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Religion. Roman Catholicism. Signature. Stephen Báthory ( Hungarian: Báthory István; Polish: Stefan Batory; Lithuanian: Steponas Batoras ⓘ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586). [1]
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The Báthory coat-of-arms Stephen Báthory of Ecsed ( Hungarian : Báthory István , pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈiʃtvaːn] ; Romanian : Ștefan Báthory ; 1430–1493) was a Hungarian commander, 'dapiferorum regalium magister' (1458–?), judge royal (1471–1493), and voivode of Transylvania (1479–1493).
The Báthory family belonged to the Gutkeled, a clan of Hungarian nobles, which traced its descent to the Swabian brothers Gut and Kelad, who immigrated into Hungary from the castle Stof (probably Staufen im Breisgau or Hohenstaufen in Württemberg) during the reign of King Peter (reigned 1038–1046), who himself was partly of Venetian descent.
Apr 9, 2024 · After Sigismund’s death (1572), he became one of the best-liked leaders of the nobility. Opposing the magnates who wished to offer the throne to the Austrian Habsburgs, he supported the candidature of the French prince Henry and, after Henry’s flight from Poland, supported the anti-Habsburg Stephen Báthory.
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Stephen Báthory of Ecsed ( Hungarian: Báthory István, pronounced [ ˈbaːtori ˈiʃtvaːn]; Romanian: Ștefan Báthory; 1430 – 1493) was a Hungarian commander, 'dapiferorum regalium magister' (1458 – ?), judge royal (1471 – 1493), and voivode of Transylvania (1479 – 1493).
The Polish King of Hungarian origin, Stephen Báthory (Hungarian: Báthory István; Polish: Stefan Batory; Lithuanian: Steponas Batoras) was elected for the Polish throne in 1576 and for the Grand Duke of Lithuania at the same time, then he soon began his defencing war against the expansion of the Russian Tsar, Ivan IV (the “Terrible”).
Aug 21, 2023 · Báthory was found dead, aged 54, on 21 August 1614. If everything said about Báthory was true then she certainly deserves her reputation as the most prolific female serial killer in history. That is the title bestowed upon her by Guinness World Records. Today, she is also remembered essentially as a vampire, since a part of her legacy is that ...
