Vlad III of Wallachia, who some believe was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula, may have bled tears from his eyes, researchers say.
Looking to learn more about the life of the savage ruler, researchers from Italy’s University of Catania obtained three letters written by Vlad Dracula, in 1457 and 1475, where he addressed leaders of the city of Sibiu over tax collection and other issues.
Researchers from Italy’s University of Catania obtained three letters written by Vlad Dracula in Transylvania, in 1457 and 1475.This suggested that the fearsome tyrant may have suffered from a condition known as haemolacria, where a person sheds blood-tinged tears.might indicate that Dracula ‘cried tears of blood,'” the authors wrote in a paper published this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
The researchers harvested peptides and proteins from 15th-century letters written by Vlad the Impaler in Transylvania.
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