Following their deaths, his brother Vlad Țepeș was placed on the throne by the Ottomans, but was soon forced out. Vlad Țepeș would regain the throne in 1456, and would fight successfully against the Ottomans for a number of years afterward, during which time he would begin his reign of terror for which he would become best known, and which would lead to his being the inspiration for the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Vlad Țepeș would also carry out vengeance against the boyars, whom he held responsible for his father and brother's deaths.