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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 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Elizabeth Báthory is the 7th most popular extremist (down from 4th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 3rd in 2019) 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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  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Elizabeth Báthory has had the most page views in the with 1,046,190 views, followed by Spanish (221,820), and Russian (187,021). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Macedonian (300.00%), Uzbek (237.13%), and Hungarian (157.80%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 7 out of 283. Before her are Jack the Ripper, Lee Harvey Oswald, Zodiac Killer, John Wilkes Booth, Osama bin Laden, and Gavrilo Princip. After her are Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Herostratus, Gilles de Rais, Man in the Iron Mask, and Abdullah Öcalan.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 4 out of 1,077. Before her are Martin of Tours (316), Ferenc Puskás (1927), and Theodor Herzl (1860). After her are Matthias Corvinus (1443), Edward Teller (1908), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Harry Houdini (1874), Stephen I of Hungary (975), John von Neumann (1903), George Soros (1930), and Miklós Horthy (1868).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Hungary

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

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