Vlad III Dracula (November or December 1431—December 1476, has also been known as Dracula (also Drăculea ), or Vlad the Impaler . He was the voivode, or prince, of the principality of Wallachia (an informal region in southern Romania) and his three reigns were in 1448, from 1456 to 1462, and 1476.

As voivode he led an independent policy in relation to the Ottoman Empire, and in Romania at least he is best remembered as a Christian knight and his crusades against Islamic expansionism into Europe. He is known in Turkish as Kazıklı Bey, or the Impaler Prince, and is a popular folk hero in Romania and Moldova even today.

Outside of Romania he is known by the exaggerated tales of atrocities (many of which stem from records of debatable authenticity), and even more so - the title of vampire and as the main character of Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel, Dracula — to the point where he is thought to be the inspiration for it. It has been suggested that this connection stemmed from a certain grotesque eating habit of Vlad's: rumour has it he would consume bread dipped in his victims' blood.

Although many of these stories have basis, his impact on the halting of Ottoman Empire expansion is recognizable in that his successful war against the Ottomans bought precious time for western Europe.

His post-mortem moniker of Ţepeş (Impaler) originated in his preferred method for executing his opponents, impalement, popularized by medieval Transylvanian brochures.

This castle belonged to Vlad Tepes who ruled Walachia (a part of Romania) during the 15th Century.
   
    It is also known as "Dracula's Castle" because of a strange coincidence between Bram Stoker's novel and Vlad Tepes, which matches 'Dracula' very well.