Vlad III Dracula (Drăculea, Drăgulea)– the 15th-century Romanian prince, also known as Vlad Țepeș [the Impaler], is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history, competing in notoriety with the greatest historical personalities of the world. And his name is so linked to that of his home country, Romania. Ever since his lifetime, Vlad the Impaler aroused special interest among his contemporaries, an interest that has long gone beyond Central and Eastern Europe and h…