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Stephen Báthory was born on 27 September 1533 in the castle at Somlyó, also known as Szilágysomlyó (today's Șimleu Silvaniei ). [2] He was the son of Stephen VIII Báthory (d. 1534) of the noble Hungarian Báthory family and his wife Catherine Telegdi. [2] He had at least five siblings: two brothers and three sisters.
Stephen V Báthory. 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). He rose to power under King Matthias Corvinus of ...
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Apr 9, 2024 · Stephen Báthory (born Sept. 27, 1533, Szilágysomlyó, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died Dec. 12, 1586, near Grodno, grand duchy of Lithuania [now Hrodno, Belarus]) was a prince of Transylvania (1571–76) and king of Poland (1575–86) who successfully opposed the Habsburg candidate for the Polish throne, defended Poland’s eastern Baltic ...
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Stephen Báthory. Stephen VIII Báthory ( Hungarian: VIII. Báthory István, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈiʃtvaːn]) (1477–1534) was a Hungarian noble . He was a son of Nicholas Báthory (1462–1500) of the Somlyó branch of the Báthory family, and of Sophia Bánffy de Losoncz. He was appointed in 1521 adjoin (deputy) of the Voivode of ...
Sep 8, 2020 · Wikipedia Commons. By Marina Manoukian / Sept. 8, 2020 5:36 pm EST. Over the centuries, the tale of Countess Elizabeth Báthory has acquired the status of legend. She was accused of murdering upwards of 600 young women, which earned her the title of the most prolific female serial killer of all time. Stories of her murderous tendencies spread ...
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Báthory. Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed ( Hungarian: Báthori Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; Slovak: Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) [2] was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the Báthory family, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of ...
The House of Báthory ( Polish: Batory) was an old and powerful Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan. The family rose to significant influence in Central Europe during the Late Middle Ages, holding high military, administrative and ecclesiastical positions in the Kingdom of Hungary. In the early modern period, the family produced several ...
