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Elizabeth Bathory
Born August 7, 1560
Nyírbátor, Hungary
Died August 21, 1614 (aged 54)
Čachtice, Slovakia
Charge(s) Murder
Penalty House Arrest until Death
Status Nobility
Occupation Royal Family of Hungary
Countess Elizabeth Bathory ( August 7, 1560 - August 21, 1614), was
a Hungarian countess from the renowned Bathory family. The family is famous for
defending Hungary against the Ottoman Turks. She is known as the most infamous
serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history and is remembered as the "Blood
Countess" and as Bloody Lady of Čachtice, after the castle near Trenn, in
Royal Hungary, present-day Slovakia, where she spent most of her life.
After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing
and killing hundreds of girls and young women, with one witness saying over 600
victims. In 1610, she was imprisoned in Čachtice Castle, where she remained in
her room bricked in until her death four years later. Since she was a Countess
she was never formally tried in court. The Báthory case has inspired many
legends, including the false story of the countess bathing in the blood of
virginal girls whom she killed in order to retain her youth. These stories have
led to the modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.
Elizabeth Bathory
Born August 7, 1560
Nyírbátor, Hungary
Died August 21, 1614 (aged 54)
Čachtice, Slovakia
Charge(s) Murder
Penalty House Arrest until Death
Status Nobility
Occupation Royal Family of Hungary
Countess Elizabeth Bathory ( August 7, 1560 - August 21, 1614), was
a Hungarian countess from the renowned Bathory family. The family is famous for
defending Hungary against the Ottoman Turks. She is known as the most infamous
serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history and is remembered as the "Blood
Countess" and as Bloody Lady of Čachtice, after the castle near Trenn, in
Royal Hungary, present-day Slovakia, where she spent most of her life.
After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing
and killing hundreds of girls and young women, with one witness saying over 600
victims. In 1610, she was imprisoned in Čachtice Castle, where she remained in
her room bricked in until her death four years later. Since she was a Countess
she was never formally tried in court. The Báthory case has inspired many
legends, including the false story of the countess bathing in the blood of
virginal girls whom she killed in order to retain her youth. These stories have
led to the modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.