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  2. Elizabeth Báthory - Wikipedia

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    Ecsed, the lake and the old castle. Elizabeth was born in 1560 on a family estate in Nyírbátor, Royal Hungary, and spent her childhood at Ecsed Castle. Her father was Baron George VI Báthory (d. 1570), of the Ecsed branch of the family, brother of Andrew Bonaventura Báthory (d. 1566), who had been ruling Voivode of Transylvania.

  3. Elizabeth Báthory in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In the video game Resident Evil Village, antagonist Alcina Dimitrescu bears strong resemblance to Báthory, and takes sadistic pleasure in torturing her victims before killing them and drinking their blood, In the video game Ninja Gaiden 2, the female villain named Elizabet is seen bathing nude in a pool of blood and her demonic power seems to ...

  4. Titus Andronicus - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, Aaron is informed that Tamora has secretly given birth to a mixed-race baby, fathered by Aaron, which will draw Saturninus's wrath. Though Tamora wants the baby killed, Aaron kills the nurse to keep the child's race a secret and flees to raise his son among the Goths.

  5. Tomyris - Wikipedia

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    Tomyris Plunges the Head of the Dead Cyrus Into a Vessel of Blood by Rubens. Tomyris (/ ˈ t ɒ m ɪ r ɪ s /; Saka: *Taumuriya; Ancient Greek: Τομυρις, romanized: Tomuris; Latin: Tomyris [1] [2]) also called Thomyris, Tomris, or Tomiride, was a queen of the Massagetae who ruled in the 6th century BCE.

  6. The Dark Story Behind Queen Elizabeth I’s Stark White ... - AOL

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    Officially, Queen Elizabeth I died at age 69 of unknown causes on March 24, 1603 — but theories persist that she may have died from blood poisoning caused by toxic ingredients in her pronounced ...

  7. Olga of Kiev - Wikipedia

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    [b] She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor. Even though it was her grandson Vladimir who adopted Christianity and made it the state religion, [7] she was the first ruler to be baptized. [8] [9] Olga is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with the epithet "Equal to the Apostles".

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    Just Words. If you love Scrabble, you'll love the wonderful word game fun of Just Words. Play Just Words free online! By Masque Publishing

  9. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey - Wikipedia

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    The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is an oil painting by Paul Delaroche, completed in 1833, which is now in the National Gallery in London. It was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage for many decades, for much of which it was thought lost.