So, on the trail of Vlad III, Laureen and I found ourselves at the hilltop home of the former ruler of Wallachia, a section of modern-day Romania north of the Danube, east of Serbia, and south of ...

Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, ... Vlad the Impaler is believed to have been born in 1431 in what is now Transylvania, the central region of modern-day Romania.

Vlad III was born in 1431 in Transylvania, a mountainous region in modern-day Romania.His father was Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, a principality located to the south of Transylvania. Vlad ...