Who ordered Vlad to pay homage, leading to the impalement of the envoys?
Matthias Corvinus
John Hunyadi
Mehmed II
Stephen III of Moldavia
Answer
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II ordered Vlad to pay homage to him personally. Instead of complying, Vlad had the Sultan's two envoys captured and impaled. This act of defiance further escalated tensions between Wallachia and the Ottoman Empire.
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