Biography of erzsebet bathory of transylvania a15611614. For 24 years, the countess amused herself by torturing and killing young girls. Elizabeth bathory erzebet bathory was born in august 1560 into one of the grandest hungarian families. May 10, 2019 elizabeth bathory the blood countess she is one of the earliest serial killers in recorded history the original sadomasochistic femme fatal. She died natural causes in her palace and she is buried in there or depending on the legend in lamozs cemetery in budapest.
Elizabeth better known as the countess is the owner of the hotel cortez and a carrier of a mysterious blood virus. Dissection is a blackdeath metal band from stromstad, sweden. Elizabeth reigned for almost fortyfive years and was the last monarch of the tudor dynasty, having died childless. Here is the ghost hunt i did at same castle with some good evidence s. However, elizabeth also had some other unique instruction.
She spent her days living a life of privilege surrounded by great wealth, always being taught the ways of an aristocrat. Elizabeth bathory was born on a family estate in nyirbator, kingdom of hungary, in 1560 or 1561, and spent her childhood at ecsed castle. Elizabeth bathory, hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries. She was from a very important family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. The truth about elizabeth bathory and anna darvulia roman. I am not familiar with the way she killed her victims but in hungary was favorite for quartering that was not. And of couse it was the comman norm, that a widow should remarrie. Elizabeth bathory was known as the countess of blood, she was called this because of the murdering of 600 or more young girls. Bathory, elizabeth 15601614 pop culture e lizabeth bathory, a slovakian countess who was said to have tortured and murdered numerous young women, became known as one of the true vampires in history. According to legend, erzsebet bathory a15611614 was one of the most notorious female sadists ever, who supposedly bathed in the blood of virgins to remain young and beautiful. Dec 20, 2019 hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed. She was born into a privileged family whose members included knights, cardinals, and kings.
The band was formed in 1989 by jon nodtveidt and disbanded in 2006 after nodveidts suicide. Bathory, elizabeth article about bathory, elizabeth by. Jan 24, 2008 the story goes that she being obsessed with beauty and youth believed that bathing in the blood of virgin girls would keep her young and healthy, however this has never been proved as an intention of hers and was most likely a rumor started by catholics as an othering tactic against the pagan religions that were still alive at this time. Nov 29, 2017 countess elizabeth bathory of hungary is perhaps the most prolific female serial killer of all time.
Though elizabeth was betrothed to her husband nadady, as early as age 10, they werent married until she was 15. Elizabeth bathory the blood countess she is one of the earliest serial killers in recorded history the original sadomasochistic femme fatal. Bathory was arrested in december of 1610 and tried twice in january 1611. Elizabeth bathory biography facts, childhood, family. She is said to have murdered around 600 young girls. And elisabeth bathory herself was immured which is to say, bricked up into a. Hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed. Her husband died in 1604, leaving her to manage alone the family affairs. Bathory was born in 1560, the daughter of george and anna bathory. Elizabeth bathory raises the bar for sickos everywhere.
Elizabeth bathory, also known as the blood countess is a 16th century hungarian aristocrat ranked in none other than the guinness book of records as the most murderous murderess of all time. When authorities raided csejte castle in 1610, they found what was left of between 100 and 200 bodies. Elizabeth bathory 16th century deranged serial killer or. Elizabeth bathory biography facts, childhood, family life. The dark history of the blood countess elizabeth bathory. The countess, elizabeth bathory, was born in transylvania in 1560. On 21 august 1614, she complained to her bodyguard of a severe chill. With bathory her victims were known people who actually died, or so i thought. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family, and life. Bathory was already infamous in the area for her torture and murder of. Surrounded by infernal glory oh, how i love to more on genius elizabeth bathory track info. Dec 27, 2017 if you were a young woman living in hungary in the 16th century, you wanted to stay well away from the castle of countess elizabeth bathory. Elizabeth bathory, hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and.
Elizabeth bathory or erzsebet bathory was a feared hungarian countess who became infamous as a torturer and a vicious serial murderer. A young girl was lying dead on the ground, another girl was dying and a third young lady was severely wounded. Transylvanian countess elizabeth bathory the blood countess 15601614 is often described as the first atypical and very rare, pathological hedonist lust female serial killer, as opposed to the more typical profitmotivated black widows. King matthias and discovers countess elizabeth bathory directing a torture session of. After all, legend has it that she bathed in the blood of at least 650 servant girls she had tortured and killed. Hailing from none other than transylvania, countess elizabeth bathory became infamous for her blood baths. The real story of countess elizabeth bathory the th floor. Elizabeth bathory was born in 1560 into one of the wealthiest families in transylvania. Elizabeth bathory 15601614 was a countess who lived in transylvania, then a part of the kingdom of hungary.
Elizabeth bathory, the blood countess history howstuffworks. Elizabeth bathory s life at this time is not well documented. It is, however, believed that she got rid of the child in an uncanny way. She received it as a wedding gift from her husband, hungarian war hero ferenc nadasdy. Elizabeth s supposed list of victims has never been found, nor have other key documents that could have shed light on the true facts. Elizabeth bathory was born in hungary on august 7, 1560. Bathory, scion of a powerful hungarian family and the product of inbreeding between baron george bathory and baroness anna bathory, called the castle home.
She tortured and killed over 650 people, believing the blood of young girls would maintain her youth. She was initially buried in the local church of cachtice but due to public disapproval she was later moved to her family crypt. However, it seems the nadasdy servants did not attend to her particularly well. This here is the factual tale of elizabeth bathory, as gleaned from books and the web. Did elizabeth bathory really torture and murder hundreds of innocent. Thurzo makes an investigative visit to csejthe castle in hungary on orders from king matthias and discovers countess elizabeth bathory. There is a rumor that she became pregnant at, while at the nadasdy estate of trnava, on the river danube by a servant or minor noble named ladislav bende. The young couple lived in the nadasdy castles in hungary at sarvar and csetje now in slovakia, but ferenc was an ambitious soldier and was often away. The lowend estimate for her body count and this was the number given by her. The passing of the centuries has left us with an incomplete picture of the true nature of her crimes.
The legend of elizabeth bathory through a dark looking glass. Nov 11, 2018 and they may have feared, that elizabeth was supporting garbor bathory who was her cusin. Apr 01, 2017 bathory was arrested in december of 1610 and tried twice in january 1611. She started with girls from peasant families who came to work as servants. She was put under house arrest at that castle where she eventually died in 1614. The girls corpse was dragged out and left by a doorway in. Nov 06, 2014 some say that countess elizabeth bathory, considered by many to be the worlds worst female serial killer, was the true inspiration for bram stokers dracula. Do you believe that elizabeth bathory killed peasant girls in. Elizabeth bathory biography, children, other facts you need. Her family was very influential, her cousin, stephen bathory was king of poland between 1576 and 1586. The capture of bastogne was the ultimate goal of the battle of the bulge, the. Elizabeth bathory died in her castle under solitary confinement. How and why women become monsters by peter vronsky. A complete genealogy of all descendants elizabeth bathory 17th20th century novotny, pavel director 2014.
Interestingly, no authority seemed inclined to offer any form of. She kills with her very fashionable, and very sharp, chain mail glove. And elisabeth bathory herself was immured which is to say, bricked up into a room in her own castle, where she died four years later. She did this, were told, from the belief that their blood would preserve her youthful appearance.
Born in 1904, elizabeth johnson is a 112yearold creature as glamorous as she is deadly, who sustains herself with a healthy diet of sex and blood. Before dying, nadasdy entrusted his heirs and widow to gyorgy thurzo, who would eventually lead the investigation into bathorys crimes. Hungarian countess who used her familys position to escape criminal charges and punishment after supposedly becoming the most prolific. I am currently researching an alternate theory that i believe will be much closer to the truth of, who i believe, has been a much maligned woman of power and beauty. Every day she would receive new young girls and torture them such as.
Had them stand in tubs of ice water up to their necks outside until they died. Elizabeth bathory is famed as the blood countess, an eastern european aristocrat who tortured and murdered over six hundred girls. As with many of the worst killers in human history, the one who would go on to become known as the blood countess and countess dracula was not born into this world a monster, but rather as an innocent, wideeyed infant, with the whole future sprawled out ahead of her. She was sealed into a tiny closet and died there four yrs later asked in notorious murderers and serial killers why did countess elizabeth bathory kill women.
Owing to defeat at the hands of the turks forty years earlier, hungary had been absorbed into the ottoman and habsburg empires. Some say that countess elizabeth bathory, considered by many to be the. Elizabeth i is one of englands most wellknown monarchs. Elizabeth bathory was captured in 1610 in her castle, in cachtice, slovakia, after accusations of murder and witchcraft against. Elizabeth bathory is born into one of the oldest and wealthiest families in transylvania. The death of elizabeth i and possible causes of death by. The dark and twisted have always served as inspiration to artists, even if sometimes dark means inhumane crimes and murders. Through her mother, elizabeth was the niece of the hungarian noble stephen bathory. Elizabeth was brought before a formal hearing in 1610. Elizabeth bathory net worth, salary, age, height, bio, wiki. Mar 23, 2015 elizabeth i is one of englands most wellknown monarchs. If you were a young woman living in hungary in the 16th century, you wanted to stay well away from the castle of countess elizabeth bathory. Do you believe that elizabeth bathory killed peasant girls. It was getting late into the night when elizabeth tired of beating the girl and had one of female servants finally stab doricza to death with a pair of scissors.
However, we actually know little about both her and her alleged crimes, and the general trend in modern history has been to conclude that her guilt may well have been overplayed, and that she was, perhaps, the victim of rival nobles who wished to take her. Hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed history. Though she counted many luminaries among her relatives, her family tree also. Elizabeth bathory net worth, salary, biography, age, career, wiki. Ok, well, lets start with the easy part first its nearly impossible that countess elizabeth bathory to use the english spelling of her name killed girls to bathe in their blood and steal their youth. Surrounded by infernal glory oh how i love to feel your breath. Most historical analysis of the countess includes young elizabeth as witness to a captured thief being sewn into the stomach of a dying horse and left to perish. And elisabeth bathory herself was immured which is to say, bricked up into a room in her own castle, where she died. The truth about elizabeth bathory and anna darvulia. The true story of elizabeth bathory the blood countess. Her father was baron george vi bathory of the ecsed branch of the family, brother of andrew bonaventura bathory, who had been voivode of transylvania, while her mother was baroness anna bathory 15391570, daughter of stephen bathory of somlyo. Thanks to her active years 15851609, its hard to know for certain just how many she killed. She was the daughter of the infamous king henry viii and his second wife the illustrious queen anne boleyn, who was executed when elizabeth was just two years old.
Her family had many powerful relatives a cardinal, princes, and a cousin who was prime minister of hungary are among these relatives. If there was an attempt made to frame elizabeth for crimes she did not commit, the real motivation remains only a matter of speculation. Bathory was born in transylvania in 1560 to a distinguished family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. Elizabeth bathory was better known as the blood countess because she used to bathe in the blood of her victims. Bathory, elizabeth article about bathory, elizabeth by the. However, some believe the acts attributed to her were politically motivated slander that allowed relatives to appropriate her lands. She makes ted bundy look like a chump, and jeffrey dahmer a mere dabbler in torture. Richard cavendish published in history today volume 64 issue 8 august 2014. In slovakia, you follow in footsteps of countess elizabeth bathory, who murdered many young girls over 400 years ago. Irenethe athenaeum mention elizabeth bathoryor erzsebet bathory, her hungarian nameto anyone and they will all know her as the vampire countess who used to bathe in the blood of virgins to regain and maintain her youth. Her one male accomplice, being less of a participant to the supposed crimes, was shown a tremendous amount of mercy.
Elizabeth bathory castle, chactice, slovakia youtube. Sep 03, 2014 elizabeths supposed list of victims has never been found, nor have other key documents that could have shed light on the true facts. Heres everything you never knew about countess elizabeth. Her family ruled transylvania as an independent region within the hungarian kingdom. So in my view, there were meny reasons for her to be framed. Elizabeth bathory 15601614 depicted in an 1893 painting by hungarian impressionist painter, istvan csok 18651961. The blood countess the legend of elizabeth bathory. Unconfirmed reports reveal that shortly before their marriage, elizabeth had a baby by a lover of a lower order or even a servant. Dec 20, 2017 the myth of the blood countess elizabeth bathory. May 26, 2016 the countess, elizabeth bathory, was born in transylvania in 1560. The countess believed that by bathing in the blood of virgins 650 to be exact, she would be able to stay young and beautiful forever. She stands out as a shocking lesson in just how dangerous a sadistic, demented powerful woman can be.
Highborn and unaccountable, she was the absolute ruler of a patch of what is now slovakia, and with the help of three of her servants sadistically. A lady was not supposed to be able to take care of so vast estates as elizabeth did. Biography of erzsebet bathory of transsylvania, the blood countess. She is a character in hotel portrayed by lady gaga. If contemporary accounts are to be believed, elizabeth bathory is the most prolific serial killer of all time. Because elizabeth socially outranked her husband, she kept the surname bathory, which he added to his own. But it is clear that she was uncommonly gifted at kidnapping, torturing, and killing young women. Aug 08, 2016 many looked to countess elizabeth bathory when attempting to explain the disappearances.
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