![]() Google Imagesįrom these small beginnings, the Bathory began to dominate the Kingdom of Hungary. ![]() He also earned himself a surname: Bathory or ‘ good hero.’ Esced Castle, Hungary- the seat of the Bathory family. Vitus killed the beast with just three thrusts of his lance. According to legend, a warrior called Vitus was asked to tackle a dragon that was terrorizing the swamplands of Ecsed, in the Heves County of Hungary. The Bathory dated their origins to around 900AD. It also seems that the authorities who ‘brought her to justice’ were motivated by something more than disgust for her crimes.Įlizabeth Bathory came from an illustrious family whose lineage, wealth and power rivaled even that of the kings they served. History remembers her unsubstantiated lust for the blood of virgins, which Bathory reputedly believed would preserve her youth, earning her the epithets ‘Bloody Countess’ and ‘Countess Dracula.’ The truth is, however, Countess Bathory was much more than a blood-crazed maniac. Over time, the facts of Bathory’s life have mingled with myth. She is reputed to have tortured and murdered young women in her charge during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory was the most murderous woman in history. ![]()
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