AKA Erzsébet Báthory

Born: Aug-1560
Birthplace: Ecsed Castle, Nyírbátor, Hungary
Died: 21-Aug-1614
Location of death: Csejte, Hungary [1]
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cachtice Castle, Cachtice, Slovakia

Gender: Female
Religion: Cult
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute [2]
Occupation: Royalty, Criminal

Nationality: Hungary
Executive summary: Hungary's infamous Bloody Lady

Elizabeth Báthory was a member of the ancient Bathory family whose prestige at one time almost rivaled that of the Hungarian Royal Family. Her uncle, Stephen Báthory, was King of Poland from 1575 to 1586, and her brother was the Prince of Transylvania. She is said to have murdered around 600 young girls. Whether she did this for sadomasochistic pleasure or for the purpose of bathing in their blood (a reputed fountain of youth), it is difficult to say. Legends that surrounded her behavior are also believed to be the source of much of the vampire mythos. Bram Stoker based his novel, Dracula, on a conflation of Vlad the Impaler and Countess Elizabeth.

[2] Susanne Kord, Murderesses in German Writing, 1720-1860: Heroines of Horror, p64: "We have no indication that the historical Elizabeth Báthory showed any interest in men; she has even, though this may well also be apocryphal, occasionally been accused of lesbianism."

Father: Baron George Bathory
Mother: Anna Bathory
Daughter: Anastasia Bathory (b. 1574, illegitimate)
Husband: Count Ferencz Nádasdy (b. 1555, m. 8-May-1575, d. 4-Jan-1604)
Daughter: Anna Nádasdy (b. 1585)
Daughter: Katalin Nádasdy (b. 1594).
Son: Paul Nádasdy (b. 1598, d. 1650)
Slept with: Klara Bathory (Elizabeth's bisexual aunt)

    House Arrest 1610 to her death (Bricked into a single room in her castle)

Is the subject of books:
The Bloody Countess, 1970, BY: Valentine Penrose
Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania, 1983, BY: Raymond McNally
Countess Dracula: The Life and Times of the Blood Countess, Elisabeth Bathory, 1997, BY: Tony Thorne
The Blood Confessions, 2006, BY: Alisa Libby

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