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What was Elizabeth Báthory’s childhood like?

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Elizabeth Báthory was born in 1560 to Protestant nobility in Hungary. Her family controlled Transylvania, and her uncle Stephen Báthory was king of Poland. She was raised at the family castle in Ecséd. In 1575 she married Count Ferencz Nádasdy and moved to Castle Csejte (now in C̆achtice, Slovakia), a wedding gift from Nádasdy’s family.

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Why is Elizabeth Báthory famous?

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Elizabeth Báthory was a Hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered more than 600 young women in the 16th–17th century. While historical documents seem to support the accusations against her, modern research indicates that Báthory, a powerful woman, might have been the target of politically motivated slander that allowed relatives to appropriate her lands.

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