The new prince fights bitterly against the…

1461 CE

The new prince fights bitterly against the Turks, and, because of his sadistic cruelty toward subjects and Turkish prisoners alike, becomes known as Vlad the Impaler (and, as Dracula—or son of the Devil—will become the source of the Dracula legend).

Vlad, who reportedly takes abnormal pleasure in inflicting torture and watching his victims writhe in agony, hates the Turks and defies the sultan by refusing to pay tribute.

In 1461, Ottoman commander Hamza Pasha tries to lure Vlad into a trap, but the Wallachian prince discovers the deception, captures Hamsa and his men, impales them on wooden stakes, and abandons them to their deaths.

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