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Stephen Báthory

1533 - 1586

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Stephen Báthory (Hungarian: Báthory István; Polish: Stefan Batory; Lithuanian: ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586). The son of Stephen VIII Báthory and a member of the Hungarian Báthory noble family, Báthory was a ruler of Transylvania in the 1570s, defeating another challenger for that title, Gáspár Bekes. In 1576, Báthory became the husband of Queen Anna Jagiellon and the third elected king of Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Báthory has received more than 699,967 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Stephen Báthory is the 463rd most popular politician (up from 547th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Romania and the 4th most popular Romanian Politician.

Stephen Báthory was a Hungarian prince, who was the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. He is most famous for his military victories against the Ottoman Empire and his rule over the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen Báthory ranks 463 out of 19,576. Before him are Lothair I, José Mujica, Lavrentiy Beria, Mahidevran, Nur ad-Din, and Caesarion. After him are Mary of Burgundy, Atahualpa, Narmer, Yongle Emperor, Imre Nagy, and Heydar Aliyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Stephen Báthory ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth I of England, Michel de Montaigne, and William the Silent. After him are Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Giacomo della Porta, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Andrea Gabrieli, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Abdullah Khan II, and Claudio Merulo. Among people deceased in 1586, Stephen Báthory ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Parma, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Birbal, Ignazio Danti, and Philip Sidney.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Stephen Báthory ranks 7 out of 844. Before him are Vlad the Impaler (1431), Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Béla Bartók (1881), Michael I of Romania (1921), Eugène Ionesco (1909), and Alaric I (376). After him are John Hunyadi (1407), Emil Cioran (1911), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Tristan Tzara (1896), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), and Ion Antonescu (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Stephen Báthory ranks 4. Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Michael I of Romania (1921), and Alaric I (376). After him are John Hunyadi (1407), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Ion Antonescu (1882), Theodoric I (393), Leo I the Thracian (401), Carol II of Romania (1893), and Béla Kun (1886).

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