Wallachia
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Mr. Besson, serving as producer, writer and director, has brought in Caleb Landry Jones to play the fangy titular figure, who is also known as the medieval prince Vladimir of Wallachia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
He reportedly visited the Whitby Museum to explore the history of these vessels, as well as a local library, where he came upon William Wilkinson’s book The Accounts of Principalities of Wallachia and Moldova.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 18, 2023
At the center of Stoker’s research when writing “Dracula,” was a Romanian warlord named Vlad III who went by many other names: Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Dracula and also Voivode of Wallachia.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022
Wallachia was heavily influenced by the Ottoman Empire, and the word “aferim” is Turkish for “bravo.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2015
Back in Romania, there was no celebration like this, not even on the day commemorating when Wallachia and Moldavia had united to form the kingdom.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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