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Documents concerning the years 1395, 1398 and 1406 expressly show that Bran Fortress (and, Implicitly, the territory around it) was in possession of the Magyar King Sigismund of Luxemburg. The most obvious piece of evidence seems to be the presence of the Magyar King himself at Bran in 1395. The King allegedly used the fortress during the course of an invasion of Walachia, when he removed Vlad the Usurper, who was a contender to the country's throne, in opposition to Mircea the Old, who was an ally of Sigismund of Luxemburg.