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It is unclear whether he died before or after his sisters Elizabeth and Sophia. Elizabeth Báthory (died 1614), daughter of George VI and through her mother, niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory. Descendant of both the Ecsed and Somlyó branches of the Bathory family.
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.
The process against Elizabeth ended with her death a month later. [11] [12] The descendants of Ferenc and Elizabeth were banished from Hungary and went to Poland. Although some returned to Hungary after 1640, that was the end of the noble status of the Báthory-Nádasdy family in Hungary. [13] [14]
The family rose to significant influence in Central Europe during the Late Middle Ages, holding high military, administrative and ecclesiastical positions in the Kingdom of Hungary. In the early modern period , the family brought forth several Princes of Transylvania and one King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ( Stephen Báthory ).
György Thurzó was born into the richest noble house in Upper Hungary, the Thurzó family from Szepes County. [1] When György was 9 years old, his father, Ferenc, died and he was raised by his mother Katarina Zrinski (Kata Zrínyi), who was the daughter of Croatian Ban Nikola IV Zrinski (Miklós Zrínyi).
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2012 - Snow White and the Huntsman (Rupert Sanders) - Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) is loosely inspired by Elizabeth Bathory, but instead of bathing in human blood, she magically consumes her victims' youth and beauty, in order to survive. 2013 – Chastity Bites (John V. Knowles), with Louise Griffiths as "Liz Batho/Elizabeth Bathory" [30]
Elizabeth (? –1562), who apparently was born well after her father's death Christopher (1530–1581), who governed Transylvania in the absence of his younger brother Stefan. Stephen (1533–1586), who became Voivode (and later Prince) of Transylvania and King of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth .