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Elizabeth Báthory

1560 - 1614

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Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (Hungarian: Báthori Erzsébet, pronounced [ˈbaːtori ˈɛrʒeːbɛt]; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the powerful House of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women from 1590 to 1610. Her servants were put on trial and convicted. The servants were executed, whereas Báthory was imprisoned within the Castle of Csejte (Čachtice) until she died in her sleep in 1614. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Báthory is the 4th most popular extremist (up from 7th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Extremist.

Elizabeth Báthory is most famous for being a noblewoman who was accused of torturing and killing as many as 650 young women and girls in the 16th century.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 4 out of 283. Before her are Jack the Ripper, John Wilkes Booth, and Gavrilo Princip. After her are Osama bin Laden, Charles Manson, Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, Abdullah Öcalan, Herostratus, Amon Göth, and Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 1. After her are Annibale Carracci, Thomas Harriot, Jacobus Arminius, Gaspard Bauhin, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Thomas Cavendish, Anton Praetorius, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Among people deceased in 1614, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 2. Before her is El Greco. After her are Lavinia Fontana, Camillus de Lellis, Luís Vaz de Torres, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mavro Orbini, Marina Mniszech, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Isaac Casaubon, and Man Singh I.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 6 out of 1,077. Before her are Ferenc Puskás (1927), Martin of Tours (316), George Soros (1930), Gaiseric (389), and Theodor Herzl (1860). After her are Louis II of Hungary (1506), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Stephen I of Hungary (975), John von Neumann (1903), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), and Matthias Corvinus (1443).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Hungary

Among extremists born in Hungary, Elizabeth Báthory ranks 1. After her are Béla Kiss (1877).

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