Elisabeta

Elisabeta is often used in fiction as the name of Vlad the Impaler's first wife (whose real name was never recorded). Historically, she was said to have thrown herself from the summit of Vlad's castle after being warned that invading Turks were about to besiege her. She preferred to commit suicide than be captured by the enemy, and is thought of as a noble character in Romanian history.

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In the film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), this name was pronounced "e-liz-ə-BAY-tə". However, using my knowledge of the Romanian language, I believe that it is properly pronounced "e-lis-a-BET-a" by Romanians.

Elisabeta is the name of the beautiful late wife of Mathias from Castlevania: Lament of Innocence.