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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), 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. He worked closely with chancellor Jan Zamoyski. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Báthory has received more than 620,063 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Báthory is the 548th most popular politician (down from 483rd 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 548 out of 15,577Before him are Abdülaziz, Patrice Lumumba, John, King of England, Mahmoud Abbas, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, and Józef Piłsudski. After him are Ay, Valentinian III, Musa I of Mali, Galerius, Louis I of Hungary, and Robert Schuman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Stephen Báthory ranks 4Before 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, Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Abdullah Khan II. Among people deceased in 1586, Stephen Báthory ranks 1After 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, Philip Sidney, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, and Birbal.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Stephen Báthory ranks 7 out of 665Before him are Vlad the Impaler (1431), Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Béla Bartók (1881), Alaric I (376), Eugène Ionesco (1909), and John Hunyadi (1407). After him are Emil Cioran (1911), Tristan Tzara (1896), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Michael I of Romania (1921), Ion Antonescu (1882), and Béla IV of Hungary (1206).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Stephen Báthory ranks 4Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Alaric I (376), and John Hunyadi (1407). After him are Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Michael I of Romania (1921), Ion Antonescu (1882), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Carol II of Romania (1893), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Béla Kun (1886), and Stephen III of Moldavia (1433).