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Elizabeth Báthory

1560 - 1614

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Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Hungarian: Báthori Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; Slovak: Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the Báthory family, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women from 1590 to 1610. Her servants were put on trial and convicted whereas Báthory was imprisoned within the Castle of Csejte (Čachtice), where she died under mysterious circumstances.The charges levelled against Báthory have been described by several historians as a witch-hunt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Báthory has received more than 9,664,661 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 56 in 2019). Elizabeth Báthory is the 4th most popular extremist, the 3rd most popular biography from Hungary and the most popular Hungarian Extremist.

Elizabeth Báthory is most famous for being a noblewoman who was accused of torturing and killing as many as 650 young women and girls in the 16th century.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 4 out of 209Before her are Jack the Ripper, John Wilkes Booth, and Charles Manson. After her are Gavrilo Princip, Osama bin Laden, Ted Bundy, Herostratus, Lee Harvey Oswald, Man in the Iron Mask, Gilles de Rais, and Ted Kaczynski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 1After her are Annibale Carracci, Thomas Harriot, Jacobus Arminius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Gaspard Bauhin, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Domenico Tintoretto. Among people deceased in 1614, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 2Before her is El Greco. After her are Lavinia Fontana, Camillus de Lellis, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Marina Mniszech, Mavro Orbini, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Isaac Casaubon, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Luís Vaz de Torres, and François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 3 out of 866Before her are Martin of Tours (316) and Ferenc Puskás (1927). After her are John von Neumann (1903), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Theodor Herzl (1860), Matthias Corvinus (1443), George Soros (1930), Harry Houdini (1874), Louis II of Hungary (1506), Stephen I of Hungary (975), and Miklós Horthy (1868).

Among EXTREMISTS In Hungary

Among extremists born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 1After her are Béla Kiss (1877).