Vlad II Dracul

Vlad II (born August 30, 1400), known as Vlad Dracul , was a voivode  of Wallachia. He reigned from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He was the father of Mircea II, Vlad Călugărul , Vlad III Dracula, who became posthumously known by the epithet Țepeș , and Radu III the Beautiful.