominated the Ottoman Empire for 25 years straight and brought freedom to his country and Europe. After he died Europe fell to the hands of the Ottoman Empire. 😉
*Vlad Țepeș to his avaricious boyars:* *"If you are with me through faith, good.* *If you are with me for gold, I kill you.* *Because death is more honorable than gold."*
Lure the welfare leeches that the rest of us pay taxes for, into a large celebration of eating and drinking and when they were fat and drunk chain the doors and burn them alive? You got my vote!
@@CARDAMELO Hey ! About 10% of population in Agient Rome were working ... You know that Rotchild family own 500 trillion $ ( what is essentially half of the planets wealth ) Maybe you should look into that ,huh?
Vlad, the ultimate Chad! 40:38 High upon a sunny hill, the wind blows through a forest still. A forest made of flesh and bone, a warning to our mortal foe. The Sultan's men are struck with fear, for only death awaits them here.
@@marcknicolas564 what is cringe here? I am Romanian and my country love vlad actually all europeans should respect him otherwise it will be a Muslim state
I respect and love THIS MAN. Your cartoon depiction is not the way he impaled victims. God bless you and thank you so much for showing me. Philadelphia USA
Greetings Knowledgia, I have read many books on the history of Dracula and this region over the years. It can really get dry and bog down with names and places. Congratulations! You did an outstanding job of making history interesting, understandable and entertaining. A little weak on pronunciations, but otherwise, incredible research and animations. Bravo!!
@@TiffanyHallmark I'm gonna switch to English so this can be easier for you lol, how long have you been learning romanian? And why, only because of Vlad?
" Cum nu vii tu , Țepeș , Doamne Ca punând mâna pe ei Să-i împarți în două cete : În smintiți și în mișei . Și în două cete large , Cu de-a sila să-i aduni , Să dai foc la pușcărie Și la casa de nebuni . " Thank you , from Romania ! ♥️💛💙 Vlad wah the hero this land needed in 15 centuty AND NOW !!! and
@@jeffreybillings1602 lol, so a good Christian would surrender his people and country to be enslaved by the ottomans? He knew his only chance of winning is to be ruthless.
Greetings Coserea, I am Hungarian/American and winced my way through with every butchered pronunciation in the documentary. But I do give the narrator points for a well detailed history. Most just gloss over the dry stuff. It was a good job all things considered. Peace brother.
@@sirkkusalomaa4644 hearing non-native speakers butcher the English language hardly raises an eyebrow because it's so common these days. When I am abroad it's very entertaining to hear two non-native speakers try and settle their differences in a language neither is fluent in. Case in point the recent border dispute between China and India.
Not just the Romanian, but “Constinople”, “Pope PEE-us”, macabre (r is silent), etc... Beginning to think it’s deliberate in some of these vids to purposely generate attention much like clickbaiting...
My opinion of Vlad is like a Lion and the Ottomans is a Hyenas. The Hungarian is a Zebra and is afraid of both of them. Vlad is a Hero to his People while is seen as a Cruel Tyrant to his allies and a fearsome foe which isn't a easy target to mess with to his enemy.
If you say this, then you should do more research about the history of that region and time period. Vlad and his army were the hyenas. They entered the Ottomam camp to kill the army and the Sultan. If the Ottomans were the hyenas, it would go the other way around.
@@sarp_aksungur If you don't like my opinion then why even bother commenting. My opinion is my opinion and if I want my opinion out then I can. It shouldn't even be none of your business unless you're hurt by it😂
Vlad: Ugh, these Ottomans are terrible, and so is their religion. His brother: What was that? I couldn’t hear you over my shahada. Vlad: Say sike right now.
@Ahmet Özkan The Basarabs were Cuman in origin. Most of the elite class before Vlad III were cuman, while The peasantry were Vlach, this is true of the Terter dynasty in Bulgaria as well. In Hungary the Cumans settled in multiple teretories where there disendants live today. Also some belive John Hunyadi was Cuman in origin.
Depends on point of view, he fought for the independence of Wallachia and shrink off the influence of Ottoman Empire. Many terrifying things happened to him to make him the way he became. Ottomans make his story as a terrifying monster and it was true - he was merciless for his enemies and made the sultan run away from his lands. Hungarian king also used him as a pawn and when he wasn't needed anymore - imprison him. I say it was very similar situation in my country - Poland where we were surrounded by countries wanting to seize our lands rich in minerals and trading centre, surrounded by German Russia Czech and Teutonic Order we had to fight one way or another in those times.
@@peter-df6wl He was born in Hungary, yeah, but his father was wallahian and his mother reportedly a moldovian princess (therefore his connections with Stephen the Great, who was said to be his cousin)
@@minitek326 Hungarian national because he was borne in Hungary. But I'm wrong A person acquires Hungarian citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a Hungarian citizen.
Vlad was the first victim of a new technology called the printing press. At that time it was just invented, so papers were beginning to be widespread, literacy was going up and he had a hit piece written about him as well as the book DRACULA by Stocker, which was absolute fiction. That is why the west see him as a monster and tyrant. That is what they heard. Romanians of today see him as a hero. They actually had ancestors living under his rule and the correct history (not propaganda) was transmitted by word of mouth. History is always written by the winning side, and, in this case, it was the Ottomans and the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN empire. They present history from their perspective and in a light that favors them and their agenda. Everyone does. The world is just cruel like that.
@@erenrager6679 the Austrians are still ravaging România's resources. In the past 25 years they cut 90% of the forests. Vlad may be dead, but greed is not.
@@007kingifrit There are no longer men like Charles Martel in France. In fact, there are no real mean AT ALL in most of western Europe these days. Somber days ahead.
more likely from the other end, between the legs. Something that was practiced even by the turks. The impalement was to be done just so and the stake inserted in such way that no major organs were to be damaged. Due to the weight, the body would slide down ever so slightly, causing the victim to die after two days even.
Awesome ..this historical interpretation- the real story with historical perspectives is a lot better than the fiction of Dracula..though Bram Stoker's story is pretty cool too! Wonderfully put together. I will make it a point to read up on other material to get a full understanding of this amazing man Vlad!
Very good documentary about this controversial historical figure, who is considered widely a national hero of Romania. Here is a lesser known but important information about Vlad & his army that speaks to the heritage of the Wallachians. The Byzantine Greek historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles wrote the following: "The (Ottoman) camp was, frankly, afraid of the Dacians who in no less boldness did a great deed." It's a very interesting historical source that affirms the Dacian ethnicity of the medieval ancestors of modern day Romanians.
It doesn't attest the Dacian ethnicity of Romanians back then. The "Byzantine Greeks" called themselves and identified at that time as "Romans". Romanians or Wallachiams also called themselves "români", but the byzantine chronicler wanted either to avoid confusion between Greeks/Romans and Wallachians/Romanians/Dacians or just to refer to the ancient Roman names in a nostalgic classicist manner, which happened often in the years of the Renaissance. The connection to "Dacia" or "Dacians" was long lost at that time.
He was unique, brave , clever and well educated, he spoke 5 languages, at the time he was a "guest" At the Ottoman empire his education evolved, he spoke fluently Turkish. Many Romanian children are named after him....Vlad such a wonderful name
@Aleksa Petrovic carol si restu monarhie a fost doar gunoaie germane pt inlocuirea Lui Cuza, lam dat jos pe Cuza sa aducem un gunoi care nu au realizat nimic pt Tara doar siau asigurat buzunarele
@Aleksa Petrovic I mean i'm Nordic so my whole ancestry was barbaric but my point remains. I do not adore and glorify my viking background unlike Serbs who glorify their psychopaths while not being able to comprehend how modern Turks glorify their Ottoman past.
@Aleksa Petrovic And come on, no one is ignoring the fact that you'd had to have some sort of blood lust in order to command and conquer in that day and age. But my problem is people that praise and put Vlad the psychopath on a pedestal when every single historian and a person with a brain knows that guy was mentally twisted. There's stories about how he used to go around the Ottoman palace during his education and try to find cats to torture. The dude was a complete maniac and he gains praise for it. That notion is not comparable with other 'praised' leaders.
@@hersefelik5002 What would you do if someone killed your family after a life of being backstabbed?? Not very sickening at all when people face consequences for their actions... and I don't think so about double standards, being SO close to Persia/Ottomans and UNITED with them, did anybody in comments even question his religion?? I love seeing people get what they deserve, Good & Bad!
@@hersefelik5002 Depends on the Circumstance.. Like the zionists who slaughtered every man, woman, child & animal of Jericho while burning it to the ground.. They should have all been executed for their zionist crimes instead of exiled... because we are still living with that zionist agenda slaughtering the Palestinians as well as slaughtering the Algoinquin Indigenous stealing land for USrael...
The guy litteraly murdered “old, sick, lame people and thieves and vagabonds”. If you think theese people deserve death then I’m glad that the likes of you don’t rule this world.
@@CT86RONo it doesn't. Dracula means Son of Dracul and Dracul is derived from the word DRACO, referring to the Order of the Dragon which he was a part of.
What is it they told that was a lie? Did they conceal his nailing the turbans to the heads of the envoys who wore them? How about impaling thousands and feasting among to corpses and the dying? I agree; those were heroic acts, and he certainly was the bastion of moral integrity that the narrator said he was.
A lot of what Western society knows of him is based on legend and propaganda. Even historians tend to buy into it. But there's a lot of historical context that often gets ignored. Yes he was brutal but he believed he was serving justice, not because he got a sick kick out of it.
Just real facts: The name Vlad is still very popular in Romania. In Romania any major city have a street named Vlad Tepes. There are many statues with him. That just show how the Romanians, and I'm one of them, like this heroic figure of the past. We consider him a national hero, maybe not the greatest, but still a hero. Maybe the greatest national hero for the Romanians is Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) non other then the cousin of Vlad III Basarab, a.k.a. Vlad Tepes a.k.a. Dracula!
You would probably choose to support a guy who broke into mosque with automatic gun and slaughterd everyone . They add up to the same thing. Killing innocent people depending their religion or nation. I believe he is a man afraid of unarmed villagers. And additionaly a man with good stomach or uncabaple to smell the blood and sh*t. It requires that to watch people on a stick and eat meal. If your religion teaches you to do that go on . And i'm saying it with not being participant of religion
HOW AM I JUST NOW FINDING THIS CHANNEL!?! Awesome stuff and glad I found it! Been watching History With Cy and really getting back into ny love for history. Bout to binge watch this channel at 1.5x speed.
Oh honey it's my first time as well. I am addicted to this channel it's official like. Vladimir is my favorite warlord ever. AMEN........ Philadelphia USA
@@sergiodavila5269Ottoman protected his father's throne from the austrians and raised him up and trained him, yet he chose to betray them and have his father's killers as allies. What an honourable man 🐷
@@Y7Y01 I know he had a complicated relationship with his ottoman rulers…don’t get me started on Vlad & his father. Very crazy relationships there 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Michael ultimately lost, betrayed by the Habsburgs. And then the Turks wanted to make sure no one like him could rise again, appointing foreign princes for centuries. But ultimately in the 19th century, the wave of nationalism finally led to our independence, under King Carol I (Karl von Hohenzollern). The royal crown of Romania, the Steel Crown, was forged out of the steel of a captured Turkish cannon and it has no precious metals or gems.
@@octavianpopescu4776 Romania could have been a sovereign country in the 15th century had there been no betrayal from inside and people were united. Turks were not that strong.
What a badass! I swear, this is the first full length documentary of Vlad Dracul i have watched. Truly he was a warrior king and a politic player bar none.
Egie Asemota : Really? A guy who has a garden full of impaled folks is defined as a “badass”with the attendant glorified tone? Jeez, we are a violent species! Wonder what would happen if the animal kingdom just took over the planet? At least they do not kill for glory, sport, or fun. Usually, they have the perfect excuse of being hungry.
@@gingerp6631 He did what he had to do to protect his country. Do you really think if Vlad didn't use his cruelty as a fear tactic they could've survived the Ottomans? It was because of what he did that saved Wallachia and truthfully all of Europe.
Impressive. Thank you for the awesome history lesson. Everyone who put this together bravo. I learned so much from this. Excellent work and research. I will continue to review this lesson. Again well done.
Got ur self a new subscriber here, incredibly impressed with your attention to detail, visual content and even your voice has me hooked. Will commence binge watching now!
Oh doll I'll just admit it. I'm addicted to this channel and all the beautiful stories. Vladimir the impaler is my favorite warlord ever. Philadelphia USA
Some notes: 1. Wallachia is a foreign name. Like ”Germany” for Deutschland. The real, internal name was ”Țara Românească” (literary meaning Romanian-land). 2. Moldova was also named ”MoldoVlahia”, being a Vlah (Romanian) country as well. Unfortunately, the two principalities were united only in 1859, thus establishing modern Romania. 3. John Hunyadi was also Romanian. Before reaching in power In Hungary, most Hungarian documents name him John the Olah (Olah = Wallahian = Romanian).
Does the official worldwide historyografy recognizing this,i always thought his name was Janosz and by that time the hungarians are large majority in Transylvania
@@R3LAX94 Hungarians were always the minority in Transylvania. There is no unanimous consent but there is the vast majority (agreeing with what I said). Lately, paleo genetic studies also confirmed: people speaking today Hungarian and identifying themselves as ”Hungarians” are no different from their neighbors. But the are different from the 10th century Hungarian invaders. Thus, they are actually Hungarianized pre-existing populations.
went to Peles castle and Bran castle a few days ago. I've studied a bit on Vlad but now researching and learning even more. greetings from Bucharest ! Romania is awesome . thanks for the awesome video!
@Ahmet Özkan Yet it isn't Turkic, and was of Western European Latin origin bestowed upon Vlad III's family that means, "Dragon." Latin was 1500 years old by the time the Turks discovered that Constantinople existed.
@Ahmet Özkan it dosent even mean the same thing in Romanian, Dracul and Dracula both mean devil or dragon. Both words could be traced back from the lation word draco which means dragon. Vlad's father was a member of the Order of the Dragon which was a catholic knight order
Thank you for such great quality content, I wish more people could be more interested in knowledge, learning, than social medias, consumism, and alcohol.
They need to make a real film of Vlad without the vampire shit in there.
They did its on youtube or it was there was no vampire stuff in it only a movie loosely based on the actual guy who once lived ill try to look for it and post it in the comments
ua-cam.com/video/k-CPWNUKE5U/v-deo.html
@@vicipaedia4347 Thanks. I need to find a version with subtitles but good to know this exists
@@max_headroom_1987 ua-cam.com/video/VqbagKqtbAQ/v-deo.html. I found with english
@@vicipaedia4347 Thanks!!!
In Romania he is still seen as a national hero, because he was
Given the state of the world today, he should be seen as world hero of the ages.
He still is a hero, I was talking about him once, about how he did what he had to do and the simple truth that nice men died young back then.
At that point a Romanian Doctor said - "You really do understand that Vlad was a Hero".
how is killing beggars herolike? what?
or you know even impaling innocents like children nothing like that is herolike
@@MrAchsas By the standards of the time in which he lived, it certainly was "herolike." You can't judge him by modern standards; our world's quite a bit different from his.
Vlad reaching Heaven: "You did terrible things, Vlad. I am sorry, you cannot be allowed here!"
Vlad reaching Hell: "Dude, you went to church and killed so many bad men. You cannot come here!"
Vlad wakes up in his coffin. "Damn"
Good reference to the story of the 3 monks??
How dare you insult one of our greatest heroes. He wasn't a criminal and a murderer.
@@Wraith_Pheonix didnt he kill every homeless person in his country for the crime of being hobos
@@thelittleagustus.2292 that is just insanity and propaganda. He only killed the few rich people and to punish others... he put them to work but not as slaves. The Hungarian empire at that time spread rumors about him. Vlad died betrayed by the people he once saved
@@Wraith_Pheonix It was a joke "Vlad Dracul wakes up in a coffin". It's actually a good origin concept of how the real Vlad became the fictional Dracula.
Honestly Vlad the Impaler was one of the most interesting people in history.
If by Intresting, you mean disgusting.. Sure go and praise that bucket of vomit.
He, and the some of the most sick pages of history are all yours, bucko. Smfh
quote - “John Enter”
Yes, very interesting to discover that Vlad was practicing euthanasia before the 20th century. And watching people while in disguise to ensure their morality, wow a god complex, who knew? In addition to looting, raiding, pillaging & other high crimes (mass murder?), against his own people! for being friends of enemies that they were unaware of, who were slain out of hand. This is just the surface. The actual number of victims will be forever uncounted & unrecognized. Yes, very interesting. 🤕 Edit: He is not alone, in our history.
Westerner only have chiled killer and uarmed civillian killer as hero
The most overated.
Weak politician and cruel with civils.
Just made his people suffer in the end by making mistakes after mistakes.
Tips for Romanian noble man: If the Voievod says: "let's have a feast", do not go under any circumstance
Demonstrate loyalty and have no fear instead. Go feast.
Reminds me of Game of Thrones Red wedding
Then they would have been impaled anyway
@@fabiandanesti1497 ye
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imagine being so scary that someone uses as you as a deterant for war like
"hey guys... so this is Vlad we have him under control but if you attack us we might just unleash him...; ok bye"
medieval BEWARE BAD DOG
Actually
Your slow
So basically Alucard from Hellsing
@@nydydn
And you're dog food
Anyone who played Crusader Kings can sympathize with what he did to the Boyars.
he did well i tell you XD
Facts
The boyars traitors valahians he kill the prince vlad behind back and his. head was send to istanbul
Boi these boyas can hold soooo much coruption
Indeed.
Vlad Tepes is definitely one of history's most fascinating subjects.
Found the fascist.
Exactly, the muslim and the ottoman hated him because they cant beat him fair and square😂
@@havefuntazarasu5367 you don't fight some fairly who impales his own people for no reason
stay mad kid,the ottomans won🤣@@havefuntazarasu5367
For the Ottomans it is just an ordinary chase that they solved back in the days 🤷🏻♂️
Damn that dude is hardcore. At least he is honest.
Yeah actually I'm really impressed. He sounds like an interesting guy
yes and a honest man is a good man to have both intentions and results the methods though can be questioned but none can deny the results.
@Adrian M i know. but when he was alive he did well with what he had.
@Adrian M indeed but the next question is if he were reborn in our century and grew to adult hood today would he be able to pull off what he did last time or would international law etc stop him long before he even got going and then some?
Hardcore and honest. Like every an should be.
He didn't always stab the furniture but when he did, it was the ottoman.
That's Gold!
Hahahaha love it!
Well done!
Haaaaaaa 🥳
Shut up, noob - You stole that from a popular meme -
I LOVE watching videos about Vlad. Been fascinated by him since I was a child. One of my favorite historic people.
Vlad? He is brutal and killer
,,Corpus Draculianum"
Netflix "Rise of Empires: Ottoman" season 2 is about Vlad.
look for corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
When the Real guy is 1000 Times scarier than any vampire
Cool hair though
Don't forget that his actions were part of a strategy. Not necessarily because of his personal morals, which the church condemned such aggression.
He wanted to scare the turks and his opposition so they would not intervene anymore in the state affairs.
That's Wallachia medieval strategy in a nutshell.
As a small country how can you became respected if not by scaring your adversaries?
There is a nice stoic quote: when you are weak be strong. When you are strong be weak. That's humility. Humility is not being a fool who gets beat up. Humility is dignity. You became gentle because you can crush your adversary but you don't. Exactly like King David did to Saul. Untill you defeat someone in battle, he will not be your friend. Only by seeing that you are on the same footing as him, will he gain respect towards you.
That's why enemies are your friend and your friends are potential enemies(like the boyars).
Wallachia was considered weak by the big powers and a portion of the pie that they could take with no resistance. Vlad showed them that a small country, when united in goal and purpose, can defeat even an entire empire.
I'm not advocating for violance here. But this need to be superior is embedded in human nature and the only way to deal with it is to recognize it, and then transcend it.
If you don't recognize it, then it will crush you and others.
We are not good. Inherently we are, but that goodness needs to first defeat that tyrant that is in power, in our hearts. Then we will start to became trully good. Untill then we are like a diamond covered in mud. The diamond still shines, but you can't see it because of the mud.
Very good message! I seriously agree with it! Vlad's actions immortalized his country as having the potential to be powerful and dangerous. Even if his actions were absolutely immoral.
Greetings Byzantium Crusader,
Very well said my friend. You are either a great student of history, or wise beyond your years.
Make the thought of attacking you fill your enemies with such terror and unease it keeps them up at night, and you will have the peace to be gentle with your hands and words.
Well spoken or rather written
I feel like this is the more verbose and eloquent version of "walk softly and carry a big stick."
One thing regarding the "Night Attack" on the Ottoman camp which is not mentioned here...
Vlad dressed up all his Wallachian soldiers in Turkish gear and (he) speaking fluent Turkish they could get past the guards (like it was the case in Giurgiu mentioned in this vid) when most of the Ottoman troops were asleep. Once they got in and started the attack, he and some of his generals (who had a few lessons of that language) shouted orders in Turkish so the awakened Ottoman soldiers were so confused not knowing what is going on, that they even started killing each other.
That's an impressive battle tactic.
Source : trust me bruhh
Unfortunately it isn’t mentioned in this video. It is true that Vlad entered the Ottoman camp in the night during Mehmed II’ crusade towards Targoviste to punish Vlad. Then you should also know that Vlad try to enter the Sultans tent to kill him, but failed, because he entered the wrong tent. That was also the reason why he lost during that attack, eventually left Wallachia to seize refuge in Hungary and lost Wallachia to the Ottoman Empire.
@CipiRipi00 And at this point, our sources differ. According to the Turkish sources, after the camp attack, Vlad returned to Targoviste and escaped Wallachia to seize refuge in Hungary, partly because of the reason you mentioned. While in Hungary, he wrote a letter to Mehmed to plead his forgiveness and to tell Mehmed that he knows Transilvania which he can help capture alongside Mehmed. But unfortunately for Vlad, the letter was captured by the Hungarians and they put Vlad in captivity for 17 years. So the letter never reached Mehmed. Meanwhile, Mehmed marched towards Targoviste. He was shocked of what he saw, but also his army of Janissaries. They saw a 5 km long carnage. Bodies of various people, especially Turks, impaled along the way. This made Mehmed very sad and traumatised the army. He entered Targoviste and made Radu the new voivode of Wallachia. Because of the loyalty of Radu the Handsome, he didn’t conquer Wallachia. Instead made a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. In this time Mehmed could focus on conquering other countries or face rebellions (for example Skenderbeg). After 17 years Vlad was released from prison to take Wallachia back from his brother, but Mehmed was already informed by Radu. He sent his Akinji forces to kill Vlad, which they eventually did. They beheaded Vlad and sent it to Constantinople.
@Franco phile Wich Country?
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Its mainly because of the fictional vampire shit,i bet thats the only thing the americans know about him,and its not even legit
I laughed my lungs off when I first saw that meme lol
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He knew what is to be done in that time, if he wanted to create a respectful state. He had to fight against two great powers at his doorstep, and boyars who always tried to keep their privileges. He knew he will not be popular, but he knew his position and options. He sacrificed everything he had to create a state: his reputation, population, army, nobleman... What a dedicated statesman.
The Ottoman-Wallachian rivalry is so interesting
Moldovian-Ottoman or Transylvanian-Hungarian are also interesting. The romanian people in general kinda were enemies with every great power surrounding them as they were all but a buffer zone.
you must be an interesting person yourself ❤️
I wouldn call it a rivalry, vlad did things he shoudln't have done, so Mehmes the Conqueror gave his old friend a lesson.
Ottoman sultan: Deceives the king of wallachia and takes sons from him.
Ottoman Sultan: favors Radu over Vlad.
Ottoman Sultan: Puts Vlad in the army and reconquers Wallachia.
Vlad the impaler: Betrays the ottomans.
Ottoman Sultan: Surprised Pikachu face.
There was never a walachian/ottoman rivalry. Walachia an Moldavia were small countries that wanted independence and the Otomans were an empire with dreams of global domination. And they had the might for it. Their major downside was promoting the most loyal generals not the most competent. Their rivalry was with the Russians and other Western empires. Rivalry means they were after the same thing, and Walachia, Moldavia or Transilvania were never after world domination or expansion as an empire. The three countries might have been a thorn in the side of the ottomans, but they were vassals to the Ottomans more often than naught.
Back in 1997, when I was a kid, I played the video game, 'Castlevania Symphony of the Night.' I became addicted to the gane and the story itself until it made me interested with things like who was Dracula, or if ever he really existed, how ot began and etc. I did a lot of research until it led me to Vlad the Impaler, (who was all we know today), is the inspiration from the Dracula movie/novel itself. After knowing the history of Vlad the Impaler - of what he did, who he is and all of it, he is now one of my favorite rulers in history. Also, watching this for more detailed and in-depth information about him, he is now #1 on my list of great rulers of the 15th century.
Daryl August who else is on your list?
If the Holy Roman Empire paints a man as a saint, he is a devil, and if they paint a man a devil, he is a saint: fact is, the Holy Roman Empire refused to help Vlad III against a hostile enemy Empire that was actively trying to seize as much land as possible while they sat back burning Christians that refused to convert to Catholicism.
@@halcionkoenig243 yes that's pretty accurate
it took a lot of research for you to get the knowledge Vlad the Impaler inspired Bram stokers Dracula o. O
He impaled children... You are sick to call him your favorite.
Seek help before people like me might cross your path
Feeling cute, might impale an entire army.
-Dracula
He never killed for fun. He never killed without a reason. He didn't invented this punishment method. The ottoman empire punished romanians and others who didn't obey using this method.
@@Wraith_Pheonix Dude, he's just using a meme. I enjoy such comments for what they are: a cheap laugh, and mildly entertaining. I also agree with you though. Vlad was a product of his environment and times. He led a tough life, beset by betrayal and enemies on all sides, with even his own brother turning against his family, faith and people. I also think that the stories of impalement have been much exaggerated. Regardless, Vlad Tepes did what he felt he needed to, and seems to me like a man who stood by his principles and his heritage no matter the cost. Truly a man to admire.
Lel funi joke
@@GenghisKal, the stories are not exaggerated.
There would have been no Europe without Vlad. This short documentary ignores his massive contribution in 1475 at the Battle of Vaslui. After the fall of Constantinople, Mehmed wanted to conquer the whole Christianity. Moldavia was next on his agenda after Laoita was put in the Vallachia. He gathered an army of 160.000, 120 stindards, against 40.000 moldavians and rebels (including Vlad). It was the bloodiest battle of the Middle Ages. Mehmed failed big time.In 1400 Moldavia was inhabited by 150.000-200.000 people 2 out of 10 people living in the country died in that battle, corresponding to a death rate 800x times higher than in other wars at the time. The Ottoman casualties (by their own records) were counted as 45,000, including four Pashas killed and a hundred standards taken. Jan Długosz writes that "all but the most eminent of the Turkish prisoners are impaled", and their corpses burned.
According to the Polish chronicler Jan Długosz, Stephen did not celebrate his victory; instead, he fasted for forty days on bread and water and forbade anyone to attribute the victory to him, insisting that credit be given only to "The Lord".
www.quora.com/What-was-the-bloodiest-battle-and-bloodiest-war-in-the-Middle-Ages/answer/Radu-M-Oleniuc
@Zer0 Deaths Oh, no. You had to bring an "Instagram model" reference into this😂
This man single handedly made his country famous around the world 😂
Oh doll I know. He is my favorite Warlord ever. I just think it's sexy!!! Philadelphia USA
@@lauriemarie6902 Bro get out
Bram stoker helped.
It's interesting, there've been far more successful medieval Romanian rulers (search Stephen the Great of Moldova for some real genius), but this is the one that is known internationally because of his cruelty.
In his day Hitler made Germany famous as well ❤️🩹😻❤️🩹😻!!!!
The word "Dracula" was a German misspelling of the word "Draculea", which is the correct spelling of the word meaning "son of the Dragon".
@artnexus 8 Exactly. It was the Saxons (early Germans) who misspelled the name "Draculea" when they distributed false anti Vlad propaganda accusing him of being in league with the Devil. ( Societas Draconistarum, "Order of the Dragon" was a monarchical chivalric order for selected higher nobility and monarchs, founded in 1408 by Sigismund of Luxembourg, who was then King of Hungary (r. 1387-1437) and later became Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433-1437). It was fashioned after the military orders of the Crusades, requiring its initiates to defend the cross and fight the enemies of Christianity, particularly the Ottoman Empire.
I doubt that the name "Dracul" meant "Devil" when it was given by the church to Vlad's Father.
Woodcarvings depicting Vlad Tepes as eating the flesh and drinking the blood of impaled victims were made by Saxon propagandists who wanted him overthrown for his actions against their rich trade partners, the Boyars.
The term Draco is indeed Romantic Latin for "dragon". Early astronomers named the constellation Draco because it resembled a dragon. Certain animals have Latin genus names like Draco Volans which means "flying dragon". A flower, Dracomonticola (Orchidaceae) means dragon-mountain-dweller.
Perhaps the Romanians who sided with the elite class against Vlad allowed the regional colloquial dialect to become "devil" over time, in which case you are not wrong, but that is not the case in the rest of the world. "Draco" and "dracul" still mean "dragon".
@artnexus 8 I would think that the King of Hungary and the Holy Roman Emperor, having knowledge of the languages of the region, would not give members of a group fighting on behalf of Christianity the name "the Order of the Devil".
But, as I said, the regional evolution of local languages may well have evolved the name to mean "devil" in which case, as I said, you would not be wrong, but to say that the name means "devil" in romantic Latin is indeed incorrect.
@artnexus 8 "Diavol" or "Diavolul" are not Romanian?
@artnexus 8 I thought "streiga' or 'striga' was the word for demon or evil spirit.
However, I understand how a word can evolve with time, there was a time when the word "gay" meant "happy", but pretty much no one uses it as "happy" anymore.
As far as "pissing you off", that is another phrase that has changed meanings over time, pissing used to mean "urinate". At any rate, it is not my goal to "piss you off", nor do I care if you are. If you cannot exchange info without becoming "pissed off", that is your problem, not mine.
@John Padowski Exactly my point. Vlad Tepes was a populist hero to many, if not most of his people, but the wealthy and corrupt betrayed him, and ultimately helped the Turks kill him. The only reason his name has come to mean something other than what it was, is that as you say, the winners rewrote the story. Thus the stories about his drinking the blood of his impaled enemies were created by his Saxons whose trade with his corrupt Boyar enemies was threatened. It was agitprop, designed to vilify him, and later those stories were further twisted to cast him as a vampire by the Irishman Bram Stoker even to the misspelling of his name.
IMAGINE FORESTS OF CORPSES DRIPPING ON A BUFFET
ERB
YOU CALL THAT A NIGHTMARE, I CALL THAT A TUESDAY.
STEP TO THE TURKS AND BODIES STARTED DROPPING ,PUT MY FOOT On OTTOMANS LIKE FURNITURE SHOPPING
Dracula or dracul is translates ,,the devil,,
SCORCHED THE EARTH FROM HUNGARY TO WALACHIA, I INSPIRE FEAR. YOU INSPIRE COUNT CHOCULA.
Everyone:Constantinople.
Knowledgia: Constant Opal.
I've seen countless documentaries and films on vlad, this is definitely in the top 3, well done sir, you've worked very hard
look for corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
Damn, it's 2 in the morning and now I found this... Guess I ain't sleeping
Nor I,,,,it's 4:15 am for me....
When the enemy is merciless, you need to be at least their equal
Multi Vitamin He was probably also raped by the Ottomans as a boy.
@@tysonsmith9711 You've been reading "Blood of the Impaler" I'll bet.
@@Master_Blackthorne no he must be watching "Van Hellsing".
Yeah sure.
But be careful who you believe first.
The acts of the enemy are always evil right? And ours brave and noble.
So on what do you base your assumptions.
This is how evil grows in us.
@@tysonsmith9711 - That was his brother. Watch the video next time.
By far, the most clear and comprehensive story about the man that I have seen. Thank you!
look for corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
Really well done. You made the history come alive. Vlad Dracula was a complex person, part Christian warrior, part Wallachian/Romanian hero, part brutal tyrant.
ISLAMOPHOBE
@@kkhan7993 Care to elaborate on this a little more?
@@kkhan7993 Proud✌🏻
@@cristinavuscan5610 He wished the ottomans converted to Islam, But they didnt suceed! So now Vlad is a Islamophob 😹
@@kkhan7993 yes
He did what had to do for those time. A character with backbone. Not many people like him today.
@ibrahim bozkurt O yea, compare people from 20 century with the one from 14. Great similarity.
You can do that with Erdogan the big sultan from 21 century with mentality of 14 century.
@KinG of SomethiNG People from 20 century have a lot more information, food, resources than people from 14 century. Killing, murder, crimes were commons for 14 century all across Europe. They were fighting with all means for their turf. It was a matter of live or die. It should not be the case today for civilized humanity when we live in complete different scenario. But the world can regress back anytime. See movie: The Book or Eli or The Road.
@ibrahim bozkurt nah he was a meth addict who couldn't maintain any alliances.
@ibrahim bozkurt Tell that to Erdogan that stirs the conflict in Caucasus and has expansion plans right now.
Did you forgot what Ottoman empire did to Armenian: pure genocide, same against Kurds.
Did you forgot what Mongols, did, they killed millions and not for defending their own land, for looting and plunder.
So please don't give me lessons about aggression for people that defend their land. Vlad was defending his turf and he was entitle to do whatever he likes to hold it.
Small nations can use all meanings to survive against the big bullies' that try to anihilate, assimilate them. Amin.
@ibrahim bozkurt You said all in the first 1 & 2 point. That is your point of view. Aggression for your side is good taking over other nations but other should be snow white and should accept their fate. What is left to say is that you are and part of an Arian ethnicity that should control others.
Vlad looking at Europe today: "Why did I bother?"
And every major city overrun by turks.
Unfortunately
@@natjonestower3035
The Turks were brought into Austria and Germany after the second world War, as "cheap labor" to make up for the loss of man power. After Germany killed more of their fellow European brothers in Greece, the UK, Russia, Checz Republic, than the damn Mongols did!!!! So blame your own fore fathers for killing each other!!!
Agreed
@WolraadWoltemade 1652 :)
Vlad 3 had very admirable characteristics in every sense. Strong male role model. Any means necessary to claim your destiny & no forgiveness to the slightest signs of betrayal.
Oh, edgy.
he'd probably impale you. so there's one admirable characteristic.
They aren't Christian beliefs so it's a giant joke that he's considered some big Christian hero to Romanians, no disrespect meant. Just call him for what he is _ he is a monster. He may be a hero for the Romanians but to call him a Christian for what he did is laughable and ludicrous.
@@catsberry4858 Don`t judge him by modern times.
@@claudiu8426 lol what? You think christianity allowed impaling innocent civillians or captives in the past?
Vlad the third wad one of the most most badass figures in history, the man who would bring a much bigger empire to its brink. Truly worthy of the title of the dragon.
What the fuck
bring to its brink?
"Bring A Much Bigger Empire To Its Brink." You're over exaggeration mate.
look for corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
Thanks for the upload, Knowledgia. This was a better and more detailed account of Vlad's life than anything else I have found on UA-cam so far.
l recommend you corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
I love his story. On top of that, before aggression towards ottomans, he did borrow money from them to fight christians, but used that money to go to war with ottomans.
Bruh he himself is a christian king..
I thougt he was a vasal in the ottoman empire and he need to pay vasaltaxes but he paid not 100% off it. with the gold he didnt paid he spent it to build up his army. At some point were he didnt payed to the ottomans he got invaded by them.
Correct me if i am wrong
Beest reggredds
@@christophfeda2859 info not 100% as all the history, but he was a vasal state, he did not pay vasaltax at some point and he went to talk with ottomans about it,said that cannot pay cos of civil war and he even asked for money from them as he said he will attack cristians,he returned from them with loads of money and did use that money to build up army to harass ottomans.
Ye old switcheroo
That's like saying Napoleon borrowed money to fight the humans, like dude they're all humans just like how everyone in Europe at the time, including Vlad, were Christians.
A small addition to what tribute to the Ottoman empire included: male boys. The Ottomans took boys to train as soldiers. That is one of the main reasons why all good Valah and Moldavian rulers hated the Ottomans.
It was only 5.000 person LOL
@Laur Dinu We took them and educated. They were grandviziers and elite soldiers. You killed more then 40.000 Bulgarian Civillian. Yes i see a lot for you :D
@@tarikk2054 - So if it is “only” 5000 people then why don’t you give them 5000 of your boys back. It’s not a big deal right? They can “educate” them and then make them into soldiers just like the Turks did. Fair is fair, and it’s only 5000 people after all... right?
@@silvussol8966 You did it already after Turks came to Anatolia lol. Search about Pecheneg bois :D
@@silvussol8966 Its history(both side can claim i am right) and you are idiots thats what i know. But in this case there is a man who kill Bulgarians for say "Ottomans come and f me" its clearly murderer
Man, I live in Bucharest but I was born in Targoviste and raised in a village 5 miles away from Targoviste, and I obviously spent a whole lot of time in Targoviste (where I went to school) and consider it my hometown. It's so cool to think that 500 years ago Vlad the impaler was going to the same places I went to, and maybe even went to my village in disguise😂
that's so cool. I've been to Brasov and see the great city Wall etc.. I'd love to visit Târgivişte on my next visit to Romania. The history, the people, the country, the architecture, the sexy women and the rich complex history are fascinating!
Btw ... Vlad's portrait is not an accurate representation of how he looked. This portrait is more of a caricature, that was done around 100 years after his reign ... by descendants of people that didnt really like him, probably from the western rich merchant guilds he put in their place. From the 1 description I know of that exists of him, he did have long black hair, a mustache , but his eyes were green and apparently he had a bulls neck, while not very tall (eventually normal height for his time), he appeared very strong (I think the describer says he appears to have strength of several men) and his gaze impressed the one describing him as well. Obviously not a thin zombie looking guy like the propaganda portrait.
P.s. The ottomans didnt really know how he died... if they had any clue they would have made songs and poetry about it to sing their victory and praise allah ... thats how things were done. In my opinion he was simply betrayed as... his 11-12 years imprisonment had lost him his land already.
Yup, correct. They claimed that the sultan's assassin had Vlad decapitated and brought his head encased in honey, to keep it fresh. However there is no historical authenticity to this claim, we know he was betrayed, we know he was murdered, and we know he died, but the exact circumstances, who murdered him, what exactly happened, still remains a mystery to history. I doubt the Ottomans got to him as they claim today. Because writings from that time tell us that they never found his body, other accounts claim they found his body and that his head was still firmly attached so... Probably the sultan had someone else killed to keep the public under control and save face, since the man basically destroyed the ottomans with a smaller army but obviously a bigger brain.
@Ameretat010 maybe because it was the only thing he had left of him? So yeah, doesn't validate its authenticity.
@Ameretat010 people didn't say it was a caricature. Rather they said it was not an accurate portrait of what he looked like. Especially when they found some writings which describe him as very muscular, somewhat tall, thick necked with a strong back, long flowing hair and piercing green eyes.
@Ameretat010 well he does look pretty thin and sickly when in reality he was a healthy as a horse Voivode. I mean they didn't exactly paint that portrait of him in a beautiful fashion or to portray him at his best.
If his brother was so good looking, he must have had some semblance of being decent looking.
You really butchered the pronunciation of those Romanian names, but otherwise it's a good documentary!
Greetings Aizen,
The was an intense video/documentary about Vlad Dracula, and the political history of the period. Most documentaries gloss over much of what was presented here. But short of cracking books about Dracula, this was an excellent alternative.
But true to your comment, about the narrator "butchering" Romanian place names and characters, I found myself wincing as well. I am Hungarian/American and have spent a good part of my life reading and studying the history of Dracula. The proper pronunciation of so many important names and places should have prompted better research from whomever put this video together.
That aside, it was a very detailed and historically accurate report. Bravo!
As for Vlad III. He was a victim of German propaganda. What President Trump these days calls "fake news".
I had to turn it off because the repeated mispronunciations bothered me so much. Hearing him butcher something as simple as 'Constantinople' was the last straw.
@@stevefranks6541 true
Butchered or impaled?
Why do people always criticize pronunciation of these narrators? Who gives a crap how someone pronounces words from a different unfamiliar language. Did you ever talk to someone who works at a Chinese buffet? Then criticize how they butcher english. Probably, we all have. Who really cares tho as long as the communication occurs and is accurate what does it matter how it sounds.
A forest of impaled, that’s terrifying
I don't like Turks
@@user-dd1bb4tw4r Well we love you my friend
Vlad the Impaler that was the purposes of To scary de Turks And give results ! Terrifying but effective!
@@user-dd1bb4tw4r I don't like you either.
You call that a nightmare? I call that a Tuesday!
Top 5 reasons why Europe didn't became an Ottoman province
1.Skanderbeg
2.John Hunyadi
3.Vlad Dracula
4.Stephen the great
5.Battle of Vienna
6.Battle of Kosovo
@@cristianviljevac3851 The first battle of kosovo was between christian balkan coalition and ottomans, even though the leaders of both sides were killed, it resulted with ottoman victory. The second battle of kosovo was between hungarians against ottomans helped by serbian brankovic's desperate, it also resulted with ottoman victory.
@@blockie9706 It wasnt a ottoman Victory ✌🏻 It was no mansland
I don t think Skanderberg shoud be first place in top
@Silviu Lung why because he dominated the Ottoman Empire for 25 years straight and brought freedom to his country and Europe. After he died Europe fell to the hands of the Ottoman Empire. 😉
*Vlad Țepeș to his avaricious boyars:*
*"If you are with me through faith, good.* *If you are with me for gold, I kill you.* *Because death is more honorable than gold."*
"I have done no crime, the man comitted suicide".
Lol, laying that kind if balls on a court bench today. Vlad did have a point though.
@@johnbrown4627 Vlad:"I do not kill people, that is my least favorite thing to do"
It is not my intention to kill you, you wronged me and that is suicide!!
Imagine if we did politics just like vlad.
Lure the welfare leeches that the rest of us pay taxes for, into a large celebration of eating and drinking and when they were fat and drunk chain the doors and burn them alive? You got my vote!
@@QoQabai658 Im confuced.. are you talking about wellfare for the citizens or foreiners?
@@planetfourthreich3022 he prolly meant both
@@CARDAMELO Hey ! About 10% of population in Agient Rome were working
... You know that Rotchild family own 500 trillion $ ( what is essentially half of the planets wealth )
Maybe you should look into that ,huh?
@@planetfourthreich3022 theres only 3 countries left in the world without a rothchild bank
"People don't go to church because they love God, but because they are afraid of the flames of hell" - Vlad The Impaler
Vlad, the ultimate Chad!
40:38
High upon a sunny hill, the wind blows through a forest still.
A forest made of flesh and bone, a warning to our mortal foe.
The Sultan's men are struck with fear, for only death awaits them here.
Nice. Very nice
I had to screenshot that! Very cool.
"Vlad, the ultimate Chad!
" Maybe this is the reason why Romania and Chad have completely the same flags.
I thought this was a Sabaton song
@@MrDoggysmut me too hahaha
I relate so much to how he's cruelly honest while being constantly betrayed. Sucks to be surrounded by traitors.
@Chris Deaven You are indeed 100% right in what you say
cringe edgy teenager alert
You don’t know the guy
Oh the cringe, it’s too strong… send help pls
@@marcknicolas564 what is cringe here? I am Romanian and my country love vlad actually all europeans should respect him otherwise it will be a Muslim state
It's 3am and I'm watching a almost 1 hour video on Vlad the impaler
l recommend you corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
I respect and love THIS MAN. Your cartoon depiction is not the way he impaled victims. God bless you and thank you so much for showing me. Philadelphia USA
Oh yeah I can feel the love.
l recommend you corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
Anyone making a huge army pee their pants, is straight gangster.
Fuuuuuuuck yeah, i wish i was that gangster, no f'ing doubt
That's exactly what he went for, and nailed it and everyone else for that matter 😆
@@thetrimreaper1019 mee too broo...mee too...
Every ottoman gangsta till the spikes start speaking turkish
@@afti03 lol. nailed it. 🔥
Greetings Knowledgia,
I have read many books on the history of Dracula and this region over the years. It can really get dry and bog down with names and places. Congratulations! You did an outstanding job of making history interesting, understandable and entertaining. A little weak on pronunciations, but otherwise, incredible research and animations. Bravo!!
❤
Find the Channel on here "really haunted" and thank me later
The usage of the ț and ș letters in romanian is very hard for anay foreigner, can't blame him
Cred că Vlad al III-lea a fost uimitor. România este o țară frumoasă și vreau să mă întorc.
Ești româncă? Întreb pentru că numele tău nu prea pare român
@@andresduques2013 Nu, sunt americană, învăț limba română. Sunt fascinat de Vlad III și România.
@@TiffanyHallmark foarte tare, de când înveți limba română și din ce parte a USA ești?
@@andresduques2013 Eu sunt din Oregon.
@@TiffanyHallmark I'm gonna switch to English so this can be easier for you lol, how long have you been learning romanian? And why, only because of Vlad?
" Cum nu vii tu , Țepeș , Doamne
Ca punând mâna pe ei
Să-i împarți în două cete :
În smintiți și în mișei .
Și în două cete large ,
Cu de-a sila să-i aduni ,
Să dai foc la pușcărie
Și la casa de nebuni . "
Thank you , from Romania ! ♥️💛💙
Vlad wah the hero this land needed in 15 centuty
AND NOW !!!
and
"Welcome to my lands, the lands of the dead."
@Thugario The ottomans didn't killed him. The boyars betrayed him and killed him then sent his head to the sultan as a sign of peace...
@Thugario lol
@Thugario And took 300, 000 men against vlad's 30000 and still a hard fought battle lolss. No wonder why there's no islamic songs about it? 🤔
@@regginsouth9565 Dracula owned Turks..he literally was their nightmare
The real Dracula were more horrifying than the Vampire Dracula
Of course he was horrifying , he was satan , this is the man that your bible said the satan will suffer a head wound
He lost his head in the year of 1453
Dracula = SATAN
@@jeffreybillings1602 lol, so a good Christian would surrender his people and country to be enslaved by the ottomans? He knew his only chance of winning is to be ruthless.
@@jeffreybillings1602 Yeah, but wait till he finds his head and rise again, you'll be screwed.
l recommend you corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
As a Romanian it’s so funny to hear a non native speaker trying to pronounce Romanian words😂
Greetings Coserea,
I am Hungarian/American and winced my way through with every butchered pronunciation in the documentary. But I do give the narrator points for a well detailed history. Most just gloss over the dry stuff. It was a good job all things considered.
Peace brother.
I cringed when he repeatedly said Konstanople.
Just imagine what the brits and americans must think of us non-english natives when we speak
@@sirkkusalomaa4644 hearing non-native speakers butcher the English language hardly raises an eyebrow because it's so common these days. When I am abroad it's very entertaining to hear two non-native speakers try and settle their differences in a language neither is fluent in. Case in point the recent border dispute between China and India.
Not just the Romanian, but “Constinople”, “Pope PEE-us”, macabre (r is silent), etc... Beginning to think it’s deliberate in some of these vids to purposely generate attention much like clickbaiting...
My opinion of Vlad is like a Lion and the Ottomans is a Hyenas. The Hungarian is a Zebra and is afraid of both of them. Vlad is a Hero to his People while is seen as a Cruel Tyrant to his allies and a fearsome foe which isn't a easy target to mess with to his enemy.
Like Atatürk 🦁
And europe 🐹
😂😂😂
Exactly
If you say this, then you should do more research about the history of that region and time period. Vlad and his army were the hyenas. They entered the Ottomam camp to kill the army and the Sultan. If the Ottomans were the hyenas, it would go the other way around.
@@sarp_aksungur If you don't like my opinion then why even bother commenting. My opinion is my opinion and if I want my opinion out then I can. It shouldn't even be none of your business unless you're hurt by it😂
@@aligungor640 If Vlad army is the Hyenas then what would that make Ottoman? A bunch of Wolves?😂
greatest hero of the entire Christendom, God bless Vlad the Impaler!
eminenta cenusie
God is dead
Christianity is a dying religion. Cope hard. LOL the greatest hero of Christendom is apparently a coward who kills women and children.
If this murderous psychopath is a hero, jeez what has humanity come to
Thank you!
check out "stephen the great" even more bad ass
Vlad: Ugh, these Ottomans are terrible, and so is their religion.
His brother: What was that? I couldn’t hear you over my shahada.
Vlad: Say sike right now.
his grand father was shamanist. was a better religion ! eternal blue sky
@Ahmet Özkan
The Basarabs were Cuman in origin. Most of the elite class before Vlad III were cuman, while
The peasantry were Vlach, this is true of the Terter dynasty in Bulgaria as well. In Hungary the Cumans settled in multiple teretories where there disendants live today. Also some belive John Hunyadi was Cuman in origin.
@Ahmet Özkan
Yes, its the Hungarian runic Alphabet. Which has the same origins as the Turkic alphabet.
@@user-gy5er6wh2j Everyone using these characters has hit a roundup list. Good luck!
Trump tabloid wacko hiding in You Tube lol
Amazing video. Your Work is very Underated. This deserved Millions of Views.
Depends on point of view, he fought for the independence of Wallachia and shrink off the influence of Ottoman Empire. Many terrifying things happened to him to make him the way he became. Ottomans make his story as a terrifying monster and it was true - he was merciless for his enemies and made the sultan run away from his lands. Hungarian king also used him as a pawn and when he wasn't needed anymore - imprison him. I say it was very similar situation in my country - Poland where we were surrounded by countries wanting to seize our lands rich in minerals and trading centre, surrounded by German Russia Czech and Teutonic Order we had to fight one way or another in those times.
But he wasn't Romanian Actually he was born in Hungary Romania 1877 they proclaimed their independence from the Ottoman Empire as Romania. LOL
@@peter-df6wl He was born in Hungary, yeah, but his father was wallahian and his mother reportedly a moldovian princess (therefore his connections with Stephen the Great, who was said to be his cousin)
@@minitek326
Technical hi is More Hungarian as Romanian father was wallahian mother Moldovian
@@peter-df6wl how is he hungarian when neither one of his parents are hungarian?? you don't make sense
@@minitek326
Hungarian national because he was borne in Hungary. But I'm wrong A person acquires Hungarian citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a Hungarian citizen.
Vlad was the first victim of a new technology called the printing press. At that time it was just invented, so papers were beginning to be widespread, literacy was going up and he had a hit piece written about him as well as the book DRACULA by Stocker, which was absolute fiction. That is why the west see him as a monster and tyrant. That is what they heard. Romanians of today see him as a hero. They actually had ancestors living under his rule and the correct history (not propaganda) was transmitted by word of mouth. History is always written by the winning side, and, in this case, it was the Ottomans and the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN empire. They present history from their perspective and in a light that favors them and their agenda. Everyone does. The world is just cruel like that.
Fret not, their both dead now.
@@erenrager6679 the Austrians are still ravaging România's resources. In the past 25 years they cut 90% of the forests. Vlad may be dead, but greed is not.
@@catalinforcos232 90%?! Dude, really?
@@catalinforcos232 Guess we'll all slowly die and fade away. 🤷♂️
@@catalinforcos232
Trees deserve better than that.
They could use this guy in France right about now.
Absolutely, French person here agrees 100%
@@Al.DeB. you can do it yourself you know
@@007kingifrit There are no longer men like Charles Martel in France. In fact, there are no real mean AT ALL in most of western Europe these days. Somber days ahead.
It’s like you guys are just trying to be worse than the terrorists
@@Barakeh Why? Because half of them have the same name as you?
Stephens story next?
41:00 Vlad didn't impaled people through the chest. It was a full body impalement from the back to the mouth
more likely from the other end, between the legs. Something that was practiced even by the turks. The impalement was to be done just so and the stake inserted in such way that no major organs were to be damaged. Due to the weight, the body would slide down ever so slightly, causing the victim to die after two days even.
@@vladdracul813 that's what I meant by back 😑
Vlad the Impaler is a p*rn star.
Eu sunt din Rumania 🇷🇴 va multumesc pentru ajutorul domneavoastra prieten
The best thing about Vlad was his savage sense of humour.
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@@zuicarugabriel9203 Thank you sir.
Awesome ..this historical interpretation- the real story with historical perspectives is a lot better than the fiction of Dracula..though Bram Stoker's story is pretty cool too! Wonderfully put together. I will make it a point to read up on other material to get a full understanding of this amazing man Vlad!
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The life of Vlad the impaler needs a netflix adaptation asap.
No please don't, they'll ruin it with ahistorical diversity hires like they did with Vikings Valhalla
@@Loffeleif Oh no....not vikings valhalla, thank you for this info
No because it would probably be felt with woke modern crap.
The rise of ottoman season 2
@@MrHenryDe it it more about the ottoman empire and mehmed tho
Very good documentary about this controversial historical figure, who is considered widely a national hero of Romania. Here is a lesser known but important information about Vlad & his army that speaks to the heritage of the Wallachians. The Byzantine Greek historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles wrote the following: "The (Ottoman) camp was, frankly, afraid of the Dacians who in no less boldness did a great deed." It's a very interesting historical source that affirms the Dacian ethnicity of the medieval ancestors of modern day Romanians.
That really is a very interesting piece of info..the Dacian heritage of Romanians tends to be swept under the Roman rug. 👌
It doesn't attest the Dacian ethnicity of Romanians back then. The "Byzantine Greeks" called themselves and identified at that time as "Romans". Romanians or Wallachiams also called themselves "români", but the byzantine chronicler wanted either to avoid confusion between Greeks/Romans and Wallachians/Romanians/Dacians or just to refer to the ancient Roman names in a nostalgic classicist manner, which happened often in the years of the Renaissance. The connection to "Dacia" or "Dacians" was long lost at that time.
And look at Europe now...We need him back!
just blame europe leader..muammar gaddafi of libya have warn about that. You will broke the black wall
@K.K.Kz.z z.z.z.z russia is 20 percent muslim
@@Mlsbic8 40% 😉
@@weemido831 we can make that number less with guns
@@johenlo9564 nazis like you tried before and failed. But good luck tho 😅😂
He was unique, brave , clever and well educated, he spoke 5 languages, at the time he was a "guest" At the Ottoman empire his education evolved, he spoke fluently Turkish. Many Romanian children are named after him....Vlad such a wonderful name
Ce copii romani sunt numiti dupa turci ma? Înainte de el eram obligați să plătim tribut la turci când a venit Vlad am maturat pe jos cu ei
Ai înțeles că nuca in perete...am zis ca mulți copii sunt numiți Vlad...
Let's all take a moment to thank the creator for this SPECTA'CULA piece of content 👌👍
Umm he defended his country and boarders from invading hoards.. my hero
@@Mahmoud-cn8ws really no reason???? Please read more!!!
@@Mahmoud-cn8ws What does Hussein have to do with Vlad? wtf =)))
Romanian version of Hitler. F
really man? your hero!? wtf man, he nailed turbans to people's heads because they refused to take them off in honor of him, he murdered children..
But in the final, his impaled head was wandered around the streets of Istanbul for days xd
Mehmed-Radu-Vlad-Stefan-Skanderberg... Best period in history of of battle. That is incredible for Mehmed to keep his reign in this era.
He also fought insider from his family
Shoutout to Albania 🇦🇱 Skanderbeg was a badass.
Bro trying to sneak Mehmed 💀
He wouldn't have if Vlad found the right tent.
He was our finest leader.
A psychopath was your finest leader... okay
@Aleksa Petrovic carol si restu monarhie a fost doar gunoaie germane pt inlocuirea Lui Cuza, lam dat jos pe Cuza sa aducem un gunoi care nu au realizat nimic pt Tara doar siau asigurat buzunarele
@Aleksa Petrovic I mean i'm Nordic so my whole ancestry was barbaric but my point remains. I do not adore and glorify my viking background unlike Serbs who glorify their psychopaths while not being able to comprehend how modern Turks glorify their Ottoman past.
@Aleksa Petrovic And come on, no one is ignoring the fact that you'd had to have some sort of blood lust in order to command and conquer in that day and age. But my problem is people that praise and put Vlad the psychopath on a pedestal when every single historian and a person with a brain knows that guy was mentally twisted. There's stories about how he used to go around the Ottoman palace during his education and try to find cats to torture. The dude was a complete maniac and he gains praise for it. That notion is not comparable with other 'praised' leaders.
@Burleon sa vazut la carol al 2 ce buna a fost si mihai, nu imi bat capu. Cu monarhisti prosti
Just a mention, Matia Corvin the king of Hungary was the son of John Hunyadi, or as romanians know him "Ioan de Hunedoara" of wallachian descent.
I almost cryed at the end
Great man
look for corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝
You could say he was a mad Vlad
Vlad Putin is the true Mad vlad
Madd vladd from the UA-cam channel "The outer middle show" is amazing
Vlad the Mad Lad.
Avery the Cuban-American more like Mad Lad. XD
I Vote for Vlad, imagine what he would think if he was alive today with what is going on in the world... Time to Clean House!
Yes, this French person here agrees 100%. Vlad is my absolute hero.
Hes watching from the land of the dead dont
@@hersefelik5002 What would you do if someone killed your family after a life of being backstabbed?? Not very sickening at all when people face consequences for their actions... and I don't think so about double standards, being SO close to Persia/Ottomans and UNITED with them, did anybody in comments even question his religion??
I love seeing people get what they deserve, Good & Bad!
@@hersefelik5002 Depends on the Circumstance.. Like the zionists who slaughtered every man, woman, child & animal of Jericho while burning it to the ground.. They should have all been executed for their zionist crimes instead of exiled... because we are still living with that zionist agenda slaughtering the Palestinians as well as slaughtering the Algoinquin Indigenous stealing land for USrael...
The guy litteraly murdered “old, sick, lame people and thieves and vagabonds”. If you think theese people deserve death then I’m glad that the likes of you don’t rule this world.
He was the Halloween yard decoration champion!
Never realized how fascinating and psychotic this guy actually was, that was a wild ride.
@@CT86RONo it doesn't. Dracula means Son of Dracul and Dracul is derived from the word DRACO, referring to the Order of the Dragon which he was a part of.
@@CT86RO tf it does not, did you pull this info out of your ass
@@ovidiuolaru3810 yes and to add this the order of the Dragon was Christian, so far from the devil
@@henkschrader4513 Yes exactly. Why do people keep saying Vlads name means devil? Who translated that to them ?
@@CT86RO Source ? I mean the name was translated by expert hidtorians but i am sure u know better then them:)
History books in school lied to us. The guy was a hero.
What is it they told that was a lie? Did they conceal his nailing the turbans to the heads of the envoys who wore them? How about impaling thousands and feasting among to corpses and the dying? I agree; those were heroic acts, and he certainly was the bastion of moral integrity that the narrator said he was.
As a Roumanian I consider him to be the greatest ruler we ever had.
A lot of what Western society knows of him is based on legend and propaganda. Even historians tend to buy into it. But there's a lot of historical context that often gets ignored. Yes he was brutal but he believed he was serving justice, not because he got a sick kick out of it.
In the final, his impaled head was wandered around the streets of Istanbul for days.
If Vlad weren't exist today the entire EUROPA will be pray for ALLAH VLAD was the defender of Christianity a national HERO
Amazingly made documentary! They should make a TV show based on Vlad's reign.
I don't know. It makes for a good story, but you know tv writers, they would take a lot of liberties.
@@moonlily1 Yep, I know exactly what you mean, only if a brave TV company would take and do a proper Vlad show.
I think they would at least cut off some parts of his biography to fit in screen time.
l recommend you corpus draculianum for more real facts about Vlad 😉🇷🇴🤝⚔️🛡️
Just real facts:
The name Vlad is still very popular in Romania.
In Romania any major city have a street named Vlad Tepes. There are many statues with him.
That just show how the Romanians, and I'm one of them, like this heroic figure of the past. We consider him a national hero, maybe not the greatest, but still a hero.
Maybe the greatest national hero for the Romanians is Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) non other then the cousin of Vlad III Basarab, a.k.a. Vlad Tepes a.k.a. Dracula!
I recognize Vlad as a Christian hero.
He is.
@@SBrown-ti8xe He isnt, he was evil.
@@69Peopleshit Ah, yes. A historical hot take from.. 69Peopleshit.
You would probably choose to support a guy who broke into mosque with automatic gun and slaughterd everyone . They add up to the same thing. Killing innocent people depending their religion or nation. I believe he is a man afraid of unarmed villagers. And additionaly a man with good stomach or uncabaple to smell the blood and sh*t. It requires that to watch people on a stick and eat meal. If your religion teaches you to do that go on . And i'm saying it with not being participant of religion
Jesus would probably not approve of locking beggars in a house and setting it on fire...
your narration and presentation is equally epic and worth remembering :)
HOW AM I JUST NOW FINDING THIS CHANNEL!?! Awesome stuff and glad I found it! Been watching History With Cy and really getting back into ny love for history. Bout to binge watch this channel at 1.5x speed.
Oh honey it's my first time as well. I am addicted to this channel it's official like. Vladimir is my favorite warlord ever. AMEN........ Philadelphia USA
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This is the man who saved Europe. He should be hailed as a hero by all European peoples.
I agree. He stopped Islam from becoming the dominant religion in Europe. A very big achievement 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
@@sergiodavila5269Ottoman protected his father's throne from the austrians and raised him up and trained him, yet he chose to betray them and have his father's killers as allies. What an honourable man 🐷
@@Y7Y01 I know he had a complicated relationship with his ottoman rulers…don’t get me started on Vlad & his father. Very crazy relationships there 🤯🤯🤯🤯
@sergiodavila5269 I find it weird having such a mentally ill person being praised as a hero
@@sergiodavila5269your happy he helped stop the spread of Islam but today its the fastest growing religion 😂😂😂 how stupid
Vlad The Impaler was a true patriot. May God have mercy on his soul.
In our Texas narratives he is highly regarded. -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX
Well,i dont think he will
🤦 Bro he impaled 20000, you think God will have mercy on him?
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His work was finished by Michael The Brave, who defeated the Turks.
Michael ultimately lost, betrayed by the Habsburgs. And then the Turks wanted to make sure no one like him could rise again, appointing foreign princes for centuries.
But ultimately in the 19th century, the wave of nationalism finally led to our independence, under King Carol I (Karl von Hohenzollern). The royal crown of Romania, the Steel Crown, was forged out of the steel of a captured Turkish cannon and it has no precious metals or gems.
@@octavianpopescu4776 Romania could have been a sovereign country in the 15th century had there been no betrayal from inside and people were united. Turks were not that strong.
@@octavianpopescu4776 and you gain your indipendence with betrayal us
@@mrhaci7747 To be fair, almost ALL wars for independence can be considered a sort of treachery, mate.
@@erenrager6679 Betrayaling the country feed them yes
What a badass! I swear, this is the first full length documentary of Vlad Dracul i have watched. Truly he was a warrior king and a politic player bar none.
Egie Asemota : Really? A guy who has a garden full of impaled folks is defined as a “badass”with the attendant glorified tone? Jeez, we are a violent species! Wonder what would happen if the animal kingdom just took over the planet? At least they do not kill for glory, sport, or fun. Usually, they have the perfect excuse of being hungry.
@@gingerp6631 yes we are a violent species. Grow up already.
@@gingerp6631 He did what he had to do to protect his country. Do you really think if Vlad didn't use his cruelty as a fear tactic they could've survived the Ottomans? It was because of what he did that saved Wallachia and truthfully all of Europe.
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Impressive.
Thank you for the awesome history lesson.
Everyone who put this together bravo.
I learned so much from this.
Excellent work and research.
I will continue to review this lesson.
Again well done.
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Got ur self a new subscriber here, incredibly impressed with your attention to detail, visual content and even your voice has me hooked. Will commence binge watching now!
Same
Oh doll I'll just admit it. I'm addicted to this channel and all the beautiful stories. Vladimir the impaler is my favorite warlord ever. Philadelphia USA
I love how one of the attributes of the boyars is "betrayal". It's as if they were sure to stab you in the back, the question is when?
Some notes:
1. Wallachia is a foreign name. Like ”Germany” for Deutschland. The real, internal name was ”Țara Românească” (literary meaning Romanian-land).
2. Moldova was also named ”MoldoVlahia”, being a Vlah (Romanian) country as well. Unfortunately, the two principalities were united only in 1859, thus establishing modern Romania.
3. John Hunyadi was also Romanian. Before reaching in power In Hungary, most Hungarian documents name him John the Olah (Olah = Wallahian = Romanian).
Facts 👏🏻
Does the official worldwide historyografy recognizing this,i always thought his name was Janosz and by that time the hungarians are large majority in Transylvania
@@binema5797 you're actually right about the population,still its a fact that he is mostly hungarian despite his origins
@@binema5797 they still were the rulling clas werent they?
@@R3LAX94 Hungarians were always the minority in Transylvania. There is no unanimous consent but there is the vast majority (agreeing with what I said). Lately, paleo genetic studies also confirmed: people speaking today Hungarian and identifying themselves as ”Hungarians” are no different from their neighbors. But the are different from the 10th century Hungarian invaders. Thus, they are actually Hungarianized pre-existing populations.
went to Peles castle and Bran castle a few days ago. I've studied a bit on Vlad but now researching and learning even more. greetings from Bucharest ! Romania is awesome . thanks for the awesome video!
Îți recomand corpus draculianum . Istorici profesioniști prezintă prin dovezi viața și domnia lui Vlad.💪🤝🇷🇴
"Jighishara". I'm dying rn.
Otherwise than that, the info it's pretty accurate. I'm impressed!
Jeghișoara ;)))))
Wonderful! as a Romanian, thank you!
We need another Dracula in Europe.
@Ahmet Özkan Yet it isn't Turkic, and was of Western European Latin origin bestowed upon Vlad III's family that means, "Dragon." Latin was 1500 years old by the time the Turks discovered that Constantinople existed.
@Ahmet Özkan it dosent even mean the same thing in Romanian, Dracul and Dracula both mean devil or dragon. Both words could be traced back from the lation word draco which means dragon. Vlad's father was a member of the Order of the Dragon which was a catholic knight order
@@halcionkoenig243
He's not referring to "Dracula" but to the name "Bassarsb" which is Cuman in origin.
Agreed
Back to the original comment. Europe needs another Vlad Tepeș and another Charles Martel too,
Thank you for such great quality content, I wish more people could be more interested in knowledge, learning, than social medias, consumism, and alcohol.