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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.
2010 – 30 Days of Night: Dark Days – (Steve Niles, Ben Ketai) - The queen vampire Lilith (Mia Kirshner) is based on Elizabeth Báthory as she is featured bathing in human blood in one scene. 2012 - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , Blu-ray edition, has an animated deleted scene The Great Calamity , depicting Elizabeth Bathory, who does not ...
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
She developed a horror of fat women and transmitted this attitude to her youngest daughter, who was terrified when, as a little girl, she first met Queen Victoria. [ 26 ] In her youth, Elisabeth followed the fashions of the age, which for many years were cage-crinolined hoop skirts, but when fashion began to change, she was at the forefront of ...
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 ...
The problems facing the monarchy were complex and daunting. However, Catherine kept the monarchy and state institutions functioning, if at a minimal level. At first, Catherine compromised and made concessions to the rebelling Calvinist Protestants known as Huguenots. However, she failed to fully grasp the theological issues that drove their ...
Kubaba of Kish, the only queen on the Sumerian King List (reigned in the 25th century BC) Semiramis, the legendary queen of king Ninus, succeeding him to the throne of Assyria; Nitocris of Babylon, the ruling queen of Babylon described by Herodotus in his Histories; Queen Zidam – according to the legend of Bayajidda, she conquered Baghdad [135]
Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images. Queen Letizia, aka Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, is the wife of King Felipe VI of Spain. After marrying her husband (formerly Prince Felipe of Asturias) in May 2004, she ...