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'''Erzsebet Bathory''' 1560-1614 was a [[Hungarian]] countess and wife of [[General]] Ferenc Nadasdy. She was from a prominent family, being the niece of [[King]] Stephen Bathory of Poland and cousin of Transylvanian [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] Andrew Bathory.  She was betrothed to Nadasdy at age 11 and married him in 1575 at the age of 14. During the Long War between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Turkey]] which her husband was a general in she was responsible for the [[military]] defense of his estates.  Her husband died in 1602. She was accused of being a [[mass murder|mass murderer]] of her servants, along with four accomplices, and convicted and sentence to life imprisonment by a court appointed by King Matthias of Hungary and her cousin Count Gyorgy Thurzo. However, her guilt is disputed. Lazlo Nagy, a Hungarian [[historian]], claims that she was innocent of the charges made against her and framed because of money she owed the King of Hungary and because of her [[Protestantism]] in primarily Catholic Hungary. Although she may perhaps have been innocent, she has been the subject of many [[movie|movies]] which portray her as a [[vampire]], such as ''Countess Dracula'' starring Ingrid Pitt. However a movie called '''Bathory''' starring Anna Friel which portrays her as an innocent victim of the political machinations of the Catholic Church, Thurzo and the King of Hungary was made in 2008.

'''Erzsebet Bathory''' 1560-1614 was a [[Hungarian]] countess and wife of [[General]] Ferenc Nadasdy. She was from a prominent family, being the niece of [[King]] Stephen Bathory of Poland and cousin of Transylvanian [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] Andrew Bathory.  She was betrothed to Nadasdy at age 11 and married him in 1575 at the age of 14. During the Long War between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Turkey]] which her husband was a general in she was responsible for the [[military]] defense of his estates.  Her husband died in 1602. She was accused of being a [[mass murder]]er of her servants, along with four accomplices, and convicted and sentence to life imprisonment by a court appointed by King Matthias of Hungary and her cousin Count Gyorgy Thurzo. However, her guilt is disputed. Lazlo Nagy, a Hungarian [[historian]], claims that she was innocent of the charges made against her and framed because of money she owed the King of Hungary and because of her [[Protestantism]] in primarily Catholic Hungary. Although she may perhaps have been innocent, she has been the subject of many [[movie]]s which portray her as a [[vampire]], such as ''Countess Dracula'' starring Ingrid Pitt. However a movie called '''Bathory''' starring Anna Friel which portrays her as an innocent victim of the political machinations of the Catholic Church, Thurzo and the King of Hungary was made in 2008.

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[[Category:Hungarian History]]  

[[Category:Hungarian History]]  

[[Category:Alleged Murderers]]

[[Category:Alleged Murderers]]