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Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler)
Reign: 1448–1476, Wallachia

Fact 1: Vlad is infamous for impaling tens of thousands of enemies on stakes.

Fact 2: He once impaled 20,000 prisoners of war in Târgoviște, creating a “forest of the dead.”

Fact 3: He used psychological warfare, displaying his victims to intimidate enemies.

Fact 4: Vlad often dined among the impaled corpses.

Fact 5: He ordered women who committed adultery to be skinned alive or mutilated.

Fact 6: Despite his cruelty, Vlad is considered a hero in Romania for resisting Ottoman invasion.

Fact 7: He punished thieves by boiling them alive.

Fact 8: Vlad personally supervised the tortures to ensure their severity.

Fact 9: His sadistic rule inspired the legend of Count Dracula.

Fact 10: Ottoman sources provided most of the gruesome details about his reign.


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