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You need to be more accurate with Vlad the Dracula, correction: they boys were forcefully taken from family and they were abused and used for sultan pleasure, like were all the princes when the filth of Turks occupied territories of Europe, and Vlad the Dracula he was the defender of Christian faith of it makes him the worst vampire in history I will still admire him
@@ellap.1014 I also think the turks sucked, but impaling your OWN people for engaging in sexual immorality and burning poor people to death, enslaving and then killing CHILDREN is too much.
Imprisoned when young, nailing turbines on heads, all the impaling, Convincing guards to open gates bc he knew Turkish, sneaking into Ottoman Camp.. what’s crazy is that a movie of his actual life would be far more insane than any of the fictional Dracula films lol
Yeah, the only fictional Dracula I can think of that rivals/beats out the craziness of Vlad's actual life is Alucard from Hellsing. But that's anime&manga, and they have less restrictions when it comes to getting fucked up stories. I definitely want to see a live-action movie about Vlad, and I would enjoy the hell out of it as long it stays true and is executed properly
@James Stewart nope but he promised to become a vassal of Mathias Corven only to raid his lands in transylvania a few years later, and breaking his oath to him and returning to the ottomans, before turning gaianst them, which made the Sultan get rid of him for good, this is why he is considered a coward, because of his greed and blind desire to rule independently at the expense of his ruler (mathias and the ottomans) and at the cost of thousands of chiristians he murdered due to his need for money or insanity. This is europe hates him.
charlotte Bowyer First of all i agree with you All the way Sorry to say I have never watch the show , seen a commercial once nor do i want too watch it . Like reality tv its fake and it is to make money for someone . as history in a hundred year wont show how bad life is today and brutal. Sorry i have been living in America to long it’s a TV series life in those times were far worse as you you have to read a book that was creditable facts being published not the inter-web . It was far worse in those times then Hollywood could ever depicted on tv . its a tv mate they have limited boundaries that they’re working in and I agree life is far worse especially in history than TV can ever depict. But as always i am sure on the other side of the coin some lived a blessed light 💡 . Not busting your balls just saying life can always be viewd in a different life, depending on where your at . We are lucky . Crunch the numbers we a re what 9.7 % of the world population that have the ability to comment on this let alone view your comments . We are the lucky ones how far do we meed to walk to get fresh water see a doctor or hell flush the toilet 🚽 don’t let Ignorance bother you you’re better than that
@A Scam Involving Corndogs I am pretty sure you don't have a clue what your talking. Baggers at that time where almost all seek people whit skin disses. Its even said in the video how he sends such people to infect the Turks army, meaning he gives them a chance in one way or another. Stop looking whit your 2020 eyes feeling pitty. Those where different time and whit out studies, one could easily make mistake, besides, even if did killed beggers, for those time it wasnt uncommon.
@@rusudenes8549 You don't have a clue what you're talking about. And if you do, you're a very sick person. Burning people alive is a harsh enough death even for the time, but for the "crime" of being fucking poor?? There are bastards and there are monsters and this man was pure monster.
It's amazing how despite the fact that the fictional Dracula literally survives by draining the blood of others, the real Dracula is still so much more terrifying and violent
@@allrebel He burned poor beggars alive, impaled women through their vagina, cut off their breasts, and fed them to their lovers. While he did fight back the ottoman empire, he was still a evil cruel bastard.
Probably because the fictional one is draining people one by one to survive...which the real one was a war lord killing thousands at a time. Not to mention some people might rather to die from a bite on the neck and your blood drained vs getting impaled especially when it's through the reare end.
What? Now most of us are office planktons. At least back them you could die in a glory of a battle or a plague lol. Today we sit in our nursing homes thinking about social security and when a nurse will change a diaper.
It's really ironic that he was a descendant of Central Asian steppe clan, his ancestors were Turks, his dynasty, Basarab dynasty was a Turkic Cuman dynasty. Basarab, the founder of Basarab dynasty and his father Thocomerius had Turkic names. Basaroba means "Basar's clan" (Another example: Turkic Cuman clan/dynasty who ruled Bulgaria: Terter + *oba* or other Cuman clans like Arslanoba) and Thocomerius is the Byzantine reflection of the Turkic name Toktemür which means "hardened steel" (modern Turkish: tok + demir) LOL x-)
History would be more fun if you look at romanian history. We even have a moment in WW1 when a regiment named "You shall not pass through here" put signs in all battle lands they would win. Imagine seeing "you shall not pass" on a sign and then gettin bayoneted
As a romanian who studied 3 months his period in history in 10th grade, after which you MUST remember all the years and you would get a paper quiz over the characters, battles and their importance ... thank god I loved history.
Nuc Zr-Surviv I did. They never talked about him. They just focused on Medieval England, Renaissance, etc. Eastern Europe outside of Russia wasn’t talked about
Shane Ellis what empire? The territory in question was about 1000X400 kilometers. It's the turks who had the empire! I'm pretty sure he was not less brutal than his contemporaries...but he was fighting to protect his kingdom... unlike other rulers of his time ( wars of the roses, anyone?)
@@minecraft991115 Smh. U really weren't paying attention if you think that. But while everybody was inside arguing online, the elite were building the infrastructure for a coming technocracy.
@@allrebel He burned poor beggars alive, impaled women through their vagina, cut off their breasts, and fed them to their lovers. While he did fight back the ottoman empire, he was still a evil cruel bastard. Please stop sugarcoating his legacy!
@@chanceburn7416 no, they grew up with the brutality, and weren't affected the same way as a person nowadays would be. For eg, if you went to war rn and saw people killed etc, it wouldn't be part of your routine. It's just a theory.
I can confirm we romanians see Vlad as a hero here. Cruel, but he stood by his morals, it's said that the law was so enforced that you could leave a bag of money in the middle of a busy market and no one would pick it up, in fear of what would happen to them.
EON 1 I'm Romanian but I dont see Vlad as a benevolent leader. No person who engages in ethnic cleansing should be looked to as a good man. I appreciate his willpower and determination but he was by no means a good man.
Yeah, but not doing anything because of the threat of impalement isn't moral behavior, it's survival in constant fear. Going over the top with punishment will not produce ethical societies - moral people will act accordingly out of their own motivations, not death threats. I'm quite surprised how readily impalement is defended in this comment section. "Hey at least no purses were stolen" seems like a comical defense to me.
alpenjon its ethical by result regardless. you cant force good morals in any instance, but the threat of gruesome death ensued that regardless of morality, the local population would act as good Christians.
The key is the word "act". If the only motivator is punishment, people will circumvent it, and it will breed crime like black markets and corruption. Also, think about all the false accusations and impalements that inevitably result from such a law. All it takes is a few false accusers, one corrupt judge or a simple mistake and you've impaled an innocent citizen. And when impalement is at stake, people would do anything to motivate or pressure judges.
He killed beggards because he thought that they we're spies for the turks, as i know they offered them jobs and if they refused, well, it could be a suspect in his mind.
as a romanian i find this amusing af. idk why some romanians find this offensive because it's just a nice joke, nothing more. LoL....some people can't control their anger
@John Benko he helped push the Ottomans out of Wallachia enough to keep everyone in safe hands. In the end Vlad only cared about his people and has willing to do anything to keep them afloat. He's seen as a martyr and hero for his actions to keep Romania today as it is and not turn it into a Islamic nation and losing its identity. But again just a matter of perspective for many on how they see him. Read his autobiography, it gives a good summary about him and the author took over a decade to write it. Worth it if you're interested.
my Romanian grandmother always told me storys about vlad. the one that always stood out the most is how he would drop money on purpose while walking past people and if they waved him down and gave him his money they were good, but if they pocketed the money vlad would kill them
@@Aemilius46 crime in the modern day is actually lower than the old world. I know it's easy to be a boomer who thinks things suddenly manifested in the modern day because you are afraid of change and lack historical knowledge but you should learn how to be more well adjusted.
@Tonja_Coffman I did more research than the people who claim he's a Saint but if you did research you would know even vlads own guys thought what he did was too far and found it hard getting support from other Christians because they probably saw what he did and as God fearing people interpreted delayed suffering of people impaled on poles of being ungodly or of the devil. It seems like almost a fetish or sadistic sexual deviance to impale people's anuses and vagina while vlad got off on it. Along with cutting off their breasts. To normal people that's like serial killer behavior
He's actually a hero of Romania. They celebrate him every year. He only tortured and killed his enemies, but never really hurt his friends. It made him a gruesome villain, who somehow was equated with Lady Bathory, to his enemies. Funny that the embodiment of Vampires was associated with Dracula and not the more ghoulish Bathory.
He burned poor beggars alive, impaled women through their vagina, cut off their breasts, and fed them to their lovers. While he did fight back the ottoman empire, he was still a evil cruel bastard. Please stop sugarcoating his legacy!
@@yafai5502 yeah it's funny how people easily forget he killed and tortured so many innocent people. Calling Vlad a "good man" is akin to calling Hitler a "good man"
Some context as to why he's seen as a hero: in a country where corruption has been a problem for centuries he's seen as a figure of draconian justice. It's said that in his time you could drop a bag o money on the ground and still find it there the next day. So in Romania you'll hear him brought up a lot whenever there's a corruption scandal, or even when there's a petty crime, like someone being pickpocketed. I'd say Stephen the Great is the Romanian historical figure more closely associated with the fight against the Ottoman Empire, especially in the context of Christianity vs. Islam (fought the Ottomans and built lots of churches)
when a single men put the fear in the heart of the most powerful army in Europe( by far) and has the respect of his entire population even hundred of years after, the issue that he was cruel or not is without any importance.With him and Stephen the great, his cousin , the romanian people were able to withstand the ottoman advance in Europe.Romanian territories were the Vietnam of the Ottoman empire.
Ah yes the old it was traitors he tortured, it’s still torture. There are better leaders and better men who are considered the bane of the ottoman empire.
@LadyGaGa is hot I know you don't understand his standpoint but this were cruel times. Romania was forced to pay many tributes during it's history to just remain unconquered by the Turks during which time they tried to invade us countless times. The turks pillaged villages, raped women and set fire to a lot of them. I don't think you understand how big was the Ottoman empire and how small was Romania at the time. They needed the reputation of fear so they could create distrust and horror in the Ottoman armies. This are mind games. And sometimes it's all you have.
@@theblackarhangel No. There is no such relation between the dacian standard and the order of the dragon. Also, as a romanian myself, I can tell you that romanians have little to do with the ancient dacians, almost nothing. We, as a new people, since late antiquity, always called ourselves "roman", as we are descendants of the citizens of the Roman Empire, here in eastern Europe.
@@theblackarhangel Dacian DNA, right... Ever heard of romanian ethnogenesis? You ever heard of roman citizenship? Does it have anything to do with the dacian DNA? No, it doesn't. ...and for how long have you stayed in school? be honest. Feel free to provide me with links that would get me to your evidences. I bet I can give you far more reliable sources about the usage of the "roman" word in our romanian history. :) "The bad dacian = Dacul cel rau" has no corelation with anything at an official level. It was merely a poetic term for Mihai, rather than a reality, or it was even used as an insult to Mihai, for he was actually a romanian of bizantine roots. I'm waiting for your protocronistic links, Crazy-Ass Painter. ps: And you still have to make a real point about how does the Order of the Dragon relate to the dacian standard.
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He didn't hate the true beggars. There were people who pretended to be disabled just to be able to get money without working. So he invited all those " beggars" and saw them that they were actually able man and then set them on fire. At the beginning of his ruling he pardoned and freed all the people from the prisons, under the condition that they would leave their wrong ways and become good citizens, but of course not many did that so he did what he had already told that he would do. Little details like this that you and others leave out make people believe he was a monster.
Factual error, Vlad the Imapler was NOT the inspiration for Dracula. Stoker used his name because it sounded cool. Dracula and his castle were inspired after Elizabeth Bathory, who really did drink blood to keep herself young
Well they say,"A tyrant dies but the curse on him lives forever."... Vlad's devilish acts never died and so did THE PEOPLE who killed him for his tyranny.But both are different in sight of GOD.
@@quratulain3893 tyrant? Even after watching a video about the incredible things that man did for his country you still choose to be ignorant, he was and forever will be a national hero.
Yesh wallachian and transylvanian are different but just their language are similar! Romania are Just a union of european latins ;) Greet from native balkan guy with wallachian root Wallachia is a one of oldest people in balkan and got a really big countries through Alexander the great. He was a mixed thracian and illyrian guy ! The place of foundation was the between two countries called albania & Macedonia Wallachia : illyrian - thracian Transylvania : Dacian - romance Information: the some southern part of Italy was illyrian
He kinda glossed over it, but from the outset of his first campaign vlad had every impaled person sent back to his capital in full view of his castle. He got into that habit because the ottomans had made sure to give him a cell facing their execution square when he was just a boy. It may be apocryphal but some say vlad was waiting for them in the forest of the dead when the army crested the pass into his capital. It is rumored he called up to them,"look at what i have made of your men! More a forest than they ever were soldiers; useful only for providing me shade and joy!" The sultans men needed to be convinced to advance down that hill. Vlad roared with laughter every time the sultan executed another of his own men for cowardice and heckled them mercilessly. Whats really crazy is it very nearly did the trick and the army nearly broke. The sultan had to promise riches and titles AND keep up executions just to get his army moving DOWN a hill. Just crazy
Steven, technically is Stefan, Steven is just an anglicanized name. Personally I fucking hate the habit, name of people are their personal nouns, they should be used the way they are in that language, not the way they're translated into English.
It’s a shame people remember him as just some evil maniac. In reality, Vlad played an integral part in resisting westward Ottoman expansion and was a hero to the Christian world. He was also a master of psychological warfare, destroying innumerable amounts of Ottoman forces and using “impairment” to make the Ottomans shot themselves. I’m not saying he wasn’t an exceedingly violent man, but the medieval era was an exceedingly violent time, and Vlad proved more than happy to adapt to the world he lived in. He certainly commands respect.
I'm not a Christian but I'm pretty sure God doesn't teach men in power to gruesomely torture murder anyone they don't like and show off their corpses to their people. Also killing all their children for good measure. What a hero
Dustin Cooper well, in this time period, the mainstream church would of given anyone who inconvenience the Ottomans the steamiest homosexual actions if they asked (ok, not really, but you get my point). Anyway, when the Ottomans became powerful, most of the high ranking members of the church basically loved anyone who could help them stop the Ottomans and keep their political power, did not matter what they did, even if it was the most brutal and sinful action.
Vlad was an example of a born to be great ruler. He was so young and yet a genius in war. He knew how outnumbered he was so he relied on fear tactics, spying and biological attacks. He did everything to free and preserve his people and religion. It's truly amazing what he managed to accomplish.
Yes it is, and if he would have gotten the requested help from other Europeans would have taken back Constantinople and taken down the Ottomans with it!!! That's fact!!!
@@nashbullet3213 no he wasn't, he tried to do everything he could to have a safe and just country. What would you do if you would be surrounded by greedy and treacherous boyards on one side and the ottomans on the other side?
Ive heard and read this story many times. But I always relish hearing it again. I love the guy. He had anger issues (as anyone would after his early life) but he held it down.
1. He was born in Sighisoara, a city situated in Transylvania. 2. Yes, he was cruel but the people still loved him. 3. He did kill someone in that famous night attack. 4. His enemies fabricated a letter in which he promised the turks that he will switch sides but that wasn't true and that letter led to his arrest. 5. As a romanian, I'm proud that we had such a ruler. I don't care what anybody else thinks of him, he will always be remembered as a great ruler. With that being said, Simon my good sir I wish to thank you for doing this video. Cheers from Romania.
Actualy we know how his mom is is Maria the dother of "Alexandru cel bun" so he is a descendent of "Mircea cel batran" a ruler of Valahia and cousen of "Stefan cel Mare" a ruler of Moldova. The marriage of Vlad Dracul with his mom was a political one thats way its belived that "Mircea cel batran" loved Vlad Tepes the most. Vlad Tepes was loved buy the Romanian peopel he was good to them he was bad to the Turkis and to the rich peopel but good to the peopel that were poure and working. Some of we Romanians stil love him in these time.
@@Hugh_Morris Yea...no. He killed his own people. Drank their blood. Would kill women for losing their virginity. How is that at all something to admire? Nothing he has built has stood the test of time. Quite pathetic really.
@@haiscore2614 ok he never actually drank their blood, thats a bs rumor about him, but he did sit and have dinner in front of his impaled victims, but he didn't drink their blood, what reason would he have, clearly if you actually drank blood it would make you sick lol
Brian M yes,I agree with,IT is very surely he had mental disorders because of the time he lived in Turkey like a prisoner,he was treated badly and he had a trauma so that explain his sadistic methods of punishements and thorthures
Brian M yes,he had mental disorders but I said it was because of badly treatment he sufferrd in Turkey,he wants to revenge,yes,I dont understand why he killed poor people,but he saved peasants,he gave them land he initiated many recorms for the modernization of state and in case of women who died because of sleeping with men before the marriage that was the punishement for that fact,he and Ivan The Teriblle,no matter how cruel they were,and yes I know they were cruel but they fight for their people and for their nation and hated the lie,the crime and corruption
Brian M yes,you can say and that,but in our history,in human kind history all nations had horiblle punishements,yes,maybe some leaders were more sadistic than others but we must know why they were like that,in the case of Vlad Țepeș I consider him a hero,like Stefan Cel Mare,Mihai Viteazul or Alexandru Ioan Cuza all great heroes,I think we romanians love him because he was a man who loved justice and fight for us,but now,in our days the current leaders are weak,corrupt,thiefs,they sell our country for to become richer,that's why we love our old leaders because even if they were bad in some facts,they fight for this nation
Salokin Nah he had around 50,000 turks impaled, led a surprise attack on the ottoman army several times larger than his own with the intention of killing the Sultan and still escaped relatively unscathed. He's almost like a brutal version of Cesare Borgia in that he could lead, rule and fight, but instead of fucking his own sister, Vlad would rather stick sharp prods up 50,000 ppl's asses, which is pretty brutal, but also pretty badass, like impaling your enemy on a stick level of badass.
@@haiscore2614 At it's core (that every credible variant of Christianity accepts), following the example and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth aka Jesus Christ. Or at least, the accounts of his life found in the bible. Anything that doesn't line up with what that man stood for in word and action can not be considered christian, and should certainly not be seen as a representation thereof, regardless of what or who it is.
You guys know history right? you do know the Ottomans eventually got to footsteps of Vienna right? and concured all those areas Vlad defended and for a long time. so....yaah I quess I have to teach you 12 year olds history again.
There where others that fought for now known Romanian lands, even if The Ottomans had their share of our lands, also many other nations, Romania is still here cos of the ones that stood up to the invaders, never leting us forget our ways, our legacies.
Eh, in the grand scheme of things Vlad really wasn't that important. He didn't hold power long enough to make a difference. He was an annoyance to the Ottomans, not a major enemy. His cousin Stephen the Great, on the other hand - now HE made a huge difference and was pretty much single-handedly responsible for stopping the Ottoman advance towards the north (the Ottomans still could, and did, advance towards the west of course).
I also have noticed in his other videos on "tyrannical rulers" like Nero etc. He seemed to make sure to point out all the good things amd possible reasons why they "turned evil" as if they were good and corrupted by power. You know, nuanced about them. But this video seems to be nothing but negative and leaves out important history of what the Ottoman did to his brother and him. (Like sodomy)
Nobody is interested about her devotion, and charity, building hospitals, fighting the Turks. Everyone wants to hear about the myths that portray her as a monster. I grew up in Hungary, studied Hungarian history in Hungary and was shocked when I heard the 'female Dracula' stories when I went abroad. We had cruel and infamous rulers during the history and if this was true about her we would've probably heard of it.
There are many attempts to prove that Bathory was innocent but in the other hand dead bodies was found and she was preached out by a brave simple lutheran priest due to her killing a decade before her trial started. Without any interest but in the defense of the victims. I say no grumble of anger without reason.
Ah...You do realise that he not lost Romania to the Ottomans,but invaded other Western powers as well? The Ottomans expanded more and more into Europe because of him.
Pablo Nino Nathanael Stoop I mean they don’t have to go in the graphic details or show the vaginal impelling or boob eating. There is more to the story than that.
I guess it could be an educational R-rated movie... honestly, I'm sick of all the tacky Dracula bs... and they can actually make it badass while maintaing historical accuracy...
Chris Sutton Hello sir, there is a movie about him, search on TH-cam "Vlad Tepes de Sergiu Nicolaescu HD" (if you like romanian kebab removers there is "Mihai Viteazu" again by Sergiu Nicolaescu and is available on TH-cam)
Vlad the Impaler was a good strategist. Although, his methods where very ugly, he managed to defend himself from the also cruel Sultan. Thats the proof, that a superior army doesnt equal victory. It just makes it an easy target for Guerilla Raiders, since they are so big. He also used Mercenaries for the defense. That is from a military viewpoint bad, since mercenaries back than were fought only for Glory, riches and adventure which made them very unreliable. A good video! Keep it up.
Heroic, villainous, cruel, courageous, clever, psychopathic, patriotic, opportunistic, whatever one chooses to call him, Vlad was undoubtedly audacious in his scheming.
I mean, when considering how bad Vlad was you must consider that the ottomans had done equally if not worse things... It was not a very fun period of time to be alive when conflict arose...
What single Ottoman did worse than killing tens of thousands of people, including their own people with brutal executions and locked people in a burning building just for being poor?
Best part about Vlad is the set of legends. One says that a well in Wallachia had upon it a golden cup, set with no chain for nobody would dare to steal it. The very day he died it is told that the cup had vanished, and then did the peasants know that Vlad was no more. Another tells of a merchant who reported that his bag of a hundred silver coins was stolen, and Vlad told him to wait. The next day he was called over to be shown his bag, and the merchant gleefully thanked for his bag being found. But then Vlad counted the money in the bag in front of the merchant, ten stacks of ten and then one more, since the bag was never the merchant's to begin with. And having been caught a liar, he was also impaled.
I love how you made the destinction between old Romanian where "drac" means dragon and modern Romanian where "Dracu" means devil. Its often never clarified in typical documentaries. Good attention to detail!
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You need to be more accurate with Vlad the Dracula, correction: they boys were forcefully taken from family and they were abused and used for sultan pleasure, like were all the princes when the filth of Turks occupied territories of Europe, and Vlad the Dracula he was the defender of Christian faith of it makes him the worst vampire in history I will still admire him
@@ellap.1014 I also think the turks sucked, but impaling your OWN people for engaging in sexual immorality and burning poor people to death, enslaving and then killing CHILDREN is too much.
Yekkub u must of read the fiction story of Dracula. Very funny your comment
@@ellap.1014 You're saying this whole video is just fiction?
Imprisoned when young, nailing turbines on heads, all the impaling, Convincing guards to open gates bc he knew Turkish, sneaking into Ottoman Camp.. what’s crazy is that a movie of his actual life would be far more insane than any of the fictional Dracula films lol
Romania did produce a biopic in the 70s,but it is slightly biased against Turks. This was,afterall,when communism was ruling Romania.
Bias against Islam is a right almost all of Europe has aquired through the pain of their ancestors.
@James Stewart Yes.
Yeah, the only fictional Dracula I can think of that rivals/beats out the craziness of Vlad's actual life is Alucard from Hellsing.
But that's anime&manga, and they have less restrictions when it comes to getting fucked up stories. I definitely want to see a live-action movie about Vlad, and I would enjoy the hell out of it as long it stays true and is executed properly
@James Stewart nope but he promised to become a vassal of Mathias Corven only to raid his lands in transylvania a few years later, and breaking his oath to him and returning to the ottomans, before turning gaianst them, which made the Sultan get rid of him for good, this is why he is considered a coward, because of his greed and blind desire to rule independently at the expense of his ruler (mathias and the ottomans) and at the cost of thousands of chiristians he murdered due to his need for money or insanity. This is europe hates him.
Vlad had a lot at stake
Gerald Berliner HAHAHAHAHA
I tried not to laugh.
I really did.
But I couldn't hold it in.
You win this round.
Not funny!!
High five!
Lol aye. He wis aff his nut
people who think Game of thrones is violent have never studied medieval history
You could argue that this is the early modern wage by this point
charlotte Bowyer
First of all i agree with you
All the way
Sorry to say I have never watch the show , seen a commercial once nor do i want too watch it . Like reality tv its fake and it is to make money for someone . as history in a hundred year wont show how bad life is today and brutal. Sorry i have been living in America to long it’s a TV series life in those times were far worse as you you have to read a book that was creditable facts being published not the inter-web . It was far worse in those times then Hollywood could ever depicted on tv . its a tv mate they have limited boundaries that they’re working in and I agree life is far worse especially in history than TV can ever depict. But as always i am sure on the other side of the coin some lived a blessed light 💡 . Not busting your balls just saying life can always be viewd in a different life, depending on where your at . We are lucky . Crunch the numbers we a re what 9.7 % of the world population that have the ability to comment on this let alone view your comments . We are the lucky ones how far do we meed to walk to get fresh water see a doctor or hell flush the toilet 🚽 don’t let Ignorance bother you you’re better than that
not for that part of Europe.
Game of Throne is inspired from medieval period ;)
People that think the world today is violent should study medieval history!
Executioner:"My lord,where should I put the sharp log?"
Vlad:"Up his ass"
Executioner:"What?"
Vlad:"What?"
LMAOOOOO SORRY WHY DO I FIND THIS FUNNYYYYYY ???
What?
😂
lmao
brilliant
Impaling was a common method of execution back then, they wouldn't have been very phased by it.
Vlad himself went on a sneaking mission into the main ottoman camp? Jesus christ he may have been a monster but he definitely also had major cojones
A giant set of brass balls
why is he a monster? All he did was defend his country. He never touched innocent people.
I am what you call “sneeki breeki”.
@A Scam Involving Corndogs I am pretty sure you don't have a clue what your talking.
Baggers at that time where almost all seek people whit skin disses. Its even said in the video how he sends such people to infect the Turks army, meaning he gives them a chance in one way or another.
Stop looking whit your 2020 eyes feeling pitty. Those where different time and whit out studies, one could easily make mistake, besides, even if did killed beggers, for those time it wasnt uncommon.
@@rusudenes8549 You don't have a clue what you're talking about. And if you do, you're a very sick person. Burning people alive is a harsh enough death even for the time, but for the "crime" of being fucking poor??
There are bastards and there are monsters and this man was pure monster.
Thanks for the kind words, guys
Vlad the King!
How about puting a group together and doing a tour of Britain?
@John Triplett lmao
John Triplett He’s a vampire, innit!?
Vlad you retake Wallachia and I will retake Erdely.
It's amazing how despite the fact that the fictional Dracula literally survives by draining the blood of others, the real Dracula is still so much more terrifying and violent
The real Dracula is 100 times more badass than that fictional character. Just my opinion.
He was a freedom fighter!
@@allrebel He burned poor beggars alive, impaled women through their vagina, cut off their breasts, and fed them to their lovers. While he did fight back the ottoman empire, he was still a evil cruel bastard.
Probably because the fictional one is draining people one by one to survive...which the real one was a war lord killing thousands at a time. Not to mention some people might rather to die from a bite on the neck and your blood drained vs getting impaled especially when it's through the reare end.
Some versions of Dracula the vampire are Vlad the Impaler
These videos make me realize how good most of us have it these days... Life was rough back then
Yeah man
not really,bcuz our era is suffered from depression but i do understand your point,sir
What? Now most of us are office planktons. At least back them you could die in a glory of a battle or a plague lol. Today we sit in our nursing homes thinking about social security and when a nurse will change a diaper.
@@arturz8192 That's true, but we don't have to worry about the bare minimums, and most people didn't die in battle or any kind of glory.
@I am the poop I don't think you really got the idea behind my text. It's okay though...
"I don't always impale furniture, but when I do, it's an ottoman."
lmfao... saw what you did there …. well played sir... well played.
lol no he invented kababs and do it more on his people than his own
My body hurts now... wah. lol
It's really ironic that he was a descendant of Central Asian steppe clan, his ancestors were Turks, his dynasty, Basarab dynasty was a Turkic Cuman dynasty. Basarab, the founder of Basarab dynasty and his father Thocomerius had Turkic names. Basaroba means "Basar's clan" (Another example: Turkic Cuman clan/dynasty who ruled Bulgaria: Terter + *oba* or other Cuman clans like Arslanoba) and Thocomerius is the Byzantine reflection of the Turkic name Toktemür which means "hardened steel" (modern Turkish: tok + demir) LOL x-)
LMAO....so is there a Mr. Schmidt funny girl?
"Imagine a forest of corpses dripping on a buffet. You call that a nightmare? I call it a Tuesday!"
Does this mic still work after that blah blah blah? Check one,two AH,AH,AH
Put my foot on ottomans like I was furniture shopping
Do your disses shapeshift? Cos they mist
Your rap skills are like your reflection, they don't exist
Literally watching is video because of that video.
Get beat by count Dracula?
You're smoking crackula
I dunk on your whackula
raps like i'm Shaqula.
"you get a pole! You get a pole" Everyone gets a pole!" Vlad
I dont recall him distributing polish slaves to the ottomans
@@Eamonshort1 Yea, dat boi got sumthin wrong with da history class ma dawg
Lol
He was channeling Oprah Winfrey, before Oprah Winfrey was a thing, lol
😂😂
0:40 - Chapter 1 - Formative years
2:35 - Chapter 2 - Held captive
4:20 - Chapter 3 - Ascending to rulership
5:55 - Chapter 4 - Unprecedent torture
7:40 - Chapter 5 - The ottoman threat
9:20 - Chapter 6 - Upsetting the sultan
12:40 - Chapter 7 - War with the ottomans
16:00 - Chapter 8 - Betrayal
17:55 - Chapter 9 - The end
thanks
History class would have been alot more interesting if they taught us this.
4 real
Take ap european history!
History would be more fun if you look at romanian history. We even have a moment in WW1 when a regiment named "You shall not pass through here" put signs in all battle lands they would win. Imagine seeing "you shall not pass" on a sign and then gettin bayoneted
As a romanian who studied 3 months his period in history in 10th grade, after which you MUST remember all the years and you would get a paper quiz over the characters, battles and their importance ... thank god I loved history.
Nuc Zr-Surviv I did. They never talked about him. They just focused on Medieval England, Renaissance, etc. Eastern Europe outside of Russia wasn’t talked about
Vlad țepeș: I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move
Also Vlad Țepeș: *burns all the beggars*
*Poverty rate drops to 0%*
hax :v
Oke
Reminds me of the scene in Game of thrones where bronn reduced robbery by capturing all known theifs.
@@ThanosTheTitan93 Vlad the impailer:Hold my beer
Well he was giving away land, but the beggers wanted money and money only. Then you understand him.
Imagine being a stake maker in Vlads empire! You’d never be bored! Such an economy to be a part of.
Shane Ellis what empire? The territory in question was about 1000X400 kilometers. It's the turks who had the empire!
I'm pretty sure he was not less brutal than his contemporaries...but he was fighting to protect his kingdom... unlike other rulers of his time ( wars of the roses, anyone?)
Marcela Timis my backyard is my empire, and I’ll heave dirt clods at anyone who argues.
Shane Ellis you are confusing literal meanings with figurative ones... sad
@Lord Voldemort maybe... I have some trouble telling trolls from ignorants...
Vlad invented the assembly line when he revolutionized mass stake production, all to keep up with demand.
That was the busiest 30 years I've ever heard of.
I know, I am on the floor sweating - never ever doing that again!
everyone needs a hobby
*2020 Entered the chat.*
@@meyakabrown795 Aka: The year noone did anything
@@minecraft991115
Smh. U really weren't paying attention if you think that. But while everybody was inside arguing online, the elite were building the infrastructure for a coming technocracy.
Don't get mad, get Vlad....
lol
A kid in my class is named vlad
I have my wooden stick
Ah frick
He disguised himself, went to the enemy camp’s hq, and just walked back. Fucking insane lad.
Insane? Not at all! He was BRAVE and he did his duty - that was fighting the enemies of his country by ALL means!
@@allrebel He burned poor beggars alive, impaled women through their vagina, cut off their breasts, and fed them to their lovers. While he did fight back the ottoman empire, he was still a evil cruel bastard. Please stop sugarcoating his legacy!
Steel Balls!!!
He was a ninja before there were ninjas
@@allrebel And you are an enemy of the entirety of mankind 😂
Europeans were insanely violent
Ottomans were insanely violent
Then Vlad said: "Hold my beer."
@. No, He made Kebab from Ottoman flesh
No,he said"I remember my first beer".
Hold my beer... don't spill a single drop!
Stake* Hold my Stake!
😂😂😂
Everyone in The middle ages must've had PTSD
No, they made sure they didn't survive the trauma.
@@minecraft991115 damn.
Nah cos they grew up with it
@@samorka2330 ''No, they did not have PTSD because they grew up with it''?
@@chanceburn7416 no, they grew up with the brutality, and weren't affected the same way as a person nowadays would be. For eg, if you went to war rn and saw people killed etc, it wouldn't be part of your routine. It's just a theory.
I can confirm we romanians see Vlad as a hero here. Cruel, but he stood by his morals, it's said that the law was so enforced that you could leave a bag of money in the middle of a busy market and no one would pick it up, in fear of what would happen to them.
EON 1 I'm Romanian but I dont see Vlad as a benevolent leader. No person who engages in ethnic cleansing should be looked to as a good man. I appreciate his willpower and determination but he was by no means a good man.
Yeah, but not doing anything because of the threat of impalement isn't moral behavior, it's survival in constant fear. Going over the top with punishment will not produce ethical societies - moral people will act accordingly out of their own motivations, not death threats.
I'm quite surprised how readily impalement is defended in this comment section. "Hey at least no purses were stolen" seems like a comical defense to me.
alpenjon its ethical by result regardless. you cant force good morals in any instance, but the threat of gruesome death ensued that regardless of morality, the local population would act as good Christians.
The key is the word "act". If the only motivator is punishment, people will circumvent it, and it will breed crime like black markets and corruption. Also, think about all the false accusations and impalements that inevitably result from such a law. All it takes is a few false accusers, one corrupt judge or a simple mistake and you've impaled an innocent citizen. And when impalement is at stake, people would do anything to motivate or pressure judges.
alpenjon The turks did way more impalement and were way more cruel than he ever was
Vlad is still a more charming name than Chad.
Chad the impaler
😂🤣
Chad the impaled.... He didn't even know her
Nation of Chad: Hey wait a minute!
*"Chad the Annoying"*
Vladislav!
Baby don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me
No more
Bro lol no you didn't
TheLewisma hahaha
But... Vlad's name isn't Vladislav, his full name is Vladislaus Drăculea Basarab.
TheLewisma get out
@@SaucyJack88 Vladislaus is just another version of Vladislav. It's just as much Vladislav as Lazlo is
The stakes were high at that time
Ahhh i see what u did there.
@@Dragerdeifrit yes I see aswell, he said the stakes were high and it is true because their was a lot of risk involved
ofc they were high. People need to see the bodies impaled from long distances so they know that Vlad was near !
Slow clap, turns into a fast clap with a tears of laughter
Vlad: “guess where this log is going”. Prisoner: *nervously asks* “where?” Vlad: “Up your ass”
:')
"say sike rn"
@@anaionescu8913Vlad: "no"
Sadly. Nope
LMAOOO 🤣🤣🤣
"Sometimes the world no longer needs a hero. Sometimes what it needs, is a monster."
Awesome quote. Who said it?
@@sauce1974marisa There's a movie from 2014 starring Luke Evans called Dracula Untold. It's a quote from Lord Impaler himself
@@angryvigilante9018 how spectacular. I remember that movie. It's even more wonderful because I crush on Vlad
@@sauce1974marisa 😂 Rumors are starting up again of a sequel. Let's hope it happens
Bro, that’s why I exist, to piss all teh assholes off!
Vlad Tepes: Yes, I killed all of the beggars. I promised I would fight poverty, after all.
it reminds me of when south park made a parody with rustle crome
He killed beggards because he thought that they we're spies for the turks, as i know they offered them jobs and if they refused, well, it could be a suspect in his mind.
This is like curing a disease by killing the patient.
@@pjmax7287 ancient quarantine
@@pjmax7287 Yes you understand. It is called a quarantine. The PERFECT quarantine..
Where does Dracula buy his writing supplies?
Pencilvania.
Eh. Good one.
Take this like 👍
Good
@@wghat_the_hell lmao oop
as a romanian i find this amusing af. idk why some romanians find this offensive because it's just a nice joke, nothing more. LoL....some people can't control their anger
@@gamedog6704 fax
Modern Romanians say they would vote for him if he was alive today.
A good friend of mine is Romainian. She waxes poetic about Tepes
I would, the guy had balls.
I am Romanian and i totally would !
I would vote for him.
Good for them
Wallachia was the southern Romanian state. Transylvania was the Northern state and Moldavia was the eastern one.
Graham Turner transylvania was an autonomous region in the kingdom hungary
Dávid Székedi But it was never Hungarian. Sorry but it's Romanian by right.
Pale Lady, 70% of Transylvania's population is Romanian. 17% Hungarian. I suggest you do some research before posting idiotic things online.
spineshivers Even if the numbers were reversed it'd still be Romanian, Romanians were there before the Hungarians.
no it belongs to the Homo Erectus, they were there first!
Considered more of a hero here in Bulgaria and Romania
Георги Статев then those countries have issues
@@lzi9452 yes, issues against being invaded by ottomans
@@MrDoggysmut supporting vlad the impaler is quite troubled
@@lzi9452 one man's hero is another man's villain. All a matter of perspective.
@John Benko he helped push the Ottomans out of Wallachia enough to keep everyone in safe hands. In the end Vlad only cared about his people and has willing to do anything to keep them afloat. He's seen as a martyr and hero for his actions to keep Romania today as it is and not turn it into a Islamic nation and losing its identity. But again just a matter of perspective for many on how they see him. Read his autobiography, it gives a good summary about him and the author took over a decade to write it. Worth it if you're interested.
my Romanian grandmother always told me storys about vlad. the one that always stood out the most is how he would drop money on purpose while walking past people and if they waved him down and gave him his money they were good, but if they pocketed the money vlad would kill them
Imagine if someone did that today.... I can't imagine how many would die! 😳
@@Aemilius46 crime in the modern day is actually lower than the old world. I know it's easy to be a boomer who thinks things suddenly manifested in the modern day because you are afraid of change and lack historical knowledge but you should learn how to be more well adjusted.
@Tonja_Coffman I did more research than the people who claim he's a Saint but if you did research you would know even vlads own guys thought what he did was too far and found it hard getting support from other Christians because they probably saw what he did and as God fearing people interpreted delayed suffering of people impaled on poles of being ungodly or of the devil. It seems like almost a fetish or sadistic sexual deviance to impale people's anuses and vagina while vlad got off on it. Along with cutting off their breasts. To normal people that's like serial killer behavior
@Tonja_CoffmanGreatly said!! 🛡️ I certainly agree!! ✨
So he was a content creator
Vlad learned well from the Turks, the pupil surpassed the masters.
Robert Kubrick
Well said.
@ Kinda like conquering Constantinople and wiping out their civilization even though they are in a very weak state. 3 guesses who did that
@Khalid Ibn Alwaleed Simple,I compare semi-understandable actions(What Vlad did) to genocides(The Otoman Empire)
@@alinastanescu4430 LOL you are a imbecile. funny seeing people refuse the truth knowingly.
he grew up in a system he didnt like. and broke it. doesnt this remind you of something? :)
He's actually a hero of Romania. They celebrate him every year. He only tortured and killed his enemies, but never really hurt his friends. It made him a gruesome villain, who somehow was equated with Lady Bathory, to his enemies. Funny that the embodiment of Vampires was associated with Dracula and not the more ghoulish Bathory.
"Horror and moral terror are your friends, if they are not then they are enemies to be feared."
-Colonel Kurtz
Women getting impaled in the vagina for breaking virginity seems crazy but I guess that’s your Homie you goofy bro
He burned poor beggars alive, impaled women through their vagina, cut off their breasts, and fed them to their lovers. While he did fight back the ottoman empire, he was still a evil cruel bastard. Please stop sugarcoating his legacy!
Slaughter 23,000 Muslim men woman elder baby childre?
@@yafai5502 yeah it's funny how people easily forget he killed and tortured so many innocent people. Calling Vlad a "good man" is akin to calling Hitler a "good man"
In Greece and probably in every Balkan country he is also considered a hero..
As he and his cousin Stefan should be
@Anna Sabalic why not create one
In Serbia too, everyone who fought Turks is a hero!
Vlad was a hero i live not far from his castle in Romania
@@kutaydemiralay5821 its true
To quote Joshua Graham: “The time for talk has passed. The Lord’s work must be done.”
i see you're a man of culture as well!
Fallout new vegas?
We can't expect god to do all the work
w e c a n t e x p e c t g o d t o d o a l l t h e w o r k
practiced hands make for short work. And the good lord knows there is much to be done
A hard cruel man for hard cruel times.
@A Scam Involving Corndogs hey, as long as it works
@@FrancoSciaraffia He just killed a bunch of people for no reason. And they weren't shot, poisoned, beheaded or hanged, they were burned alive...
@A Scam Involving Corndogs it worked, Romania still not as Islamic as Britain.
@A Scam Involving Corndogs then you've never heard of Venice during the black plague.
" Man's gotta eat julian "
I’m the bad type
Shish-kabobbing fad type
Make the Sultan mad type
Might avenge my dad type
I’m a Vlaaad guy
Duh
I hate that song, but well done sir, well done.
I can not take credit for it, but I agree it’s a terrible song. But that was funny af and it fit so I used it
School me : what song is that ? By whom?
Pretty please?
Fucking brilliant, my good man!
Stasia Romanovsky bad guy Billie eilish
Some context as to why he's seen as a hero: in a country where corruption has been a problem for centuries he's seen as a figure of draconian justice. It's said that in his time you could drop a bag o money on the ground and still find it there the next day. So in Romania you'll hear him brought up a lot whenever there's a corruption scandal, or even when there's a petty crime, like someone being pickpocketed.
I'd say Stephen the Great is the Romanian historical figure more closely associated with the fight against the Ottoman Empire, especially in the context of Christianity vs. Islam (fought the Ottomans and built lots of churches)
Draconian Justice, pun intended
So almost like a real life punisher
If Tarantino made a movie about Vlad's life and battles...woooweee, that would be a batshit crazy blood fest
But that is his trademark, is it not?:)
Petition to have tarantino make a Dracula movie
They better use Exodus' Impaler somewhere in that movie, if it exists
Can't forget the foot shot though.
I would watch that. Tarantino is the master director.
when a single men put the fear in the heart of the most powerful army in Europe( by far) and has the respect of his entire population even hundred of years after, the issue that he was cruel or not is without any importance.With him and Stephen the great, his cousin , the romanian people were able to withstand the ottoman advance in Europe.Romanian territories were the Vietnam of the Ottoman empire.
He killed the traitors, and its the medieval ages everyone was brutal as hell, remember the Inquisition !
Ah yes the old it was traitors he tortured, it’s still torture. There are better leaders and better men who are considered the bane of the ottoman empire.
No mate. We call that overdose nationalism disorder.
@LadyGaGa is hot I know you don't understand his standpoint but this were cruel times. Romania was forced to pay many tributes during it's history to just remain unconquered by the Turks during which time they tried to invade us countless times. The turks pillaged villages, raped women and set fire to a lot of them. I don't think you understand how big was the Ottoman empire and how small was Romania at the time. They needed the reputation of fear so they could create distrust and horror in the Ottoman armies. This are mind games. And sometimes it's all you have.
They took it later tho and kept it for like 800 years
"Draco" in Latin is "dragon", so there is no doubt about the original meaning of the word...
So Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter is in Latin Dragon Malfoy
Draco was the stindard of the dacians , the ancestors of romanians. But indeed...in modern times ,,dracul" in romanian means the devil.
@@lightknight429 don't forget to translate the rest of Latin where mal is the base for either "apple or evil" and foy may relate to "I make."
@@theblackarhangel No. There is no such relation between the dacian standard and the order of the dragon.
Also, as a romanian myself, I can tell you that romanians have little to do with the ancient dacians, almost nothing. We, as a new people, since late antiquity, always called ourselves "roman", as we are descendants of the citizens of the Roman Empire, here in eastern Europe.
@@theblackarhangel Dacian DNA, right... Ever heard of romanian ethnogenesis? You ever heard of roman citizenship? Does it have anything to do with the dacian DNA? No, it doesn't. ...and for how long have you stayed in school? be honest.
Feel free to provide me with links that would get me to your evidences. I bet I can give you far more reliable sources about the usage of the "roman" word in our romanian history. :)
"The bad dacian = Dacul cel rau" has no corelation with anything at an official level. It was merely a poetic term for Mihai, rather than a reality, or it was even used as an insult to Mihai, for he was actually a romanian of bizantine roots.
I'm waiting for your protocronistic links, Crazy-Ass Painter.
ps: And you still have to make a real point about how does the Order of the Dragon relate to the dacian standard.
Hello everyone. We've been experimenting with a bit of a podcast (a few people were asking for audio versions so they can get Biographics while doing other things)! Fair warning: none of these are new biographies, but rather me having a bit more of a free form chat around the script. I'd love to know what you think, if these are useful, wanted etc :). Thanks, Simon.
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Nice!
He didn't hate the true beggars. There were people who pretended to be disabled just to be able to get money without working. So he invited all those " beggars" and saw them that they were actually able man and then set them on fire. At the beginning of his ruling he pardoned and freed all the people from the prisons, under the condition that they would leave their wrong ways and become good citizens, but of course not many did that so he did what he had already told that he would do. Little details like this that you and others leave out make people believe he was a monster.
Factual error, Vlad the Imapler was NOT the inspiration for Dracula. Stoker used his name because it sounded cool. Dracula and his castle were inspired after Elizabeth Bathory, who really did drink blood to keep herself young
I love all your work. I watch Toptenz all the time and now I'm loving Biographics! You're awesome and love your dry humour 😁!
This is where the Mad King in game of thrones was inspired.
I once owned a red Chevy Impala.
It’s name was Vlad....
Vlad the Impala....
Thank you... Thank you....
I’ll be here all week.
😂
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
this guy makes count Dracula look like an angel
Agree or disagree with his method's, the man was a beast
The man was insane.
it was one of the biggest commanding geniuses of the medieval period for sure.
@@pinkitcv yep he was defo a genius evil or whatver
ForArts FYI, Vlad is a national hero for the Romanians. You wouldn’t understand unless you’d read some history of the region and the time.
@@zakiahmed6655 why? because he protected his Country against invaders at all cost?
I'm from Wallachia and Vlad never died
Tell him, Markov wants his fifty ducats. He knows why.
Well they say,"A tyrant dies but the curse on him lives forever."...
Vlad's devilish acts never died and so did THE PEOPLE who killed him for his tyranny.But both are different in sight of GOD.
@@quratulain3893 tyrant? Even after watching a video about the incredible things that man did for his country you still choose to be ignorant, he was and forever will be a national hero.
Yesh wallachian and transylvanian are different but just their language are similar! Romania are Just a union of european latins ;)
Greet from native balkan guy with wallachian root
Wallachia is a one of oldest people in balkan and got a really big countries through Alexander the great. He was a mixed thracian and illyrian guy ! The place of foundation was the between two
countries called albania & Macedonia
Wallachia : illyrian - thracian
Transylvania : Dacian - romance
Information: the some southern part of Italy was illyrian
@@wonkothesane8691 😂😂
Vlad The Motivated. Dude couldn't sit still, did more in his lifetime than i could do in 20 lifetimes.
Vlad Tepes sure is one of the most interesting and legendary character in history.
Vlad was a hero to his country and impaled his enemies because THEY used it as a scare tactic…he simply returned the favor to a much greater degree.
Based
You kids are seriously delusional
Ottomen: We have come to conquer you
Dracula: Okay, but you’re going to have to walk through a forest of your dead friends to do it
Shut up kid your ancient ancestors betrayed us using our weakness of kindness and forgiving
Maybe thats where Mortal Kombat got its idea for the screaming forest stage.
He kinda glossed over it, but from the outset of his first campaign vlad had every impaled person sent back to his capital in full view of his castle. He got into that habit because the ottomans had made sure to give him a cell facing their execution square when he was just a boy.
It may be apocryphal but some say vlad was waiting for them in the forest of the dead when the army crested the pass into his capital. It is rumored he called up to them,"look at what i have made of your men! More a forest than they ever were soldiers; useful only for providing me shade and joy!"
The sultans men needed to be convinced to advance down that hill. Vlad roared with laughter every time the sultan executed another of his own men for cowardice and heckled them mercilessly. Whats really crazy is it very nearly did the trick and the army nearly broke. The sultan had to promise riches and titles AND keep up executions just to get his army moving DOWN a hill. Just crazy
That's an amazing sight!
A 'like' hardly does justice to the level of research and production for each of your videos.
Give him a lick
Vlad is the definition of the term “the ends justifies the means”
They didn’t tho the ottoman empire grew to be the superpower of the world for a long time
Especially the pointy ends.
maybe it's true for what he did against the ottomans, but definitely not true regarding what he did to his own country
@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447Bloody cherry picker
Someone should make like an animated series based on the history of the cousins mentioned here: "The Adventures of Dracula and Steve"
Steven, technically is Stefan, Steven is just an anglicanized name. Personally I fucking hate the habit, name of people are their personal nouns, they should be used the way they are in that language, not the way they're translated into English.
Yes.
@@Zamolxes77 It's done in other languages as well, not just English.
as a romanian i can only be thankful for this british guy who very neutrally explained Vlad Tepes, thanks Simon! You are the best
I'm officially addicted to this channel. Keep up the great work
It’s a shame people remember him as just some evil maniac. In reality, Vlad played an integral part in resisting westward Ottoman expansion and was a hero to the Christian world. He was also a master of psychological warfare, destroying innumerable amounts of Ottoman forces and using “impairment” to make the Ottomans shot themselves. I’m not saying he wasn’t an exceedingly violent man, but the medieval era was an exceedingly violent time, and Vlad proved more than happy to adapt to the world he lived in. He certainly commands respect.
but even in his time, people called him extremly violent, so he isn't just "someone defending against the ottomans":
Christ never taught people to impale women in the vagina and cut off their breasts. Not sure about him being Christian or a hero.
I'm not a Christian but I'm pretty sure God doesn't teach men in power to gruesomely torture murder anyone they don't like and show off their corpses to their people. Also killing all their children for good measure.
What a hero
Dustin Cooper well, in this time period, the mainstream church would of given anyone who inconvenience the Ottomans the steamiest homosexual actions if they asked (ok, not really, but you get my point). Anyway, when the Ottomans became powerful, most of the high ranking members of the church basically loved anyone who could help them stop the Ottomans and keep their political power, did not matter what they did, even if it was the most brutal and sinful action.
He burned all the poor beggers , as Jesus would have.
The Sultan: Hey, jackass, give me Wallachia.
Vlad: Have a long, pointy stick.
Sultan did defeat him in the end and ruled it for 400 years.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 and it took them hundreds of thousands before they did.
Nice name
@@BLVCKO Yes,but not soldiers.
@8dzenja6 Both are cringe.
He was a hero. Literally a hero of Europe.
He certainly was!! Same with John Hunyadi, and Matthias Corvinus!! 🛡️🗡️
Vlad was an example of a born to be great ruler. He was so young and yet a genius in war. He knew how outnumbered he was so he relied on fear tactics, spying and biological attacks. He did everything to free and preserve his people and religion. It's truly amazing what he managed to accomplish.
Yes it is, and if he would have gotten the requested help from other Europeans would have taken back Constantinople and taken down the Ottomans with it!!! That's fact!!!
He was a monster
And besides that he succeeded in making Wallachia a just place.
@@nashbullet3213 no he wasn't, he tried to do everything he could to have a safe and just country. What would you do if you would be surrounded by greedy and treacherous boyards on one side and the ottomans on the other side?
And, Guerilla Warfare!! He did Alot of Hit and Run tactics, Night Assaults, etc!
Vlad the Impaler: "Do what you gotta do."
4:36 even Balkan children back them had killer mustaches.
So did some of the women.
@@wonkothesane8691 never compliment a woman on her moustache...no matter how epic it is
That's Stephen The Great, the greatest ruler of Moldova and one of the most successful anti-Ottoman fighters. Far from being a child. :)
@@MirelB87 shhhhhhh
And Mehmet is one of them
Ive heard and read this story many times. But I always relish hearing it again. I love the guy. He had anger issues (as anyone would after his early life) but he held it down.
But killing beggars to end poverty is not how you end poverty.
1. He was born in Sighisoara, a city situated in Transylvania.
2. Yes, he was cruel but the people still loved him.
3. He did kill someone in that famous night attack.
4. His enemies fabricated a letter in which he promised the turks that he will switch sides but that wasn't true and that letter led to his arrest.
5. As a romanian, I'm proud that we had such a ruler. I don't care what anybody else thinks of him, he will always be remembered as a great ruler.
With that being said, Simon my good sir I wish to thank you for doing this video. Cheers from Romania.
Joe Jack Cum naiba sa fie ungur?
Romel Negut idiotul asta cu documentarul. Asta spune. De iancu de hunedoara. La min. 4:42
Joe Jack Chiar nu inteleg de unde a scos asta.
Romel Negut e un ungur asta cu documentarul. Sau nu stiu de capu lor cand fac documentare
Romel Negut si asa lumea e dezimformata. Si am mai pierdut si pe iancu de hunedoara. ))). Niste idioti. Platiti sa dezimformeze. Bro
Actualy we know how his mom is is Maria the dother of "Alexandru cel bun" so he is a descendent of "Mircea cel batran" a ruler of Valahia and cousen of "Stefan cel Mare" a ruler of Moldova. The marriage of Vlad Dracul with his mom was a political one thats way its belived that "Mircea cel batran" loved Vlad Tepes the most. Vlad Tepes was loved buy the Romanian peopel he was good to them he was bad to the Turkis and to the rich peopel but good to the peopel that were poure and working. Some of we Romanians stil love him in these time.
Turcu Adriana whoa
Vlad was smart and a badass. He knew he couldn't take the Turks so he used mental warfare to great effect.
jack DZ it wasn’t because they were Muslims, it was because they were foreign invaders
@@Hugh_Morris Yea...no. He killed his own people. Drank their blood. Would kill women for losing their virginity. How is that at all something to admire? Nothing he has built has stood the test of time. Quite pathetic really.
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Chorp Squatch he killed his own so the Turks wouldn’t have the enjoyment of raping and killing his villagers he kinda saved them from a worse fate.
@@haiscore2614 ok he never actually drank their blood, thats a bs rumor about him, but he did sit and have dinner in front of his impaled victims, but he didn't drink their blood, what reason would he have, clearly if you actually drank blood it would make you sick lol
“I inspire fear, you inspire Count Chocula”
Killing Dracula?
You smoke crackula!
@@raptor_zero9429 I'll dunk on your whackula raps
Like I'm Shaqula
@@3938jay wtf lmao
Yes,for us,for romanians he was,is and will be one of the greatest leaders we had
Ionut Serbanat pai si Mihai Viteazu si Decebalus si Burebista si tot asa ah fost buni. Si Stefan cel mare
Brian M yes,I agree with,IT is very surely he had mental disorders because of the time he lived in Turkey like a prisoner,he was treated badly and he had a trauma so that explain his sadistic methods of punishements and thorthures
This man hated crimes,hated corupt nobles who ruin Wallachia and betrayed his father
Brian M yes,he had mental disorders but I said it was because of badly treatment he sufferrd in Turkey,he wants to revenge,yes,I dont understand why he killed poor people,but he saved peasants,he gave them land he initiated many recorms for the modernization of state and in case of women who died because of sleeping with men before the marriage that was the punishement for that fact,he and Ivan The Teriblle,no matter how cruel they were,and yes I know they were cruel but they fight for their people and for their nation and hated the lie,the crime and corruption
Brian M yes,you can say and that,but in our history,in human kind history all nations had horiblle punishements,yes,maybe some leaders were more sadistic than others but we must know why they were like that,in the case of Vlad Țepeș I consider him a hero,like Stefan Cel Mare,Mihai Viteazul or Alexandru Ioan Cuza all great heroes,I think we romanians love him because he was a man who loved justice and fight for us,but now,in our days the current leaders are weak,corrupt,thiefs,they sell our country for to become richer,that's why we love our old leaders because even if they were bad in some facts,they fight for this nation
Never thought the real life count was so much more badass than his fictional counterpart, great video and great man this Vlad guy was.
Mr Bucket not really, he killed loads of Christians and was defeated by the Turks
Salokin Nah he had around 50,000 turks impaled, led a surprise attack on the ottoman army several times larger than his own with the intention of killing the Sultan and still escaped relatively unscathed.
He's almost like a brutal version of Cesare Borgia in that he could lead, rule and fight, but instead of fucking his own sister, Vlad would rather stick sharp prods up 50,000 ppl's asses, which is pretty brutal, but also pretty badass, like impaling your enemy on a stick level of badass.
I think psychopath is a better title, but this is just a youtube comment, so...
Murdering the poor does not a badass make.
Wuncler Laufenbum Cornelius Ulysses Albrecht LVX knowing what the ottomans did to people in the balkans it's pretty normal
Great man. One of the many great saviors of Europe and Christianity. Turkish teachings while Vlad was kept captive came in very handy.
Saviour of Christianity?
A Christianity represented by a man who butchers beggars for being poor DOES NOT DESERVE SAVING.
So what does Christianity represent again?
@@haiscore2614 At it's core (that every credible variant of Christianity accepts), following the example and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth aka Jesus Christ. Or at least, the accounts of his life found in the bible.
Anything that doesn't line up with what that man stood for in word and action can not be considered christian, and should certainly not be seen as a representation thereof, regardless of what or who it is.
As a romanian I must say this was a pretty accurate and objective material .
Johnny Sins really looks good with the beard here!
Ananth Vasudevan bruh moment
Nice job turning 18 and getting your first cell phone. Dont go too crazy youll go blind
That bein’ said...it was weird watchin’ tha video..
Just stop. Lame
Vlad was cruel, but so was the world Ottomans left behind them, his legacy is probably the savior of Europe. Nothing more, nothing less.
sniperduells you do realise that Turks just moved on? Vlad didn't stop much
You guys know history right? you do know the Ottomans eventually got to footsteps of Vienna right? and concured all those areas Vlad defended and for a long time. so....yaah I quess I have to teach you 12 year olds history again.
There where others that fought for now known Romanian lands, even if The Ottomans had their share of our lands, also many other nations, Romania is still here cos of the ones that stood up to the invaders, never leting us forget our ways, our legacies.
Eh, in the grand scheme of things Vlad really wasn't that important. He didn't hold power long enough to make a difference. He was an annoyance to the Ottomans, not a major enemy. His cousin Stephen the Great, on the other hand - now HE made a huge difference and was pretty much single-handedly responsible for stopping the Ottoman advance towards the north (the Ottomans still could, and did, advance towards the west of course).
sniperduells true
Dude was metal af. A ruthless and cruel tyrant no doubt about it, but I just love how savage he was. Also, a military genius.
Like napolean right
I can never get enough of Vlad the Impaler I watch any bio-or documentary on him run Therapist run I am your nightmare.
Vlad III hero of Europe!
Strange that the Ottoman cruelties haven't been told in history?!
Exactly.
I also have noticed in his other videos on "tyrannical rulers" like Nero etc. He seemed to make sure to point out all the good things amd possible reasons why they "turned evil" as if they were good and corrupted by power. You know, nuanced about them. But this video seems to be nothing but negative and leaves out important history of what the Ottoman did to his brother and him. (Like sodomy)
@@kathryncastanares525 I know, right!? And they had the audacity to say "The Ottomans treated he and his brother well"!
What cruelty. They shouldve treated their conquered territories like the spanish did in Southamerica. Much better.
boo go away fool
I want to go to Romania and pay my respect from the USA! What a badass!!!
Prince Charles of England is descended from Vlad.
press F to pay respects :D
I went to romania and did some impaling of my own...
Let’s go
@@_robustus_ more like you're the one who got impaled lmao
Simon and Crew please do a biographic on Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Keep up the great work guys I watch every Monday and Thursday like clockwork.
Sadly a lot of things around her lore is just a myth...
Nobody is interested about her devotion, and charity, building hospitals, fighting the Turks. Everyone wants to hear about the myths that portray her as a monster. I grew up in Hungary, studied Hungarian history in Hungary and was shocked when I heard the 'female Dracula' stories when I went abroad. We had cruel and infamous rulers during the history and if this was true about her we would've probably heard of it.
Most likely. Having a woman who is richer and stronger than the king and has a bigger army too is more than embarrassing. Just can't be allowed.
There are many attempts to prove that Bathory was innocent but in the other hand dead bodies was found and she was preached out by a brave simple lutheran priest due to her killing a decade before her trial started. Without any interest but in the defense of the victims. I say no grumble of anger without reason.
Vlad the Impaler, one of the biggest heroes in romanian history and one of the greatest military commanders of his time.
The virgin Radu the Fair vs the Chad Vlad the Impaler
vlad the chad
Blitzkrieg Hey Radu had 4 wives, I guess in this case Radu was the chad
@Steward of Autumn. that just means he stuck his pole in 4 women regulary. vlad impaled thousands. vlad is the ultimate chad.
Highly doubt Radu was a virgin considering he was Mehmet's II favorite concubine and lover
Chad the Impaler
Can you do a biography on Stefan the Great of Moldova?
I'm related to Vlad. It's the first thing I tell new friends if they're commoners.
do you own a grocery store as well?
Vlad gas always been one of my favorite historical figures his gurilla tactics were far ahead of his time
He was an anti-hero. What he did saved Western Europe from becoming a part of thr Ottoman Empire.
Ah...You do realise that he not lost Romania to the Ottomans,but invaded other Western powers as well? The Ottomans expanded more and more into Europe because of him.
And as a result the non muslim world still has some free speech and law and order thanks to that.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 you are an idiot with 0 history knowledge
Remember Suleiman The Magnificent do you want it more?
@@mustafaebakasim1947 what?
How has this story not made into a movie!! The true story of Dracula.
Great video, thank you for bringing us thing information.
Chris Sutton Too brutal for mainstream.
Pablo Nino Nathanael Stoop I mean they don’t have to go in the graphic details or show the vaginal impelling or boob eating. There is more to the story than that.
Chris Sutton Nope, pls not the SJWS version but the real warrior version.
I guess it could be an educational R-rated movie... honestly, I'm sick of all the tacky Dracula bs... and they can actually make it badass while maintaing historical accuracy...
Chris Sutton Hello sir, there is a movie about him, search on TH-cam "Vlad Tepes de Sergiu Nicolaescu HD" (if you like romanian kebab removers there is "Mihai Viteazu" again by Sergiu Nicolaescu and is available on TH-cam)
Vlad the Impaler was a good strategist. Although, his methods where very ugly, he managed to defend himself from the also cruel Sultan. Thats the proof, that a superior army doesnt equal victory. It just makes it an easy target for Guerilla Raiders, since they are so big.
He also used Mercenaries for the defense. That is from a military viewpoint bad, since mercenaries back than were fought only for Glory, riches and adventure which made them very unreliable. A good video! Keep it up.
Id like to impale my enemies on a stake...its pretty bad-ass and cool.
his methods were only ugly by todays standards. purely effective back then.
@@punkavaug he learnt Barbarism and fear from the Ottomans they turned him into a monster
All that talk about mercenaries being unreliable sounds like somebody studies Machiavellian theory.
Thanks! You are a magnificent host. We love getting the facts as best as they were recorded. You live up to it.
He was national hero. We need people like that in 2023
Indeed, now we have soy-boy cowards!!!
Heroic, villainous, cruel, courageous, clever, psychopathic, patriotic, opportunistic, whatever one chooses to call him, Vlad was undoubtedly audacious in his scheming.
Shut up kid your ancient ancestors betrayed us using our weakness of kindness and forgiving
I mean, when considering how bad Vlad was you must consider that the ottomans had done equally if not worse things... It was not a very fun period of time to be alive when conflict arose...
We should all thank our lucky stars that we were not born back then.
What single Ottoman did worse than killing tens of thousands of people, including their own people with brutal executions and locked people in a burning building just for being poor?
@@jekblom123 The Ottomans were notoriously cruel and it was from them he learned impaling
@@xXBlackSilverXx 👎
@A Scam Involving Corndogs I guess then if your playing that then for you it excuses rape ala Ottoman Turks huh?
Best part about Vlad is the set of legends.
One says that a well in Wallachia had upon it a golden cup, set with no chain for nobody would dare to steal it. The very day he died it is told that the cup had vanished, and then did the peasants know that Vlad was no more.
Another tells of a merchant who reported that his bag of a hundred silver coins was stolen, and Vlad told him to wait. The next day he was called over to be shown his bag, and the merchant gleefully thanked for his bag being found. But then Vlad counted the money in the bag in front of the merchant, ten stacks of ten and then one more, since the bag was never the merchant's to begin with. And having been caught a liar, he was also impaled.
This was the best history lesson EVER
Spoiler alert: the picture you used for his "mother" is the same picture you used for Elizabeth Bathory.
His fanfic has them related lol
Wasn’t Elizabeth actually a distant relative of his?
@@ZeldaLover6 wouldn't surprise me, given the vicinity of Wallachia and Hungary
@@ZeldaLover6 Yes. His second wife was an ancestor through her mother's side.
Amazing work, well done Simon. Well documented, most important correctly documented and impartial.
When Game of Thrones was a mere warmup
😂😂😂
Game of Throne is for kids the moment you realize that Berserk exist, and then Dracula true story eclipsed them all together.
Nice bio, just one thing: his mountain fortress is not outside Târgoviște, but pretty far away. It’s called Poienari Castle
I love how you made the destinction between old Romanian where "drac" means dragon and modern Romanian where "Dracu" means devil. Its often never clarified in typical documentaries. Good attention to detail!
The dragon was considered a devil in medieval times.
Supposedly the new Romanian pistol Draco is named after him. Can't confirm it though.
We need this man now so much! The stakes would not be empty for long.
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