Ruler · 1431 – 1476

Vlad the Impaler

Lived 1431 – 1476; ruler. Lord of Wallachia of Principality of Wallachia, 1448 and 2 more terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1431 – 1476; 45 years
In office: 6 years; 3 reigns
Lines: 1; Principality of Wallachia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Lord of Wallachia

Principality of Wallachia · the 19th, 21st and 25th of 131 dated reigns · 1330 – 1862

15 before

Alexander I Aldea1431 – 1436

Mircea II of Wallachia1442

Basarab II of Wallachia1442 – 1443

Vlad the Impaler1448

Vladislav II of Wallachia1448 – 1456

Vlad the Impaler1456 – 1462

Radu cel Frumos1462 – 1473

Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân1474

Radu cel Frumos1474

Vlad the Impaler1476

Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân1476 – 1477

Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr1477 – 1481

Mircea III de Valachie1481

103 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1448 · under a year · came to it aged 17 · term 1 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1448; they died in 1476

Reigned 1456 – 1462 · 6 years · came to it aged 25 · term 2 of 3

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1462; they died in 1476

Reigned 1476 · under a year · came to it aged 45 · term 3 of 3

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; decapitation

the article also: killed

Vlad was killed in battle near Snagov before 10 January 1477.

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