Also known as Vlad III and Vlad Tepes, the 15th-century ruler of the Romanian region of Wallachia is widely thought to be the ...
Voivode Vlad III - also known by his patronymic name Dracula derived from the Slavonic word for dragon - once ruled over Wallachia, a Romanian-speaking vassal state of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Starring Luke Evans and Sarah Gadon, the film presents Dracula as an "alter-ego" of the historical figure Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler. At the time, "Dracula Untold" was supposed to launch ...