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Vlad Dracul was the father of Vlad Tepes (The Impaler) who is identified as the historical Dracula.

Vlad Dracul was the illegitimate son of Prince Mircea, the ruler of Wallachia. It is believed his mother was Princess Mara of the Tomaj family of Hungary.

Not much is known about his childhood except speculation that he spent a period of his youth at the court of Sigismund 1 of Luxembourg, the king of Hungary. Vlad could have grown up in Buda and in locations in Germany as well. He married and had a son, also named Mircea.