Vlad II (d. December 1447), known as Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Dragon), was a voivode (duke) of Wallachia. He reigned from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He was the father of Mircea II, Vlad Călugărul (Vlad the Monk), Vlad III Dracula, who became posthumously known by the epithet Țepeș (the Impaler), and Radu III the Beautiful. Vlad II...