Count Dracula wasn't only a fictional character created by Bram Stoker. The character was based on a real-life man named Vlad ...

Vlad III — known as Vlad the Impaler or Voivode (Prince) Vlad Dracula — was born in Wallachia (modern Romania) some time between 1428 and 1431, and he died either in 1476 or 1477.

King Charles III boasts a bloodied family tree thanks to an infamous distant relative. The newly appointed monarch is a descendant of Vlad the Impaler, the 15th century ruler of the Romanian ...

Luke Evans says King Charles told him about a connection to Dracula (Picture: Reuters/REX/Getty) The Royals have an extensive family tree, but it turns out they’re also related to the real-life ...

Vlad III of Wallachia, who some believe was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula, may have bled tears from his eyes, researchers say.