Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco

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Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco , bourgeois Ottomar Berbig , (born October 10, 1940 in Berlin , † November 17, 2007 in Königs Wusterhausen ) was a descendant of the legendary Romanian aristocratic family Draculas , a member of the district council and tourism promoter , who was adopted in 1987 .

Life

After completing his apprenticeship as a baker , he opened an antique shop in Berlin-Schöneberg . In the mid-1970s he met 96-year-old Princess Ekaterina Olympia Caradja , née Kretzulesco, who had remained childless and who was the sister-in-law of the last blood relatives of the legendary Prince Dracula from Transylvania . She adopted him in 1987 in Bucharest to ensure the continued existence of the noble family. Kretzulesco later said that she adopted him because he looked " Romanian enough".

In 1995 he bought the 16,000 m² area with Schenkendorf Castle with 46 rooms. Here he organized knight festivals, classical concerts and other activities. With the German Red Cross , he organized “blood donation parties” in order to replenish the blood reserves in the Brandenburg clinics. A small museum was set up. In 2006 he had to vacate the castle for financial reasons and in 2009 it was foreclosed. Kretzulesco moved to Königs Wusterhausen with his wife Janett (* 1981) and their son Ottomar, who was born on December 11, 2006 .

In name litigation over "Dracula drinks" and "Castle of Dracula" he lost.

Prince Kretzulesco appeared as a guest singer on the album Mille Anni Passi Sunt by the medieval band Corvus Corax , which was released in 2000 .

The municipal reform initiated by Jörg Schönbohm went far too far for him, and in 2002 he proclaimed the "Principality of Dracula". Because according to the reform, Schenkendorf should be incorporated into the city of Mittenwalde . As a result, a battle of words between Schönbohm and Kretzulesco arose through the media. The reform took place a year later. In 2003 he joined the FDP and won a seat in the district council of the Dahme-Spreewald district in the local elections .

Successor as Prince Kretzulescu and "Dracula" heir is his son Ottomar junior called Otti .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ottomar, the void of blood. In: Focus , No. 46/2000. November 13, 2000.
  2. ↑ From the baker to the bloodsucker: bloodsucker parties in tranquil Brandenburg. In: rp-online.de . April 14, 2002.
  3. ↑ Fire in the castle of a Dracula descendant. In: New Germany . April 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ Dracula is dead . In: Der Tagesspiegel . November 21, 2007.
  5. ^ "Dracula Castle" near Berlin has been sold. In: Berliner Morgenpost . October 19, 2009.
  6. ↑ a b Hello, I'm the last Dracula. Report on his son, stating that he was not adopted by a direct descendant of Dracula. In: bild.de . October 30, 2008.
  7. ^ A b Claus-Dieter Steyer: In Dracula's realm: Schenkendorf Castle - a brand of its own. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 10, 2006.
  8. ↑ Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Corvus Corax: Mille Anni Passi Sunt. In: Rock Hard , issue 164.
  9. ↑ Kirsten Küppers, Rolf Zöllner: Dracula's escape into the limelight. In: taz . May 30, 2002, p. 5.
  10. ↑ Spiders, Blood, and Liberals. In: Potsdam's latest news . August 27, 2003.
  11. ^ Descendants of Romanian nobility: FDP member Count Dracula is dead. In: stern.de . November 20, 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Kretzulesco, Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berbig, Ottomar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION adopted descendant of Vlad III. Drăculea
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 2007
Place of death King Wusterhausen