Is there a prince or a dark lord in european history whom tortured people ?

Question

he thought he was a god and he used insanely rich. He was pretty young when he was taking control of everything. Around his early 20s ??

Answer 1

Vlad the Impaler?  He was about 25 when he came to power.  I don't know if he thought he was a god though.

Answer 2

There are 2 i can think of  1  was  vlad the impaler of Romania some where around the 12 century AD and ivan the terrible of Russia 1533 to 1584 A D

Answer 3

Sade, I believe. Vlad Teppes, but someone already said that.

Answer 4

Ya mean, like Dracul?  Prince Vlad?  yeah.  He was known to have tortured, like tons of people, and it´s WHO, not whom.  It´s the subject.  whom is for objects.

Sorry, quite the Grammar n**i...kinda my mood.

Answer 5

Like the others say, Vlad the Impaler. The gentleman Dracula was based on !

And he was in Romania.

Answer 6

hmm other than Vlad id say the marques De Sade dunno if he actually tortured but he wrote about it alot.

Answer 7

There were many cruel monarchs.Dracula was based on the real-life bloody tyrant,Vlad Tepes,or Vlad the Impaler,who would impale upon stakes,any one who disagreed with him.

Answer 8

Everyone is right I'm thinking its Vlad the Impaler, who is the original Dracula.

Answer 9

Vlad the Impaler would be the closest matching. Taking control at 25 and being very cruel. His country was fairly rich, and although he didnt personally think he was god he thought of himself as a servant of gods wrath.