Elizabeth has been adopted by modern horror culture as a figure of almost equal ghoulish importance as Vlad Tepes in Dracula (Elizabeth Bathory: Mass). There is a band named after her, and she has appeared in many films, and she has become a kind of sister or bride to Vlad himself. Also, she has an action figure, well at least one, involving blood, perfect for the fireplace of the morbid (Elizabeth Bathory: Mass). Bathory reportedly believed that human blood would keep her looking young and healthy (Bathory’s). Bathory was born in Transylvania 1560 to a distinguished family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges (Bathory’s). She is said to have suffered from fits and outbursts of rage – possibly even epilepsy (Clark). Her family …show more content…
Her uncle, Stephen Bathory, was king of
Poland (Britannica). Her family tree also held some disturbed kin. For example, one of her uncles instructed her in Satanism, while her aunt taught her all about sadomasochism
(Bathory’s). Bathory had borne four children (Britannica). A year or two after her betrothal to
Ferenc Nadasdy, she had a baby by a lower-order lover. Nadasdy was reported to have had him castrated and then torn to pieces by dogs (Death). In 1575, she marries Nadasdy. He was heir to rival Hungarian aristocrat family (Elizabeth Bathory: Mass). To pleasehis wife, her husband reportedly built a torture chamber to her specifications (Bathory’s). Only three years after their marriage, Nadasdy became the chief commander of Hungarian troops, leading them to war against the Ottomans, and in 1604, Ferenc died at the age of 48, reportedly due to an unknown illness or battle wound (Elizabeth Bathory -16th). Bathory’s position had become so strong thanks to her wealth and power, so she was perceived as a threat to the leaders of Hungary (Elizabeth
Bathory: Mass). Elizabeth appears to have supported her nephew Gador Bathory, ruler of
Transylvania and rival to Hungary (Elizabeth Bathory: