What the records say
- When
- 1459
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 44.92° N, 25.46° E
- Description
- 1459 massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Easter Massacre of the Boyars (1459)
Massacre during the Greco-Turkish war
The Easter Massacre of the Boyars was an event in which Vlad the Impaler invited the Boyars of Târgoviște to an Easter feast in 1459 before ordering their arrest for conspiring against his family. Many were executed or impaled, while others were forced into labor at Poenari Castle. The massacre became one of the most infamous events of Vlad the Impaler's reign.
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