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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

But vampires weren't generally considered to be nobility. That was Bram Stoker deciding to mix a real person (not a count, but a prince) and vampire legends.

You can read about vampire folklore going back to Mesopotamia. Nobility being involved was not really a common thread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_folklore_by_region

Even the earliest documented case of hysteria over someone claimed to be a vampire (which is pretty recent) involved a peasant being the one accused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Blagojevi%C4%87

Even in the most well-likely case of someone buried to prevent them from becoming a vampire, there is no indication that she was nobility.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/in-a-17th-century-polish-grave-archaeologists-have-discovered-the-bones-of-a-woman-believed-to-be-a-vampire-2171262

I'm sorry, it's just not true.