Okay Indulge me in a what if game, what if Vlad Tepes was more of a diplomat and was more "caring" to the Saxons in Transylvania.
I suspect that his name wouldn't have been found in the volume that Bram Stoker found his name in, and perhaps Dracula might have been a she. If your wondering look up the history of the Countess of Transylvania. It's a rather interesting read in a person who came closer to being an actual "vampire."
He did have something else, a wife. Two in fact, although not at the same time. I think His first wife was the more interesting of the two. In addition to enemies in Transylvania, he had enemies in the Ottomans and the Turks. There was always raids, and his first wife
His first wife was aware of the price that she would get as Vlad wife if she were ever captured by the Turks. Although history does not reveal her name, her story survived. In 1462, when the Turks began an attack near the castle she was living in, she jumped to the river below. This was upon hearing of the impending arrival of the Turkish army by a messenger. Later the part of the river where she jumped to her death would be renamed the Lady’s River in her honour.
His first wife was aware of the price that she would get as Vlad wife if she were ever captured by the Turks. Although history does not reveal her name, her story survived. In 1462, when the Turks began an attack near the castle she was living in, she jumped to the river below. This was upon hearing of the impending arrival of the Turkish army by a messenger. Later the part of the river where she jumped to her death would be renamed the Lady’s River in her honour.
What if she had lived? If not captured, would Vald remained somewhat mroe balanced? Would she have gained fame in her own right?
A fun game of What if...
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