His father, Vlad II Dracula, was a member of the Christian knightly group Order of the Dragon. It is said that Bram Stoker came across the name at a library while on a trip. Since Stoker drew ...

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.