he is, and probably Stoker got the name from a book on Transilvanian history.. what I'm saying is that there's no mention at all in the novel that Dracula is Vlad, he tells a story to Jonathan about his ancesters, and mixes the story of different characters, like Vlad II into Radu, or Radu's history like it was Mircea's

I'm aware of that, what I'm saying is that there's not mention in the novel that Dracula is Vlad, likely Stoker just read a book on Transilvania and got the name from there

>the historical inspiration for Stoker’s vampiric count

well, that's a popular myth, but there's no indication in the novel that Dracula is Vlad Tepes