Posted on 11/04/2022 9:06:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Hobbit star had just finished the 2014 film Dracula Untold when he first met His Majesty, who was then Prince of Wales.
The 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad III, also known and Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes and Vlad Dracula
The actor, 43, played a fictional version of the 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad III, also known and Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes and Vlad Dracula.
In the movie, Vlad turns into a vampire.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show, Luke said: “I remember the first time I spoke to Charles. I was super nervous.
“He came up to me and said, ‘What are you working on?’ and I said, ‘I’ve just finished a movie about Vlad, who turns into Dracula.’ And he went ‘Funnily enough, I’m related to Vlad Tepes.’
“I thought he was joking, but went through his lineage to Vlad.”
Bloodthirsty Vlad III ruled the former territory of Wallachia and killed thousands — mainly through impalement.
Author Bram Stoker used Dracula for the title of his 19th Century novel. Christopher Lee played the character in films.
King Charles is a great grandson 16 times removed of Vlad III.
He can trace his lineage through his great grandmother Queen Mary, wife of George V, to Vlad IV, the half-brother of the infamous ruler.
Actor Luke Evans is a big time flamer, though it’s unclear if he’s the impaler or impalee.
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I thought Charles was the kind who likes to be impaled.
I believe Vlad’s older brother was a Janissary. Vlad vowed to defend Christianity from the scourge of Islam
And while the Orthodox Wallachians (Vlad Tsepesh among them) were fighting the Turks, the Catholic Poles and Magyars were letting their “Christian” brothers bleed out. Perhaps had the West fought the Ottomans at the shoreline of the Black Sea the Catholic monarchs would not have had to fight them at the gates of Vienna centuries later.
Lesson for today with the NeoSoviets as the Golden Porte?
Vlad is spinning in his grave
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