Early life Vlad was the second legitimate son of, who was an illegitimate son of. The Ottoman writer referred to him as Kazıklı (Impaler Lord) around 1500., Voivode of Wallachia, used this sobriquet when referring to Vlad III in a letter of grant on 1 April 1551. This sobriquet is connected to the that was his favorite method of execution. Vlad III is known as Vlad Țepeș (or Vlad the Impaler) in Romanian historiography. In modern Romanian, dracul means 'the devil', which contributed to Vlad's reputation. Dracula is the of Dracul, meaning ' of Dracul (or the Dragon)'. His name had its origin in the sobriquet of his father, ('Vlad the Dragon' in ), who received it after he became a member of the. He himself signed his two letters as 'Dragulya' or 'Drakulya' in the late 1470s. Diplomatic reports and popular stories referred to him as Dracula, Dracuglia, or Drakula already in the 15th century. Vlad's father, The expression Dracula, which is now primarily known as the name of a fictional, was for centuries known as the of Vlad III.
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