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Sigismund Báthory

1572 - 1613

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Sigismund Báthory (Hungarian: Báthory Zsigmond; 1573 – 27 March 1613) was Prince of Transylvania several times between 1586 and 1602, and Duke of Racibórz and Opole in Silesia in 1598. His father, Christopher Báthory, ruled Transylvania as voivode (or deputy) of the absent prince, Stephen Báthory. Sigismund was still a child when the Diet of Transylvania elected him voivode at his dying father's request in 1581. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigismund Báthory has received more than 221,277 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sigismund Báthory is the 3,459th most popular politician (down from 3,047th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 55th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Romanian Politician.

Sigismund Báthory was a prince of Transylvania and the first count of the principality of Transylvania. He is most famous for being a Hungarian nobleman who is said to have killed hundreds of young women in his castle, which led to him being known as the "Blood Count."

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  • 62.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sigismund Báthory ranks 3,459 out of 19,576. Before him are João Lourenço, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Jacob Kettler, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Hormizd II, and Nikolai Tikhonov. After him are Cleopatra Thea, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Robert Kocharyan, Odo the Great, and Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Sigismund Báthory ranks 6. Before him are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, John Donne, Cornelis Drebbel, Johann Bayer, and Ben Jonson. After him are Jane Frances de Chantal, Cyril Lucaris, Izumo no Okuni, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, and Fakhr al-Din II. Among people deceased in 1613, Sigismund Báthory ranks 2. Before him is Carlo Gesualdo. After him are Mateo Alemán, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ivan Susanin, Anton Praetorius, Cigoli, Gabriel Báthory, Salima Sultan Begum, Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, and Hypatius Pociej.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Sigismund Báthory ranks 63 out of 844. Before him are Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Chivu Stoica (1908), Henri Coandă (1886), Ana Pauker (1893), and Panait Istrati (1884). After him are Elisabeth of Romania (1894), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Clara Haskil (1895), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), and Gabriel Bethlen (1580).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Sigismund Báthory ranks 30. Before him are Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), Traian Băsescu (1951), György Dózsa (1470), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Chivu Stoica (1908), and Ana Pauker (1893). After him are Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Gabriel Bethlen (1580), Petru Groza (1884), László Rajk (1909), and Mihnea cel Rău (1462).

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