I have killed men and women, old and young, children and infants. I have killed 100,000 peasants and rich men, women, and children from Arges and Dambovita... I have killed 100,000 Saxons from Transylvania.
— Vlad the Impaler Contemporary

Dracula inspiration, brutal ruler

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Letter to Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary

Date / Period

1462

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61066/61066-h/61066-h.htm

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