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Emperor Sigismund lost Bosnia to his own vassal. So he created a chivalric order
1408 Event

December 12

Order of the Dragon Created: Vlad Dracula's Father Will Join

Emperor Sigismund lost Bosnia to his own vassal. So he created a chivalric order to bind his nobles closer — through dragon imagery and shared oaths. The Order of the Dragon required members to wear a dragon curled into a circle, strangling itself with its own tail, a noose around its neck. Vlad II of Wallachia joined and took the name Dracul — "the Dragon." His son became known as Dracula, "son of the Dragon." The order lasted barely a century. But that single nickname, passed from father to son, would outlive every medieval alliance and reshape vampire mythology forever.

December 12, 1408

618 years ago

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