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countess Elizabeth Bathory direct was

born in Hobart or in Hungary on August

the 7th 1560 on the family estate

Elizabeth Bathory zetha was George

Bathory of the noble family of Bathory's

his brother was voivod of transylvania

andrew bonaventure herb are three both

being of the x-family her mother was a

nebari and through her mother's line she

was related to the duke of transylvania

and king of poland Elizabeth herself

would marry at the very early age of 14

years but during the engagement period

she would become pregnant by a servant

the servant was dealt with in an

extremely vicious manner he was

castrated and thrown to a pack of dogs

Elizabeth was moved to another castle

during her confinement she gave birth to

a daughter

anastasiya Bathory who was quickly

disassociated from the family Elizabeth

báthory was rather well educated for

the time it was generally thought

educating women was not worth the effort

as they were generally considered not to

have any intelligence in Elizabeth's

case she was not only taught to read and

write but was taught mathematical skills

needed to run an estate she was also

able to read and write in Latin German

and Greek women like Elizabeth báthory

were expected to marry well often they

were betrothed from infancy but due to

the high infant mortality rate in this

era these often came to nothing

Elizabeth was betrothed at eleven years

of age to firend nee dusty who was 12

years old

after the confinement and birth of her

daughter Elizabeth was married at 14

years old on May the 8th 1575 after the

very lavish wedding elizabeth was moved

to maid st castle in sava while her

husband spent time in vienna on his

studies Elizabeth spent much of her time

alone as a wedding gift to his bride nae

disty gave his wife his home sick Castle

located in the little Carpathian

mountain range

in 1578 her husband would be promoted to

chief commander of the Hungarian troops

in the conflict against the Ottomans in

his absence Elizabeth was in control of

all of his affairs including the

of his estates the welfare of the people

and the defense of their lands Elizabeth

and her husband had their first child in

1585 a daughter Anna followed by Catalan

Gael gay also Leah Pao andrás Anna

Kloss governess's were engaged to care

for the children just as Elizabeth had

been herself after 29 years of marriage

in 1604 French dies whether from illness

or battle wound is unclear Elizabeth

báthory would become infamous for being

the most prolific female killer in

history nicknamed the blood countess the

rumors of atrocities perpetrated by

Elizabeth báthory on poor unfortunate

souls finally reached the ear of King

Matthias in 1610 he took steps to have

her investigated initially it would

appear that poor local servant girls

were going missing but as time went on

and the supply of these girls dwindled

the blood countess had to expand her

search to include lower nobles daughters

in the guise of tutoring them in the

finer points of etiquette the exact

number of women and girls tortured and

murdered is not known some say the

number was in the hundreds but only 80

counts of murder could be proved a

ledger would be found purporting to be

written by Elizabeth herself as a list

of each in every victim the list was 650

names long but this evidence was

unsubstantiated although Elizabeth

báthory was never actually tried and

found guilty of her crimes

it is believed due to her connections

and blood ties to the nobility the king

was persuaded that the remainder of her

life be lived in solitude she was kept

imprisoned by her family in aked his

castle bricked into a set of rooms with

only slits in the brickwork for

ventilation and to pass her food a guard

looking into her rooms spotted her body

unmoving on August the 24th 1614 for

four years she had been held in that

space it is not clear on exactly what

date Elizabeth báthory died as several

plates of food had been left untouched

before she was found her body was

originally buried in the local church

but much unrest from the local people

saw her remain

removed and relocated to the family crib

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