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ElleEast t1_j01ppek wrote

>the historical inspiration for Stoker’s vampiric count

well, that's a popular myth, but there's no indication in the novel that Dracula is Vlad Tepes

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ModSquirtle t1_j01t8y8 wrote

He's literally from the house of draculesti, and has been called and even signed as different variations of Vlad Dracula if I remember correctly and a son of vlad dracul. He most definitely is an inspiration.

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ElleEast t1_j067p1s wrote

he is, and probably Stoker got the name from a book on Transilvanian history.. what I'm saying is that there's no mention at all in the novel that Dracula is Vlad, he tells a story to Jonathan about his ancesters, and mixes the story of different characters, like Vlad II into Radu, or Radu's history like it was Mircea's

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LTlurkerFTredditor t1_j03aalp wrote

Vlad "the Impaler's" father was called Vlad Dracul. "Dracul" means dragon in Romanian. He was a member of the knightly "Order of the Dragon," and his family was known as the "House of Draculesti."

Vlad "Tepes" was known as Vlad Dracula - "Dracula" means "son of Dracul."

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ElleEast t1_j0677zd wrote

I'm aware of that, what I'm saying is that there's not mention in the novel that Dracula is Vlad, likely Stoker just read a book on Transilvania and got the name from there

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