Elisabeth Bathory-the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.

Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová(-Nádasdy) in Slovak, Alžběta Báthoryová in Czech, Elżbieta Batory in Polish, August 7, 1560 -- August 21, 1614), was the most famous Austro-Hungarian aristocrat that lived in what is Slovakia today. She is so well known that she is also included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most prolific serial killer. Most of her adult life she spent at Čachtice Castle (in present-day Slovakia). The Bathory family is famous for defending Hungary against the Ottoman Turks. She is known as the most infamous serial killer in a history and is remembered as the "Blood Countess" and as Bloody Lady of Čachtice, after the castle near Trenčín, at that time in Royal Hungary, where she spent most of her life.

After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and young women, with one witness attributing to them over 600 victims, though she was only convicted on 80 counts. In 1610, she was imprisoned in Čachtice Castle, where she remained bricked in her room until her death four years later. She was never formally tried in court. The Báthory case is the inspiration for the false story of the Countess bathing in the blood of virginal girls whom she killed in order to retain her youth.It also inspired the film Stay Alive(2006) with actor Frankie Muniz. Like Vlad Ţepeş, who may have inspired the creation of Count Dracula, these stories have led to the modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.Thurzó went to Csejte/Čachtice on December 30, 1610 and arrested Báthory and four of her servants, who were accused of being her accomplices. Thurzó's men reportedly found one girl dead and one dying. Another woman was found wounded, others locked up.

While the countess was put under house arrest (and remained so from that point on), her accomplices were brought to court. A trial was held on January 7, 1611 at Biccse. The trial was presided over by Royal Supreme Court judge Theodosious Syrmiensis de Szulo and 20 associate judges. Bathory herself did not appear at the trial. The trial process included intimidation and torture. She was also accused of witchcraft and pagan rituals, which at the time were believed inherently malevolent and classified as serious criminal offenses.During the trial of her primary servants, Elizabeth had been placed under house arrest in a single room. She remained there for four years, until her death. Her lands were also confiscated.

King Matthias had urged Thurzó to bring her to court and two notaries were sent to collect further evidence. but King Matthias forbade the countess to emerge from her prison.

On August 21, 1614, Elizabeth Báthory was found dead in her castle. Since there were several plates of food untouched, her actual date of death is unknown. She was buried in the church of Čachtice.
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M.C.
Baron Samedi
Freiburg,14.Juni 2008
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[MegaAzazel666]

im not the type of person to feel creeped out cause my room is full of creepy stuff but the paintings of Bathory creep me out she looks really creepy if i seen her Spirit i would probably die from a heart attack

[fieryfistofpain12]

Hitler would love her

[24SparrowJack]

@WinterwolfFFM she started killing because her husband died

[taitaieun]

@crapatev thats why its called "a legend". are you going to yell at little children for believing in santa and the tooth fairy? -_- and also, how much "historical evidence" have you looked at with your two eyes, other than good ol' wikipedia and the "world wide web"? let people believe what they want, and stop dumbing them down.

[MiaYukai7480]

is she related to vlad the inhaler?

[lizziesuperstar1]

@Anilucard1 My name is Elisabetta, translated in English is Elizabeth... (I'm Italian)

[ninjajohnny5]

She's hot.

[crapatev]

I'm amazed at how gullible people are.

If you look at provable historical evidence surrounding the case of Bathory and its historical/political context, it looks convincingly like a frame-up. A powerful protestant woman in the Holy Roman Empire, with lots of jealous noblemen wanting her lands? Amazing how a little torture of an old woman (sorry, a "witch") and a dwarf (!) can yield confessions of Bathory's "satanic" activities.

Grow up, people, FFS.

[Anilucard1]

@gothvamp133 My name IS Elizabeth.

[gothvamp133]

@Anilucard1

You're not alone on that and my name means Elizabeth, so that's worse..

[RcUniverseGuy]

KPOPP ANYONE!?