 On November 8 , Dracula captured the capital of Târgovişte where he met with Stephen . The two swore eternal allegiance to one another and when at the presence of Báthory , the two pledged as well to pursue a great crusade against the Turks . By November 11 , Báthory reported to the town officials of Sibiu that most of Wallachia was in Dracula 's hands and added that " all the boyars aside from two are with us " and " even the latter will soon join us . " On November 16 , Bucharest fell to Báthory 's army and on November 26 , Dracula was reestablished as Prince of Wallachia for his third time . After Stephen and Báthory retreated from Wallachia , Laiotă would return to Wallachia with an army to reclaim his throne . In December , <unk> and Dracula met each other in battle . Dracula possessed only a small army and was killed in battle . 
