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Married Life

  • At age 10 Elizabeth was engaged to Ferenc Nadasy, and married him at age 14.
  • Ferenc was the chief commander of Hungarian troops in to Ottoman wars, leaving Elizabeth to take care of their 7 castles and the surrounding villages of each.
  • Ferenc and Elizabeth did have children, although the exact number is unknown. We know for a fact that they had 3 daughters and 2 sons, however there was 2 other boys mentioned in Bathory's letters, but historians believe one may have been a cousin, and the other died at birth.
  • Ferenc died in January of 1604 to an unknown illness, entrusting his heirs and widow to his friend Gyorgy Thurzo. (which would be the lead investigator of Elizabeth's crimes)

Crimes and Accusation

Early Years

  • Elizabeth is said to have violently mutilated and disgustingly tormented over 640 young servant girls.
  • Although the number is not exact, according to over 300+ witnesses the number has reached the 1000s, even though she was only arrested for 80 of those murders.
  • Because she was a noble, it was very risky to accuse her of any crime for sake of her family's name.
  • This is thought to be the main reason behind the numerous murders committed, not only were her servants and the people around her terrified, she was related to every prince, king, nobleman around. Therefore she got away with whatever she wanted..
  • Erzsebet Ecsedi Bathory was born on August 7th 1560 to Hungarian nobles, George and Anna Bathory.
  • George and Anna were actually cousins, married to ensure the family's blood line did not end.
  • Elizabeth was kin to many important people including her nephew Stefan Bathory, Prince of Transylvania, her father and brother were both the Voivode of Transylvania.
  • As a young noblewoman she was showered with wealth and education, she knew how to read and write in 4 different languages before age 10.

Torture Methods

Investigation and Apprehension

Elizabeth Bathory

Works Cited

"The Blood Countess"

August 7th, 1560

August 21st, 1614

  • http://youtube.com
  • http://infamouslady.com/
  • NationalGeographic.org
  • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
  • Discoverychannel.org
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory
  • Elizabeth Báthory: A Memoire: As told by
  • her Court Master, Benedict Deseo
  • Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess
  • Erzsébet Báthory
  • In 1610 however, King Matthias II had heard enough and sent Gyorgy Thurzo to investigate.
  • Thurzo ordered 2 notaries to gather intel from the surrounding villages of Bathory's estates, they collected over 300 witnesses's statements.
  • Thurzo went to Cachtice castle on December 30th of 1610 to arrest Elizabeth, what he found was horrifying.
  • He found one girl's body dead upon entry, and 2 others dying in the hallway, severely mutilated beyond recognition and blood everywhere.
  • He arrested Bathory, and turned in his evidence to begin her trial.

Trial and Death

Cultural Repercussions

  • Hungarians were not allowed to speak her name for 100 years
  • Therefore many facts about what actually happened are confused with what people thought happened (like the blood baths)
  • Since any trial of this sort would have destroyed the Bathory nobility, there was no trial for the Countess herself, only for her four accomplices.
  • Instead Bathory was sentenced to life locked in a room of Cachtice Castle, with only a slit in the door for ventilation and food.
  • Countess Elizabeth Bathory died in her favorite castle on August 21st 1614. Originally buried in the church of Cachtice, but due to the uproar of the villagers wanting her body moved, she was relocated to her family's crypt in Ecsed.
  • The location of her body today is unknown.

Cultural Representations

  • Countess Bathory is represented in many different ways in pop culture of those,
  • The "Countess Dracula" legend
  • In several TV episodes including, "Deadly Women" and "Lady Killers"
  • There are also several movies based on her life such as: Countess Dracula 1970, Daughters of Darkness 1971, Stay Alive 2006, Bathory 2008, The Countess 2009 and Fright Night II 2013.
  • Bathory is also the base of hundreds of books and novels.
  • Most recently a play, Blood Countess, in 2014
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