In Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula', the Count died in battle against his enemies (either the Turks or a coalition of rival states and treacherous subjects). After his death he rose as a vampire, by force of will apparently.Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III
Born	1428–1431
Died	December 1476 – January 1477 (aged 44–49)
Spouse	Unknown first wife Justina Szilágyi
Issue	Mihnea

Radu died in January 1475, as the result of a long bout with syphilis, at which time Basarab naturally took the throne yet again, only to be forced off shortly thereafter in 1476 by Vlad III.

Did Vlad and Mehmed fight : The two leaders fought a series of skirmishes, the most notable one being the conflict where Vlad attacked the Turkish camp in the night in an attempt to kill Mehmed. The assassination attempt failed and Mehmed marched to the Wallachian capital of Târgoviște, where he found a few men with cannons.

Who killed Dracula

After Dracula's box is finally loaded onto a wagon by Romani men, the hunters converge and attack it. After routing the Romani, Harker decapitates Dracula as Quincey stabs him in the heart. Dracula crumbles to dust, freeing Mina from her vampiric curse. Quincey is mortally wounded in the fight against the Romani.

Who killed Dracula in real life : In 1476, while marching to yet another battle with the Ottomans, Vlad and a small vanguard of soldiers were ambushed, and Vlad was killed and beheaded — by most reports, his head was delivered to Mehmed II in Constantinople as a trophy to be displayed above the city's gates.

A real-life fiend, Vlad the Impaler killed 40,000 to 100,000 people, an unfathomable number at a time when murders were done singly and by hand. A sadist as well as a mass killer, Vlad had his victims blinded, strangled, hanged, burned, boiled, nailed and buried alive.

The following spring, having just begun a new campaign in Anatolia, he died 15.5 miles (25 km) from Constantinople. Gout, from which he had suffered for some time, in his last days tortured him grievously, but there are indications that he was poisoned.

Did Vlad the Impaler die

December 1476 (age 45 years)Vlad the Impaler / Died

In 1476, while marching to yet another battle with the Ottomans, Vlad and a small vanguard of soldiers were ambushed, and Vlad was killed and beheaded — by most reports, his head was delivered to Mehmed II in Constantinople as a trophy to be displayed above the city's gates.However, through a combination of guerilla tactics and scorched earth strategy, Vlad managed to outlast the Ottomans. One shocking story from this campaign reached Central and Western Europe.Vlad the Impaler aka Vlad III did not win the war with the Ottoman Empire. His policy, special or not, led to a war with the Ottomans in the first place, and those special strategies only gave him a few wins against the Ottomans both at home and in Ottoman territory, along the Danube.

However the fictional character, created by author Bram Stoker, was in fact based on a real historical figure called Vlad the Impaler. Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, was a 15th-century warlord, in what today is Romania, in south-eastern Europe.

Is Dracula Dead or Alive : Van Helsing, noticing sunlight creeping into the room, opens the blinds. As his body begins to burn, Dracula then attempts to flee, but is inadvertently killed by Renfield. With Dracula dead, Renfield falls into despair with no master to serve and scrapes Dracula's ashes into the coffin.

What kills Dracula : Despite the popular image of Dracula having a stake driven through his heart to kill him, Mina's narrative describes his decapitation by Harker's kukri while Morris simultaneously pierces his heart with a Bowie knife (Mina Harker's Journal, 6 November, Dracula Chapter 27).

Who is Dracula in real life

However the fictional character, created by author Bram Stoker, was in fact based on a real historical figure called Vlad the Impaler. Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, was a 15th-century warlord, in what today is Romania, in south-eastern Europe.

Mehmed suffered 3 major defeats, although in terms of Ottoman expansion the setbacks proved temporary. Second, his invasion of Albania was repulsed by Skanderbeg. However after Skanderbeg's death the Turks did conquer Albania. Third, his assault on the island of Rhodes held by the Knights of St.May 3, 1481 (age 49 years), Hünkar Çayırı, TürkiyeMehmed II / Died

In 1481 Mehmed marched with the Ottoman army to a new campaign but when reaching Maltepe, Istanbul, and the place was later called Hünkar Çayırı (Field of the Sultan) he became sick and after some days he died on May 3, 1481, at the age of forty-nine, and was buried in his Türbe in the cemetery within the Fatih Mosque …

How many Ottomans were killed by Vlad : They systematically rounded up Turkish sympathizers and captured troops in a 500-mile area and slaughtered them. Vlad reckoned killing more than 23,000, not counting those he burned in their own homes. He then routed an Ottoman invasion force 18,000 strong under Mehmed's grand vizier.