Elizabeth bathory wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. She was from a very important family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. Her obsession with blood earned her the nickname countess dracula and she soon became associated with the myth of the vampire. Born in 1560, she was endowed with looks, wealth, an excellent education and a stellar social position as one of the bathory family, who ruled transylvania as a virtually independent principality within the kingdom of hungary. Elizabeth bathory 16th century deranged serial killer or. Many of the elements of her life and crimes have no doubt been exaggerated and warped over time to make her out to be some kind of. Elizabeth bathory dracula the undead villains wiki. The hypothetical link between count dracula and countess elizabeth bathory 15601614 can be.
Let me tell you the chilling story of countess elizabeth bathory, a woman who some say was the original inspiration for bram stokers dracula i first came across her story when a reader named lou left a comment on the post about bloody mary, basically saying that if i thought bloody mary was scary then i should check out the true story of elizabeth bathory. It is one of the many literary versions inspired by the equally famous historical character sadly famous for its serial killer and torturer. Elizabeth bathory, who was known as the female dracula. It is widely believed that bram stoker was inspired by elizabeth bathory as well as vlad the impaler when he wrote dracula in 1897.
She is the vampiress niece of count dracula and one of the main antagonists in the game. Ingrid pitt played elizabeth bathory in the film countess dracula. She is often compared with vlad iii the impaler of wallachia, on whom the fictional count dracula is partly based, and. The most famous relative was istvan ishtvahn bathory 153386. The life and times of elisabeth bathory, the blood countess kindle edition by thorne, tony. Elizabeth bathory was a countess and a serial killer from the bathory noble family in hungary and is renown for killing hundreds of women by torture, particularly peasant girls. Fright night 2 20 com jaime murray interpretando elisabeth bathory. According to the guinness book of records, hungarian countess elizabeth bathory was the most murderous woman in history. Like countess elizabeth bathory, dracula is an aristocrat who disdains the common folk around him, the way countess elizabeth bathory looked down upon her peasants. She was also virtually untouchable as a member of the bathory family. Bathory is considered as one of the iconic figures in many vampire media and is considered as one of the most evil women in history.
Her family ruled transylvania as an independent region within the hungarian kingdom. Elizabeth was born in nyirbator, hungary in august 1560. Possibly the most prolific female serial killer in history, a primary inspiration for dracula, one of the most reviled women in history, and, i argue, innocent. Ingrid pitt gets her vamp on as the quite literally bloody countess elizabeth bathory, wholl stop at nothing to regain and retain her youth. Elizabeth bathory was born on a family estate in nyirbator, kingdom of hungary, in 1560 or 1561, and spent her childhood at ecsed castle. The gruesome tale of elizabeth bathory has become part of national folklore and the subject of numerous plays, books, and movies. It was later a commonly believed rumor that she committed these crimes to bathe in their blood, believing that this preserved her youth. Scarred as a psychotic bloody serial killer and countess dracula instead of the richest most powerful woman in a history ruled by men the lies. Her father was baron george vi bathory of the ecsed branch of the family, brother of andrew bonaventura bathory, who had been voivode of transylvania, while her mother was baroness anna bathory 15391570, daughter of stephen bathory of somlyo. Elizabeth bathory by edward eaton, the blood countess by andrei codrescu, the progeny by tosca lee, in search of drac. In 1421, regal countess elizabeth bartley was tried as a vampire and found guilty after.
Elizabeth erzsebet bathory has often been described as countess dracula. She was placed under house arrest in 1610 and died after four years of solitary confinement. Her mother was anna bathory, daughter of stephen bathory the one that aided vlad in. There is no direct connection made to hammers dracula series, aside from the title and some vague whispers of countess dracula on the soundtrack during the films closing shot. In 1983, mcnally additionally suggested that stoker was influenced by the history of hungarian countess elizabeth bathory, who allegedly tortured and killed between 36 and 700 young women. The life and times of elisabeth bathory, the blood countess, which i absolutely recommend to really dig into all of the secondary people involved here, and how the sociocultural context of hungary at this time set the stage for all of what happened. Elizabeth bathory urban legends villains wiki fandom. Elizabeth bathory was a very vain woman during her time. The album itself incorporates narrative bits from the 1971 film countess dracula, a british horror film that explored bathorys wrongdoings.
Her family had many powerful relatives a cardinal, princes, and a cousin who was prime minister of hungary are among these relatives. He is the ultimate authority figure in his world, much in the way that elizabeth was a commanding figure in hers. Some say that countess elizabeth bathory, considered by many to be the. The main source i used for research was tony thornes biography countess dracula. She was accused of torturing her victims, eating them, and bathing in their blood. Her parents george and anna were part of the hungarian nobility and her uncle stephen was king of poland and prince of transylvania. Elizabeth bathory, anonymous portrait, 17th century. Bathory was a hungarian countess accused of the torture and murder of as many as 650 maids during the first decade of the 17th century. Bathory, elizabeth 15601614 pop culture elizabeth bathory, a slovakian countess who was said to have tortured and murdered numerous young women, became known as one of the true vampires in history. However, her name is still roaming despite all these years gone by.
I think shes my most beloved historical figure with vlad iii, prince of wallachia running a close second. Nicknames and literary epithets attributed to her include the blood countess and countess dracula. Legend has it she was beating a servant girl for some minor infraction when the. The countess filem drama drama tahun 2009 yang ditulis dan diarahkan oleh julie delpy. Elizabeth bathory lady dracula or the blood countess. However, some believe the acts attributed to her were politically motivated slander that allowed relatives to appropriate her lands. Elizabeth bathory 15601614 was a countess who lived in transylvania, then a part of the kingdom of hungary. This hammer horror made during the companys swansong years is based on the real life tale of the hungarian countess bathory who bathed in the blood of young virgins in order to preserve her youth. Countess dracula was based on hungarian countess erzsebet bathory 15601614, who was accused of murdering young girls, although this was not proved by the testimonies and false evidence. Elizabeth bathory, hungarian countess who purportedly tortured and murdered hundreds of young women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed history. Elizabeth bathory, also known as the blood countess is a 16th century hungarian aristocrat ranked in none other than the guinness book of records as the most murderous murderess of all time. Countess elizabeth bathory, simply known as elizabeth bathory, is the main antagonist of the 2009 novel dracula the undead, written by dacre stoker bram. She was raised as magyar royalty and surprisingly had an active childhood. Hungarian countesses torturous escapades are exposed. She is reputed to have tortured and murdered young women in her charge during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The life and times of elisabeth bathory, the blood countess. Where fact ends and fiction begins in her horrible story is now impossible to determine, but in her fame as a legendary vampire she is outrivalled only by count dracula. The bathory family was an old and illustrious oneone of the oldest in transylvania in fact. She was known as the blood countess, and sometimes the countess of the blood. Elizabeth bathory is born into one of the oldest and wealthiest families in transylvania. Countess dracula 1971 fictionalization hammer countess. Elizabeth bathory dracula the undead villains wiki fandom. Elizabeth bartley erizabeto batori, erzsebet bathory is a character and boss in castlevania.
This was countess elizabeth bathory, a noblewoman who used the blood of virgins to ensure her eternal life and beauty. The descendant of elizabeth bathory is abducted by a cult of selfproclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the blood cows read. Countess elizabeth bathory what a scary lady, thought to have murdered over 600 young girls i adore the countess. Here the character has been renamed the countess nadasdy and is. The countess prepared for her fall elizabeth bathory knew she was in trouble in the latter half of 1610 when she heard of the investigations into her affairs. Bathory, elizabeth article about bathory, elizabeth by. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading countess dracula. Elizabeth bathory countess dracula history of royal women. Pinned in oddities because few people bathe in blood every night. The countess of the blood, elizabeth bathory and draculas. In the last scene, the peasants curse her as devil woman and countess dracula.