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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 King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) as well as Prince of Transylvania, earlier Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576). 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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Báthory is the 556th most popular politician (down from 463rd 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, Stephen Báthory ranks 556 out of 19,576. Before him are Mustafa II, Philip VI of France, Liu Bei, Cambyses II, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. After him are Zenobia, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Ashraf Ghani, Sargon of Akkad, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, and Yoon Suk Yeol.

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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, Giacomo della Porta, Ismail II, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Abdullah Khan II. Among people deceased in 1586, Stephen Báthory ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Parma, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Primož Trubar, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Birbal, Luis de Morales, 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), Leo I the Thracian (401), Béla Bartók (1881), Eugène Ionesco (1909), and Michael I of Romania (1921). After him are Alaric I (376), Emil Cioran (1911), John Hunyadi (1407), Tristan Tzara (1896), Ion Antonescu (1882), and Béla IV of Hungary (1206).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Stephen Báthory ranks 4. Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Leo I the Thracian (401), and Michael I of Romania (1921). After him are Alaric I (376), John Hunyadi (1407), Ion Antonescu (1882), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Vlad II Dracul (1395), and Theodoric I (393).

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