Vlad the Impaler

My talented, erudite and always-informative partner Ron has been reading a book which has aroused his interest in Vlad the Impaler (generally taken to be the real-life inspiration for the fictional Dracula).

Today he found an entertaining but dubious family tree—apparently it comes from a different novel—which shows that Vlad was married to a Princess Cneajna the Unpronounceable of Transylvania, and that his son Mihnea was known as "the bad." (Considering what Daddy was like, it's a wonder that ordinary badness is even noted.)

There's lots of other colorful information on the wives and children of the family, an ill-fated lot, prone to suicide, early death and various congenital deficiencies.