voïvode

voivodi A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
(RQ:Flr Mntgn Essay), II.27:

George Sechell(nb..), having beene defeated in a battell by the Vayvoda of Transilvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three dayes together tyed naked to a wooden-horse, exposed to all manner of tortures, any man might devise against him(nb..).

Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!